Reading Garden
Reading Garden is a garden in Cook, Illinois. Reading Garden is situated nearby to The Eleanor Roosevelt Fruit & Vegetable Garden, as well as near the park The John Lewis Plaza.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Science and Industry Chicago and 59th/60th Street/University of Chicago station.
Museum of Science and Industry Chicago
Museum
The Museum of Science and Industry is a private, non-profit science museum located in Jackson Park, the Hyde Park neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois. It is adjacent to Lake Michigan and the University of Chicago campus. Museum of Science and Industry Chicago is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Reading Garden.
59th/60th Street/University of Chicago station
Railway station
Photo: LHOON, CC BY-SA 3.0.
59th Street/University of Chicago is a railway station that serves the Metra Electric Line in Chicago, Illinois. The station is on 59th street, originally the University of Chicago's southern border, and the Midway Plaisance. 59th/60th Street/University of Chicago station is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Reading Garden.
Jackson Park
Photo: Jcrocker, Public domain.
Jackson Park is a 551.5-acre urban park on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of Chicago. Straddling the Hyde Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore neighborhoods, the park was designed in 1871 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and remodeled in 1893 to serve as the site of the World's Columbian Exposition. Jackson Park is situated 680 feet north of Reading Garden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hyde Park and Woodlawn.
Hyde Park
Photo: Urbanrules, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hyde Park is one of Chicago's most famous neighborhoods, most certainly so on the South Side, located along the south lakefront. Having played host to the White City, the University of Chicago, President Obama, the setting for Richard Wright's Native Son, and…
Woodlawn
Suburb
Woodlawn is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is near the shore of Lake Michigan 8.5 miles south of the Loop. The community area is bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King Drive to the west and 67th Street to the south, and a small area that lies south of 67th Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and South Chicago Avenue.
Jackson Park Highlands District
Neighborhood
The Jackson Park Highlands District is a historic district in the South Shore community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The district was built in 1905 by various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 25, 1989.
Reading Garden
- Type: Garden
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.78526° or 41° 47′ 7″ northLongitude
-87.58606° or 87° 35′ 10″ westOpen location code
86HJQCP7+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 13463130125OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=garden
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