Calumet Heights
Calumet Heights, located on the South Side of the city, is one of the 77 well defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois. Calumet Heights is bounded by 87th Street on the north, South Chicago Avenue on the east, and railroad lines on the west and south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 13,100 residents
- Description: community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Calumet Heights, Chicago” and “Calumet Heights, IL”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bronzeville Children’s Museum and Dinah Washington Park.
Bronzeville Children’s Museum
Museum
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Bronzeville Children's Museum is a museum in the Calumet Heights community area of the South Side of Chicago. It is the first and only African American children's museum in the United States.
Dinah Washington Park
Park
Dinah Washington Park is a park located at 8215 S. Euclid Avenue in the South Chicago community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was named for singer and Chicago resident Dinah Washington.
87th Street/Woodruff station
Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
87th Street/Woodruff is an electrified commuter rail station along the Metra Electric Main Line in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station is located at 87th Street and Dauphin Avenue and is 10.9 miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pill Hill and Burnside.
Pill Hill
Neighborhood
Pill Hill is a neighborhood in the Calumet Heights community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its name refers to the many doctors who used to live in the neighborhood.
Burnside
Suburb
Burnside is one of the 77 community areas in Chicago. The 47th numbered area, it is located on the city's far south side. This area is also called "The Triangle" by locals, as it is bordered by railroad tracks on every side; the Canadian National Railway on the west, the Union Pacific Railroad on the south and the Norfolk Southern Railway on the east.
Avalon Park
Suburb
Avalon Park, located on the south side of the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois, is one of the city's 77 semi-official community areas and is named after its main park.
Calumet Heights
- Categories: community area in Chicago, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.73004° or 41° 43′ 48″ northLongitude
-87.57924° or 87° 34′ 45″ westPopulation
13,100Elevation
584 feet (178 metres)Named after
Calumet RegionOpen location code
86HJPCJC+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 153572139OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Calumet Heights” goes by many names.
- French: “Calumet Heights”
- Spanish: “Calumet Heights”
- Turkish: “Calumet Heights”
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