Needles Park

Needles Park is a park in Cook, Illinois. Needles Park is situated nearby to the town Dolton, as well as near the neighborhood Berger.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ivanhoe station and Carver Military Academy.

Ivanhoe station

Railway station

Photo: vxla, CC BY 2.0.

Ivanhoe is one of two commuter rail stations on the Metra Electric District main branch in Riverdale, Illinois. The station is located at 144th Street and Tracy Street, and is 18.2 miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station. Ivanhoe station is situated 2 miles west of Needles Park.

Carver Military Academy

School

George Washington Carver Military Academy is a public four-year military high school located in the Riverdale area on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Hegewisch station

Railway station

Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hegewisch station is a commuter rail station in the city of Chicago, Illinois in the Hegewisch neighborhood, that serves the South Shore Line north to Millennium Station and east to the cities of Hammond, East Chicago, Gary, Michigan City, and South Bend, Indiana. Hegewisch station is situated 2½ miles east of Needles Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dolton and Burnham.

Dolton

Town

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dolton is a village and south suburb in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 21,426 at the 2020 census. Dolton is located just west of the expressway Interstate 94 and immediately south of the city limits of Chicago.

Burnham

Village

Burnham is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,046 at the 2020 census. Burnham has a Chicago ZIP code and was named for Telford Burnham, who drew its plat. Burnham is situated 1½ miles east of Needles Park.

Riverdale

Suburb

Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Riverdale is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois and is located on the city's far south side. As originally designated by the Social Science Research Committee at the University of Chicago and officially adopted by the City of Chicago… Riverdale is situated 2 miles north of Needles Park.

Needles Park

Type: Park
Description: park in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
Category: recreation area
Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.63797° or 41° 38′ 17″ north

Longitude

-87.58876° or 87° 35′ 20″ west

Elevation

587 feet (179 metres)

Operator

Dolton Park District

Open location code

86HJJCQ6+5F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 176597469

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4903372

Wikidata ID

Q49530765

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Needles Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Needles Park”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Marine Services Corporation and Dolton Post Office.

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