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![South Chicago](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Chicago_River_Morning_%2844455011711%29.jpg/1920px-Chicago_River_Morning_%2844455011711%29.jpg)

# South Chicago

South Chicago, formerly known as Ainsworth, is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States.

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

## Every way there

- Milwaukee → South Chicago 147 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · $14–19 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/milwaukee-to-south-chicago) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Milwaukee&to=South+Chicago)
- Grand Rapids → South Chicago 206 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · $21–29 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/grand-rapids-to-south-chicago) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Grand+Rapids&to=South+Chicago)
- Indianapolis → South Chicago 249 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · $22–30 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/indianapolis-to-south-chicago) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Indianapolis&to=South+Chicago)

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 South Chicago, 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 South Chicago](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/south-chicago)

What South Chicago has

- Y Scheduled flights Chicago (MDW), 18 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 5 timetable feeds for this country, 2 with real-time
- Y Ferries Chinatown, 15 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.

41.740°, -87.550°

How locals move

## Getting around South Chicago 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/South_Chicago%2C_Chicago), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Roman Boed from The Netherlands (CC BY 2.0), Wikimedia Commons.


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