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The Osaka Garden on Jackson Park's Wooded Isle

Where there are beaches, there are lakefront parks. During the summer months, the lakefront parks are a destination for organized and impromptu volleyball and soccer games, chess matches, and plenty more. There are also a couple of tennis courts in Lincoln Park, Lakeview, and Rogers Park. There are also terrific parks further away from the lake. In the Loop, Grant Park hosts music festivals throughout the year, and Millennium Park is a fun destination for all ages, especially during the summer. In Hyde Park, Midway Park offers skating, and summer and winter gardens in the shadow of the academic giant, the University of Chicago, and Jackson Park has golf, more gardens and the legacy of the city's shining moment, the 1893 World's Colombian Exposition. In Bronzeville, Washington Park is one of the city's best places for community sports. And that's just a brief overview. Almost every neighborhood in Chicago has a beloved park.

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• Lincoln Memorial, 1 km (1 mile)
• Roosevelt Park, 1 km (1 mile)
• Logan Monument, 1 km (1 mile)
• Park 479, 2 km (1 mile)
• Sheridan Park, 2 km (1 mile)
• Seneca Park, 2 km (1 mile)
• Park 315, 2 km (1 mile)
• Olive Park, 2 km (2 miles)
• Union Park, 2 km (2 miles)
• Seward Park, 3 km (2 miles)
• Mariano Park, 3 km (2 miles)
• Northerly Island Park, 3 km (2 miles)
• Bickerdike Square Park, 3 km (2 miles)
• Adams Park, 3 km (2 miles)
• Dvorak Park, 3 km (2 miles)
• Touhy Park, 4 km (2 miles)
• Commercial Club Park, 4 km (2 miles)
• Superior Park, 4 km (3 miles)
• Dean Playground, 4 km (3 miles)
• Bosley Park, 5 km (3 miles)
• Wicker Park, 5 km (3 miles)
• Western Park, 5 km (3 miles)
• Smith Park, 5 km (3 miles)
• Treble Park, 5 km (3 miles)
• Clover Park, 5 km (3 miles)
• Saint Vincents Circle, 5 km (3 miles)
• Park 399, 5 km (3 miles)
• Wilson Playground, 5 km (3 miles)
• Woodland Park, 6 km (3 miles)
• Park West Park, 6 km (4 miles)
• Sacramento Square, 6 km (4 miles)
• Palace Park, 6 km (4 miles)
• Erhler Park, 6 km (4 miles)
• Noethling Park, 6 km (4 miles)
• Wrightwood Park, 6 km (4 miles)
• Ellis Park, 6 km (4 miles)
• Peoples Park, 6 km (4 miles)
• Holstein Park, 6 km (4 miles)
• Taylor Lauridsen Park, 7 km (4 miles)
• Evergreen Park, 7 km (4 miles)
• McKinley Park, 7 km (4 miles)
• Park 449, 7 km (4 miles)
• Shedd Park, 7 km (5 miles)
• Ohio and Harding Park, 7 km (5 miles)
• Simons Park, 8 km (5 miles)
• Fuller Park, 8 km (5 miles)
• Lincoln Park, 8 km (5 miles)
• Maple Park, 8 km (5 miles)
• Monticello Park, 8 km (5 miles)
• Linden Park, 8 km (5 miles)
• Washtenaw Park, 8 km (5 miles)
• Tilton Park, 8 km (5 miles)
• Logan Square Ball Park (historical), 8 km (5 miles)
• Nelson Park, 8 km (5 miles)
• Stehman School Playground, 9 km (5 miles)
• Augusta Park, 9 km (5 miles)
• Lowe Park, 9 km (6 miles)
• Madison Park, 9 km (6 miles)
• Sycamore Playlot, 9 km (6 miles)
• Revere Park, 9 km (6 miles)
• Clarendon Park, 10 km (6 miles)
• Willow Park, 10 km (6 miles)
• Washington Park, 10 km (6 miles)
• California Park, 10 km (6 miles)
• Park 487, 10 km (6 miles)
• Playlot 291, 10 km (6 miles)
• Micek Park, 10 km (6 miles)
• Spruce Park, 10 km (6 miles)
• Athletic Field, 10 km (6 miles)
• Sherwood Park, 10 km (6 miles)
• Morton Park, 10 km (6 miles)
• Parkview Park, 10 km (6 miles)
• Moran Park, 10 km (6 miles)
• De George Park, 10 km (6 miles)
• Cornell Park, 10 km (6 miles)
• Welles Park, 10 km (6 miles)
• Promontory Point Park, 10 km (6 miles)
• Merrick Park, 10 km (7 miles)
• Buttercup Park, 11 km (7 miles)
• Vogle Park, 11 km (7 miles)
• Davis Park, 11 km (7 miles)
• Austin Town Hall Park, 11 km (7 miles)
• White City Amusement Park, 11 km (7 miles)
• Ravenswood Park, 11 km (7 miles)
• Park 413, 11 km (7 miles)
• Charles Earle Playground, 11 km (7 miles)
• West Morton Park, 11 km (7 miles)
• Bromann Park, 11 km (7 miles)
• Cragin Park, 12 km (7 miles)
• Roan Park, 12 km (7 miles)
• Senka Park, 12 km (7 miles)
• Archer Park, 12 km (7 miles)
• Ogden Park, 12 km (7 miles)
• Buckeye Park, 12 km (7 miles)
• Drexel Park, 12 km (7 miles)
• Mellin Park, 12 km (7 miles)
• River Park, 12 km (7 miles)
• West River Park, 12 km (7 miles)
• Longfellow Park, 12 km (8 miles)
• Park 424, 12 km (8 miles)
• Oak Park Swimming Pool, 12 km (8 miles)
• Aiello Park, 12 km (8 miles)
• Amundsen Park, 12 km (8 miles)
• Pasteur Park, 13 km (8 miles)
• Eugene Field Park, 13 km (8 miles)
• Memorial Park, 13 km (8 miles)
• Berger Park, 13 km (8 miles)
• Mather Park, 13 km (8 miles)
• Carroll Park, 13 km (8 miles)
• Murray Park, 13 km (8 miles)
• Mraz Park, 14 km (8 miles)
• Wayne Park, 14 km (8 miles)
• Schreiber Park, 14 km (9 miles)
• Woodhull Park, 14 km (9 miles)
• North Mayfair Park, 14 km (9 miles)
• Field Park, 14 km (9 miles)
• Wilson Park, 14 km (9 miles)
• Peterson Park, 14 km (9 miles)
• West Lawn Park, 14 km (9 miles)
• Lindberg Park, 14 km (9 miles)
• Rutherford-Sayre Park, 14 km (9 miles)
• Cummings Square, 14 km (9 miles)
• Pratt Boulevard Park, 14 km (9 miles)
• Rosenblum Park, 14 km (9 miles)
• Warren Park, 14 km (9 miles)
• Sayre Park, 14 km (9 miles)
• Roberts Square Park, 15 km (9 miles)
• Forest Glen Park, 15 km (9 miles)
• Sauganash Park, 15 km (9 miles)
• Merrimac Park, 15 km (9 miles)
• West Chatham Park, 15 km (9 miles)
• Veterans Park, 15 km (9 miles)
• Robinson Park, 15 km (9 miles)
• Blythe Park, 15 km (9 miles)
• Cid Field, 15 km (9 miles)
• Foster Park, 15 km (10 miles)
• Ashland Park, 15 km (10 miles)
• Normandy Park, 16 km (10 miles)
• Nat King Cole Park, 16 km (10 miles)
• Columbia Park, 16 km (10 miles)
• Pottawattomie Park, 16 km (10 miles)
• Wentworth Park, 16 km (10 miles)
• Dunham Park, 16 km (10 miles)
• Eckersall Stadium, 16 km (10 miles)
• Rogers School Park, 16 km (10 miles)
• Rocky Ledge Park, 16 km (10 miles)
• Stars and Stripes Park, 16 km (10 miles)
• Mills Park, 16 km (10 miles)
• Park 285, 16 km (10 miles)
• Thatcher Woods Glen, 16 km (10 miles)
• Marshfield Park, 16 km (10 miles)
• Rainey Park, 16 km (10 miles)
• M Lester Flowers Park, 17 km (10 miles)
• Tuley Park, 17 km (10 miles)
• Russell Park, 17 km (10 miles)
• Maywood Park, 17 km (10 miles)
• Stony Island Park, 17 km (10 miles)
• Wallace Park, 17 km (11 miles)
• Baker Park, 17 km (11 miles)
• Megowen Park, 17 km (11 miles)
• Owens Park, 17 km (11 miles)
• Valley Forge Park, 17 km (11 miles)
• Chase Park, 17 km (11 miles)
• Norris Field, 17 km (11 miles)
• Ridgeville Park, 17 km (11 miles)
• Quinn Park, 17 km (11 miles)
• Smith Park, 17 km (11 miles)
• Edgebrook Park, 17 km (11 miles)
• Scottsdale Park, 17 km (11 miles)
• Polatan Park, 17 km (11 miles)
• Chicago Zoological Park, 17 km (11 miles)
• Chippewa Park, 18 km (11 miles)
• Bataan Park, 18 km (11 miles)
• Skokie Valley Park, 18 km (11 miles)
• Norwood Park, 18 km (11 miles)
• Sunnywood Park, 18 km (11 miles)
• Donald W Lyon Park, 18 km (11 miles)
• Summit Park, 18 km (11 miles)
• Mini Park, 18 km (11 miles)
• Ridge Park, 18 km (11 miles)
• Dougherty Park, 18 km (11 miles)
• Emily Oaks Nature Center, 18 km (11 miles)
• Bulger Park, 18 km (11 miles)
• Ridgeland Park, 18 km (11 miles)
• Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park, 18 km (11 miles)