Munson Beach
Munson Beach is a beach in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Munson Beach is situated nearby to the suburb East Side, as well as near the neighborhood Irondale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Illinois–Indiana State Line Boundary Marker and Calumet Park.
Illinois–Indiana State Line Boundary Marker
Obelisk
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Illinois–Indiana State Line Boundary Marker is a limestone obelisk that commemorates the establishment of the border between Illinois and Indiana. Constructed by the Office of the United States Surveyor General in 1838, its current location near the…
Calumet Park
Park
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Calumet Park is a 198-acre urban park in Chicago, Illinois. Providing access to Lake Michigan from the East Side neighborhood on the city's Southeast Side, the park contains approximately 0.9 miles of lake frontage from 95th Street to 102nd Street, which extends to the city limits at Illinois' border with Indiana.
State Line Generating Plant
Building
Photo: Ikcyzrteip, CC BY 2.5.
The State Line Generating Plant was a coal-fired electrical generating station that operated from 1929 until 2012. It was located on the coast of Lake Michigan, bordering the state line separating Indiana from Illinois but within the corporate limits of Hammond, Indiana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Side and South Deering.
East Side
Suburb
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East Side is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois. It is on the far south side of the city, between the Calumet River and the Illinois-Indiana state line, 13 miles south of downtown Chicago.
South Deering
Suburb
South Deering, located on Chicago's far South Side, is the largest of the 77 official community areas of that city. Primarily an industrial area, a small residential neighborhood exists in the northeast corner and Lake Calumet takes up a large portion of the area. South Deering is situated 1½ miles west of Munson Beach.
Trumbull Park Homes
Neighborhood
Trumbull Park Homes is a Chicago Housing Authority public housing project located in the South Deering neighborhood on the Far-South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Trumbull Park Homes is situated 2 miles west of Munson Beach.
Munson Beach
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Cook County, Illinois, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.71026° or 41° 42′ 37″ northLongitude
-87.52735° or 87° 31′ 38″ westElevation
577 feet (176 metres)Open location code
86HJPF6F+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 177632959OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Munson Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Munson Beach”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Irondale and Vet’s Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Calumet Harbor and Calumet Beach Dunes Natural Area.
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