Packingtown Park

Packingtown Park is a park in Chicago, Cook, Illinois which is located on South Laflin Street. Packingtown Park is situated nearby to the school Richards Career Academy, as well as near Back of the Yards Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Richards Career Academy and Apostolic House of Prayer.

Richards Career Academy

School

Ellen H. Richards Career Academy is a public four-year vocational high school located in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Richards Career Academy is situated 930 feet south of Packingtown Park.

Apostolic House of Prayer

Church

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Apostolic House of Prayer is a church, which is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Packingtown Park.

Saint Josephs Catholic Church

Church

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St. Joseph's is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located in Chicago, Illinois, at 4821 South Hermitage Avenue. Founded in 1887 with the current church building dating to 1914, Saint Joseph's is a prime example of the Polish Cathedral style of churches in both its opulence and grand scale. Saint Josephs Catholic Church is situated 1,600 feet west of Packingtown Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New City and Fuller Park.

New City

Suburb

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New City is one of Chicago's 77 official community areas, located on the southwest side of the city in the South Side district. It contains the neighborhoods of Canaryville and Back of the Yards.

Fuller Park

Suburb

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Fuller Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Located on the city's South Side, it is 5 miles from the Loop. It is named for a small park also known as Fuller Park within the neighborhood, which is in turn named for Melville Weston Fuller, a Chicago attorney who was the Chief Justice of the United States between 1888 and 1910. Fuller Park is situated 2 miles northeast of Packingtown Park.

Gage Park

Suburb

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Gage Park is one of Chicago's 77 well-defined community areas, located on the city's southwest side; it is also the name of a park within the neighborhood. Gage Park is situated 2 miles west of Packingtown Park.

Packingtown Park

Type: Park
Address: 4856 South Laflin Street, Chicago, IL 60609
Category: recreation area
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.80515° or 41° 48′ 19″ north

Longitude

-87.6628° or 87° 39′ 46″ west

Operator

Chicago Park District

Named after

Union Stock Yards

Open location code

86HJR84P+3V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 398407018

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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