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Lincoln (Abraham) Park, Chicago, IL

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Lincoln (Abraham) Park

A long lakefront park on Chicago's North Side that holds a zoo, a conservatory, museums, beaches, and nature areas.

500-5700 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60614 · Chicago, IL

About Lincoln (Abraham) Park

This lakeshore park runs north from Streeterville to Edgewater along Lake Michigan. Its older southern section holds the Lincoln Park Zoo, the Lincoln Park Conservatory, the Chicago History Museum, and the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, along with a rowing canal, a historic lily pool, and the North Pond nature sanctuary. Farther north the park is more open, with beaches, playing fields, dune natural areas, bird sanctuaries, harbors, and playgrounds. Many statues and monuments stand throughout, including a large figure of Ulysses S. Grant and a well-known statue of Abraham Lincoln. The park was named for the president after his assassination and has grown over the decades from a former burial ground into one of the city's largest public spaces.

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The closest stops to Lincoln (Abraham) Park, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Museums

    Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

    Under $25

    Chicago natural history museum for children and families, run by the Chicago Academy of Sciences, with a live butterfly house.

    0.9 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Tours
    Iconic

    Wrigley Field Tours

    $25–$50

    Go behind the ivy at the Cubs' 1914 ballpark, dugout, press box, bleachers, and a walk on the field itself.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    1.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Family Favorite

    Lincoln Park Zoo

    No admission fee

    One of America's last free zoos, lions, gorillas, and gardens minutes from downtown.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    1.3 mi awayMore like this

  • Museums
    History Buff

    Chicago History Museum

    Under $25

    You trace Chicago's story through restored dioramas, a vintage L car and hands-on galleries at Clark Street and North Avenue in Lincoln Park.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    1.9 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Bloomingdale Trail Park

    Check prices

    An elevated linear park on a former railway line on Chicago's Northwest Side, part of The 606 trail system.

    3.9 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Maggie Daley Park

    Check prices

    A lakefront park in downtown Chicago with seasonal ice skating, play areas, climbing walls, and picnic groves.

    3.9 mi awayMore like this

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