Grant Park

Chicago


Grant Park hosts the city's mega-events, such as Taste of Chicago, Blues Fest and Lollapalooza. Buckingham Fountain is the park's centerpiece. The skateboard park in the southwest corner draws a cool-cat crowd. Other features include a rose garden and loads of baseball diamonds.

Transportation

  • metro: Brown, Orange, Green, Purple, Pink Line to Adams

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Nearby Chicago attractions

1. Buckingham Fountain

0.04 MILES

Grant Park's centerpiece is one of the world's largest fountains, with a 1.5-million-gallon capacity and a 15-story-high spray. It lets loose on the hour…

2. Fine Arts Building

0.29 MILES

This building has been an artists' haven for more than a century. You'll still hear opera voices and trumpet music drift out of the music studios, which…

3. Museum of Contemporary Photography

0.32 MILES

This small museum focuses on American and international photography from the early 20th century onward, and is the only institution of its kind between…

4. Santa Fe Building

0.32 MILES

The 1904 Santa Fe Building is a terra-cotta beauty where architect Daniel Burnham kept his offices. Enter the lobby and look up at the vast light well…

5. Art Institute of Chicago

0.32 MILES

The second-largest art museum in the country, the Art Institute houses a treasure trove from around the globe. The collection of impressionist and…

6. Lurie Garden

0.34 MILES

If the crowds at the Bean, Crown Fountain and Pritzker Pavilion are too much, seek out the peaceful Lurie Garden, which uses native plants to form a…

7. Route 66 Sign

0.36 MILES

Attention Route 66 buffs: the Mother Road begins in downtown Chicago. Look for the 'Historic 66 Begin' sign at the northwestern corner of Adams St and…

8. Nichols Bridgeway

0.38 MILES

Renzo Piano designed this silver, pedestrian-only span. It arches from Millennium Park over Monroe St to the Art Institute’s small, 3rd-floor sculpture…

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