Burnham Park
Burnham Park
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone:773-256-0949
Web: www.chicagoparkdistrict.com
Size: 598 acres.
Location:Lake Michigan lakefront, south from downtown between 25th and 59th streets.
Facilities:Boat launches, swimming beach, walking trails, playgrounds, ball fields, sports courts, stadium.
Activities:Boating, bicycling, horseback riding, baseball, basketball, football, soccer, volleyball, tennis, roller blading, hiking.
Special Features:Site of Chicago's second World's Fair in 1933. A sanctuary formigratory birds is currently under construction on top of the McCormickPlace's underground parking garage. It will include viewing platforms,a water feature, five acres of short prairie grass, and hundreds ofnative trees and shrubs.
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