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Field Museum of Natural History
Home to Sue, the largest and most complete T. rex ever found, along with extensive anthropological and geological collections.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Gage Park
Illinois, United States · North America
About Gage Park
Gage Park works well as a base: 5 minutes from New City, 11km from Route 66 - Chicago Start.
Gage Park is in Illinois, United States, with about 41,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is New City, about 4 km away.
The Gage Park Bungalow Historic District is a residential historic district in the Gage Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The district includes 465 Chicago bungalows and eighteen other residential buildings. The bungalows were built between 1919 and 1931, a time in which single-family homeownership becameRead more
broadly accessible in Chicago; as bungalows could be mass-built affordably, they appealed to these new homeowners. Gage Park, an underbuilt neighborhood in southwest Chicago, was one of the many outlying areas of the city in which large numbers of new bungalows were built in the early twentieth century. While the bungalows have a consistent shape and are set back evenly from the street, giving the district a uniform appearance, variations in color, brick patterns, and roof forms differentiate the individual houses.
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 2020.
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What is there to see near Gage Park?
Within an hour or so of Gage Park: Field Museum of Natural History (10 km), Lou Mitchell's (10 km), Willis Tower (Sears Tower) (11 km), Route 66 - Chicago Start (11 km).
Are there any good drives near Gage Park?
The nearest famous roads are Route 66 - Chicago Start.
Where is Gage Park?
Gage Park is in Illinois, United States, about 4 km from New City.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 41,202
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Illinois
- Timezone
- America/Chicago
- Coordinates
- 41.7950, -87.6962
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Essential numbers in United States
AAA roadside assistance: 1-800-222-4357. Right turn on red is legal in most states unless signed otherwise.
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Worth the detour from Gage Park
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
cafe
Lou Mitchell's
Serving double-yolk eggs and free Milk Duds since 1923, this Chicago diner beside the start of Route 66 is the traditional first breakfast of the Mother Road journey.
10 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Willis Tower (Sears Tower)
Iconic 110-storey Chicago skyscraper with a glass-floored Skydeck, once the tallest building in the world.
11 km · about 20 min drive
historic highway
Route 66 - Chicago Start
The 'Begin Route 66' sign on Adams Street at Michigan Avenue marks the start of the 2,448-mile Mother Road to Santa Monica: the classic photo stop before heading west.
11 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Art Institute of Chicago
One of the oldest and largest art museums in the US, renowned for its Impressionist collection and Grant Wood's American Gothic.
11 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Shedd Aquarium
Iconic Chicago aquarium on the Lake Michigan waterfront housing over 32,000 animals from around the world.
11 km · about 20 min drive
Driving roads near Gage Park
- Right hereRoute 66 - Chicago StartThe 'Begin Route 66' sign on Adams Street at Michigan Avenue marks the start of the 2,448-mile Mother Road to Santa Monica: the classic photo stop before heading west.
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