Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park is a 7-acre park in the Jefferson Park community area of Chicago, Illinois on the National Register of Historic Places.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “Jefferson Memorial Park”
- Address: 4822 North Long Avenue, Chicago, IL 60630
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jefferson Park Transit Center and Copernicus Center.
Jefferson Park Transit Center
Railway station
Photo: Jacob G., CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Jefferson Park Transit Center is an intermodal passenger transport hub in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It serves as a station for rail and also as a bus terminal. Jefferson Park Transit Center is situated 920 feet north of Jefferson Park.
Copernicus Center
Arts center
Photo: Orestek, Public domain.
The Copernicus Center is a 1,852-seat former movie palace that is now part of the Copernicus Center in the Jefferson Park community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Copernicus Center is situated 1,400 feet east of Jefferson Park.
Forest Glen station
Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Forest Glen is one of two Metra commuter railroad stations in the Forest Glen section of Chicago, Illinois, along the Milwaukee District North Line. It is located at 5301 North Forest Glen Avenue, is 10.2 miles away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. Forest Glen station is situated 4,200 feet northeast of Jefferson Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jefferson Park and Portage Park.
Jefferson Park
Suburb
Jefferson Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the northwest side of the city. The neighborhood of Jefferson Park occupies a larger swath of territory.
Portage Park
Suburb
Photo: Orestek, Public domain.
Portage Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the northwest side of Chicago. Portage Park is bordered by the community areas of Jefferson Park and Forest Glen to the north, Dunning and the suburb of Harwood Heights to the west, Irving Park to the east and Belmont-Cragin to the south.
Far Northwest Side
The Far Northwest Side of Chicago includes the neighborhoods of Avondale and the Polish Village, with large Polish communities; Irving Park and Old Irving, quiet areas with historic homes; and Forest Glen, Jefferson Park, Norwood Park, Edison Park, Edgebrook, Dunning, and Portage Park, residential areas which have nice parks, old theaters, and some big annual festivals.
Jefferson Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.96865° or 41° 58′ 7″ northLongitude
-87.76367° or 87° 45′ 49″ westOperator
Chicago Park DistrictNamed after
Thomas JeffersonOpen location code
86HJX69P+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 27861631OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q3176658
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Jefferson Park” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Jefferson Park”
- French: “Jefferson Park”
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Highlights include Jefferson Park Fieldhouse and Ed Paschke Art Center.
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