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# Avalon Park

Avalon Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States.

[Plan a trip to Avalon Park](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Avalon%20Park) [From Milwaukee](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Milwaukee&to=Avalon+Park)

## Every way there

- Milwaukee → Avalon Park 49 km · quickest by road, 52 min · $4.5–6 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/milwaukee-to-avalon-park) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Milwaukee&to=Avalon+Park)
- Grand Rapids → Avalon Park 208 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · $21–29 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/grand-rapids-to-avalon-park) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Grand+Rapids&to=Avalon+Park)
- Indianapolis → Avalon Park 251 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · $22–30 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/indianapolis-to-avalon-park) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Indianapolis&to=Avalon+Park)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Avalon Park, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Avalon Park](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/avalon-park)

What Avalon Park has

- Y Scheduled flights Chicago (MDW), 15 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries Chinatown, 13 km, Chicago Water Taxi; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Chicago Lawn, 10 km.

41.750°, -87.583°

It is located on the south side of the city.

How locals move

## Getting around Avalon Park the local way

- Get in For those coming to the Near South from the Loop, specifically Navy Pier, the water taxi operated by Shoreline Sightseeing is an attractive option.

From [Wikivoyage: Chicago/Near South](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chicago%2FNear_South), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Park%2C_Chicago), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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