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Touring South Chicago Heights
The district South Chicago Heights of Calumet in Cook County (Illinois) is a subburb located in United States about 588 mi west of Washington DC, the country's capital place.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 25°C / 77 °F
Morning Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Evening Temperature | 27°C / 81 °F |
Night Temperature | 22°C / 71 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 47% |
Air Pressure | 1011 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Sunday, 19th of May 2024
20°C (68 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 20th of May 2024
27°C (81 °F)
22°C (72 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 21st of May 2024
28°C (82 °F)
25°C (76 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hyatt Place Chicago South-University Medical Cente
La Quinta Inn and Suites Chicago - Lake Shore
CHICAGO LAKE SHORE HOTEL
Welcome Inn Manor
Econo Lodge Hammond
WOODED ISLE INC WOODED ISLE SUITES
THE BEADLE RESIDENCES
Videos from this area
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Avalon Park, Chicago IL (IMG_0561.MOV)
My wife @geekgirlwife and I @labanex decided to take my niece and nephew to Avalon Park in Chicago IL. http://www.flickr.com/photos/labanex/with/5630727471/
Avalon Park, Chicago IL (IMG_0575.MOV)
Me and Serenity decided to take our niece and nephew to the park. http://www.flickr.com/photos/labanex/with/5630727471/
South Lake Shore Drive Extension Opening, Part 2
From South Shore Drive , I turn onto the new extension, going southbound! The upside: a new, smooth road, lined with saplings that, 20 years from now, will provide copious shade for this stretch...
Chicago Shedd Aquarium Grosse Point Lighthouse
Video my husband Keith took outside the Shedd Aquarium April 12th 2009. You can see the Grosse Point lighthouse that is out on Lake Michigan.
Body Shot Boxing Club: Trumbull Park a Tourney- Joseph Sanchez 7-31-14
This is video of a 3 round fight in Chicago. Tourney was fought at Trumbull Park located in the south side of Chicago 2300 e. 105th st. Fighter Joseph Sanchez representing Body Shot Boxing...
COMET ISON'S INTERIOR CUBE IMAGE & ZIMBABWE'S AFRICAN SON OF THE SUN CALENDAR STONES
COMET ISON'S INTERIOR CUBE IMAGE & ZIMBABWE'S AFRICAN SON OF THE SUN CALENDAR STONES.
2E4 BIBLICAL LION SPHINX OF GIZA & GAZA 01
2E4-BIBLICAL LION SPHINX OF GIZA & GAZA 01THE DOME OF THE ROCK OUTER WALL STONE RECTANGUALR WINDOW FRAMES REVEALS ITS 1 2 3 GROUPING OF PYRAMID SQUARES ASA THEYA ...
Chicago Homicide: 8100 S Chappel Ave
22-year-old Savoy Young was found gunned down in an alley on the 8100 block of South Chappel Ave on January 31, 2015. No one has been charged with his murder. Video by @SPOTNEWSonIG.
NEW JERUSALEM CUBE IN OUTER SPACE INTERLOCKS WITH COMET ISON'S PYRAMID 7 FORM
NEW JERUSALEM JUPITER SIZED BLACK CUBE 8 IN OUTER SPACE CAN BE SEEN WITHIN THE DOME OF THE ROCK OUTER WALL STONE RECTANGULAR WINDOW FRAMES ...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Calumet River
The Calumet River refers to a system of heavily industrialized rivers and canals in the region between the neighborhood of South Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, and the city of Gary, Indiana.
Calumet Park
Calumet Park is a 198 acre (79-hectare) park in Chicago, Illinois. It provides access to Lake Michigan from the East Side neighborhood on the city's Southeast Side. The park contains approximately 0.9 miles (1.5 km) of lake frontage from 95th Street to 102nd Street. The park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
WSSD
WSSD (88.1 FM, "The Blues Station") is a radio station broadcasting a blues music format. Licensed to Chicago, Illinois, USA, the station is currently owned by Lakeside Telecommunications, Inc.
Bessemer Park
Bessemer Park is a public park in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Created in 1904, it was named for Henry Bessemer, the inventor of the eponymous steelmaking process. The name is appropriate, since Chicago's most productive steel mill, the U.S. Steel Southworks, was located just a mile away. The park was created by the South Park Commission as part of a new neighborhood park system in Chicago.
Dinah Washington Park
Dinah Washington Park is a park located at 8215 S. Euclid Avenue in the South Chicago community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was named for singer and Chicago resident Dinah Washington. It is one of four Chicago Park District parks named after persons surnamed Washington. It is one of 40 Chicago Park District parks named after influential African Americans. The Chicago Park District purchased the vacant lot in 1972 with the help of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Stony Island Avenue
Stony Island Avenue is a major thoroughfare on South Side of the city of Chicago, designated 1600 East in Chicago's street numbering system. It runs from 56th Street south to the Calumet River. Stony Island Avenue continues sporadically south of the Calumet in the southern suburbs, running alongside the Bishop Ford Freeway, sometimes as a frontage road. It terminates at County Line Road on the border of Will and Kankakee Counties.
Olive–Harvey College
Olive-Harvey College is a community college on Chicago's far South Side located at 10001 S Woodlawn Avenue, and is a part of the City Colleges of Chicago, the largest community college system in Illinois and one of the largest in the nation.
Church of the Immaculate Conception (Chicago, Illinois)
The Church of the Immaculate Conception, referred to in Polish as Kościół Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located in, Chicago, Illinois. It is a prime example of the so-called 'Polish Cathedral style' of churches in both its opulence and grand scale. Along with St. Michael's, it is one of the two monumental Polish churches dominating the South Chicago skyline.
Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church (Chicago)
St. Michael (Polish: Kościół Świętego Michała) is a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. The current church is located at E. 83rd Street and S. South Shore Drive in South Chicago, a neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is a prime example of the so-called "Polish Cathedral style" of churches in both its opulence and grand scale. Along with Immaculate Conception, it is one of the two monumental Polish churches dominating over the South Chicago neighborhood.
St. Francis de Sales High School (Chicago, Illinois)
St. Francis de Sales High School is a private, Roman Catholic High School in Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the southeast side of the city, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
Chicago Vocational High School
Chicago Vocational Career Academy (commonly known as CVCA, Chicago Vocational High School or CVS) is a public 4-year vocational high school located in the Avalon Park neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It opened in 1940. The school was barely opened when the outbreak of World War II caused a change in plan.
South Chicago (93rd Street) (Metra)
The South Chicago (93rd Street) Metra Electric Line station is located on East 93rd St and South Baltimore Avenue (9300 S, 3300 E) in Chicago's South Chicago neighborhood. The station provides transport services to Chicago's South Chicago, South Deering, Hegewisch, and East Side neighborhoods. The station is located 13.0 miles southeast of Millennium Station, the line's northern terminus at Randolph/South Water Street in downtown Chicago.
Port of Chicago
The Port of Chicago consists of several major port facilities within the city of Chicago, Illinois operated by the Illinois International Port District (formerly known as the Chicago Regional Port District). The central element of the Port District, Calumet Harbor, is maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
87th Street (Metra)
87th Street is the penultimate stop on the South Chicago Branch of the Metra Electric Line in the South Side of Chicago. The station is located at 87th Street, one block East of Commercial Avenue, and is 12.51 miles away from the northern terminus, Millennium Station. In Metra's zone-based fare system, 87th Street is in zone B. West of this station is another Metra Electric station along 87th Street known as 87th Street (Woodruff) along the Main Branch.
83rd Street (Metra)
83rd Street is an electrified commuter rail station along the South Chicago Branch of the Metra Electric Line in the South Side of the city of Chicago. The station is located on 83rd Street at Exchange Aveue near Russell Square Park, and is 11.97 miles away from the northern terminus, Millennium Station. In Metra's zone-based fare system, 83rd Street is in zone B. West of this station is another Metra Electric station along 83rd Street known as 83rd Street (Avalon Park) along the Main Branch.
Cheltenham (Metra)
Cheltenham (also known as Cheltenham-79th Street) is a station on the Hyde Park/South Chicago branch of the Metra Electric Line. The station is located along the median of Exchange Avenue, approximately one city block north of East 79th Street, and is 11.49 miles away from the northern terminus at Randolph Street Station. West of this station is another Metra Electric station along 79th Street known as 79th Street (Chatham) along the Main Branch.
Windsor Park (Metra)
75th Street-Windsor Park is a station on the South Chicago Branch of the Metra Electric District Line. It is located at 75th Street in the median of Exchange Avenue and is 10.88 miles away from the northern terminus at Randolph Street Station. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Windsor Park Station is in Zone B. Part of 75th Street-Windsor Park station's name is also shared with another 75th Street Metra Electric station at Grand Crossing on the main branch.
Coast Guard Station Calumet Harbor
Coast Guard Station Calumet Harbor is a United States Coast Guard station located on Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. Station Calumet Harbor is both the largest and busiest station in the Ninth Coast Guard District. The station partakes in many missions including Search and Rescue, Law enforcement and Marine safety. The station also conducts about ten Presidential Security Zones.
Drake Fountain
The Drake Fountain, also known as the Columbus Monument is located on a triangular site bounded by 92nd Street, South Chicago Avenue and Exchange Avenue in the Chicago neighborhood known as South Chicago.
Chicago Lakeside Development
Chicago Lakeside Development is a proposed 369-acre redevelopment of former U.S. Steel SouthWorks site 10 miles south of downtown Chicago adjacent to Chicago South Side neighborhood. The plan calls for 13,575 new homes, 17,500,000 square feet of retail and other commercial space, a new high school, 1,500-slip marina,125 acres of public land, lakefront access, new bike paths, and commuter rail and bus service would house 150,000 people.
South Shore High School (Chicago)
South Shore High School (commonly known as South Shore) was a public four-year high school located in the South Shore neighborhood on the southeast side of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was part of the Chicago Public Schools. South Shore was founded in 1940.
Bowen High School (Chicago)
James H. Bowen High School (known as Bowen High School) is a public 4-year high school located in the South Chicago neighborhood on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois. It is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district. Founded in 1876 as an elementary school, Bowen was named for a man known as "the father of South Chicago", James H. Bowen. Before the school moved to its present location, it was located on Houston Avenue.
Calumet High School (Chicago)
Calumet High School was a public 4-year high school located in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was operated by Chicago Public Schools. Calumet closed after the 2005-2006 academic year.
Richards Career Academy
Ellen H. Richards Career Academy High School (formerly known as Richards Vocational High School) is a public 4-year vocational high school located in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is operated by the Chicago Public Schools system.
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, Bridge No. 6
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, Bridge No. 6 is a steel vertical-lift bridge consisting of two parallel spans, carrying two tracks each, across the Calumet River in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The structure is currently owned by Norfolk Southern Railway but disused and kept in a raised position. The current structure replaces an earlier swing bridge on the same site, built for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway.