Guard Post 1

Guard Post 1 is a building in Cook, Illinois. Guard Post 1 is situated near the airport terminal Signature Flight Support Terminal, as well as near the sports venue Minuteman Park Fieldhouse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Midway station and Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture.

Midway station

Metro station

Photo: Hied5, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Midway is an 'L' station on the CTA's Orange Line. It is the southwestern terminus of the Orange Line and serves Midway International Airport in Chicago, the city's second-largest airport. Midway station is situated 1¼ miles east of Guard Post 1.

Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture

Museum

The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture is a museum in Chicago, United States. It is located on Pulaski Rd. in the city's West Lawn neighborhood, not far from Midway International Airport. Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture is situated 2 miles east of Guard Post 1.

Kennedy High School

School

John F. Kennedy High School is a public four-year high school located in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Kennedy High School is situated 1 mile west of Guard Post 1.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clearing and Garfield Ridge.

Clearing

Suburb

Clearing, one of the 77 semi-official community areas, is located on the southwest side of the city of Chicago, Illinois. The southern portion of Chicago Midway International Airport is located within this community area.

Garfield Ridge

Suburb

Garfield Ridge is the 56th of Chicago's 77 community areas. Located 10 miles from the Loop, it is on the city's far southwest side. As of 2017, the area had 36,396 inhabitants.

Central Stickney

Village

Photo: MrHarman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Central Stickney is an unincorporated community in Stickney Township, Cook County, Illinois, a half mile north of Midway International Airport. It consists of the areas around Central Avenue, between I-55 to the north and 51st Street, its southern boundary; east of Central, the northern boundary is roughly drawn between 47th and 48th Streets.

Guard Post 1

Type: Building
Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.78586° or 41° 47′ 9″ north

Longitude

-87.76117° or 87° 45′ 40″ west

Open location code

86HJQ6PQ+8G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1031831490

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Highlights: Signature Flight Support Terminal and Minuteman Park Fieldhouse.

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