Hegewisch Babe Ruth Field

Hegewisch Babe Ruth Field is a recreation area in Chicago, Cook, Illinois which is located on South Carondolet Avenue. Hegewisch Babe Ruth Field is situated nearby to the recreation area Hegewisch Litlte League, as well as near Hyde Lake Marsh.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include William W. Powers State Recreation Area and Wolf Lake.

William W. Powers State Recreation Area

Park

William W. Powers State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on 580 acres in the Hegewisch community area of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. William W. Powers State Recreation Area is situated 1 mile east of Hegewisch Babe Ruth Field.

Wolf Lake

Lake

Photo: Payton Chung, CC BY 2.0.

Wolf Lake is an 804-acre lake that straddles the Indiana and Illinois state line near Lake Michigan. It is smaller than it was prior to settlement by European colonizers because of infilling for development around the edges.

Chicago Assembly Plant

Industrial building

Chicago Assembly Plant is Ford Motor Company's oldest continuously operated automobile manufacturing plant. It is located at E. 130th Street and Torrence Avenue in the Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Chicago Assembly Plant is situated 3,100 feet west of Hegewisch Babe Ruth Field.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hegewisch and Far Southeast Side.

Hegewisch

Suburb

Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hegewisch is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's far south side. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Riverdale and South Deering to the west, the East Side to the north, the village of Burnham to the south and the city of Hammond, Indiana to the east.

Far Southeast Side

Photo: vxla, CC BY 2.0.

The Far Southeast Side of Chicago is a huge section of Chicago with only one large tourist draw: the Pullman Historic District. Most travelers will literally just pass over this district on the Chicago Skyway, but look closely and something may catch your eye.

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 2 miles south of Hegewisch Babe Ruth Field.

Hegewisch Babe Ruth Field

Type: Recreation area
Address: 12600 South Carondolet Avenue, Chicago, IL 60633
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.66612° or 41° 39′ 58″ north

Longitude

-87.55044° or 87° 33′ 2″ west

Named after

Babe Ruth

Open location code

86HJMC8X+CR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 229724602

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hegewisch Litlte League and Hyde Lake Marsh.

Nearby Places

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