Van Vlissingen Prairie

Van Vlissingen Prairie is a protected area in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Van Vlissingen Prairie is situated nearby to the nature reserve Marian R. Byrnes Park, as well as near Mount Sinai Deliverance Missionary Baptist Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bronzeville Children’s Museum and Trumbull 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. Bronzeville Children’s Museum is situated 1 mile northwest of Van Vlissingen Prairie.

Trumbull Park

Park

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Trumbull Park is a public park at 2400 E. 105th Street in the South Deering neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The South Park Commission opened the park in 1907 as part of its efforts to bring parks to dense immigrant neighborhoods with little green space.

A. Finkl & Sons Steel

Factory

A. Finkl & Sons Steel or Finkl Steel is a steel mill that operates in the South Side of Chicago and has been in business since 1879 or 1880. A. Finkl & Sons Steel is situated 1 mile northwest of Van Vlissingen Prairie.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pill Hill and Calumet Heights.

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.

Calumet Heights

Suburb

Calumet Heights is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of the city. Calumet Heights is bounded by 87th Street on the north, South Chicago Avenue on the east, and railroad lines on the west and south.

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.

Van Vlissingen Prairie

Type: Protected area
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.71442° or 41° 42′ 52″ north

Longitude

-87.57683° or 87° 34′ 37″ west

Operator

Chicago Park District

Open location code

86HJPC7F+Q7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 218185870

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Highlights include Marian R. Byrnes Park and Mount Sinai Deliverance Missionary Baptist Church.

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