Destinations · Illinois

Chatham-South Shore, Chicago

IL · 41.7515, -87.5813

Historic Route 66 and Lincoln Highway are signed byways within 30 miles of Chatham-South Shore, Chicago, Illinois.

Understand

This side of Chicago does not feature in many travel plans. If you ask a hotel concierge in the Near North to make arrangements for a trip here, the reaction — whether incredulous or simply bewildered — should be a sight to behold. Don't be fooled, though; Chatham and Greater Grand could be the highlight of your trip to Chicago. The best blues clubs, the last true juke joints, are way down here.

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Day-trip loops

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Within reach

Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.

Scenic byways

Historic Route 66 · 8 mi · national
Lincoln Highway · 17 mi · national

National parks

Indiana Dunes National Park · 16 mi

Lookouts

Des Plaines River · 13 mi

Named places

Rosenblum Park · 0 mi
Dinah Washington Park · 0 mi
Essex Park · 1 mi
Michelle Obama's Childhood Home · 1 mi
Woodhull Park · 1 mi
Hodes Park · 1 mi
South Shore Good Foods Community Garden · 1 mi
Eckersall Park · 1 mi

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