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2. Chicago Park District - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago Park District oversees more than 600 parks with over 8,800 acres (3,600 ha) of municipal parkland including their field houses, as well as 27 beaches, 78 pools, 11 museums, two world-class botanical conservatories, 16 historic lagoons and 10 bird and wildlife gardens that are found within the city limits. [3]

3. Marquette Park (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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   The Marquette Park Golf Course is a 3,187-yard (2,914 m) nine-hole par-36 course featuring elevated tees and greens as well as spacious fairways. Water comes into play on seven of the nine golf holes. The golf course practice facilities include a driving range, a 9,000-square-foot (840 m 2) putting green, and chipping green and sand bunkers ...

4. List of parks in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Marquette Park: Chicago Lawn: 315 acres (127 ha) The largest park in southwest Chicago; has a golf course and many other attractions Millennium Park: Chicago Loop: 24.5 acres (9.9 ha) Chicago's newest marquee park, opened in 2004, just north of the Art Institute of Chicago in Grant Park, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

5. Parks in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago Park District manages 220 facilities in 570 parks covering more than 7,600 acres (3,100 ha) of land throughout the city. [7] This extensive network of parks also includes nine lakefront harbors over 24 miles (39 km) of lakefront, rendering the Chicago Park District the nation's largest municipal harbor system, along with 31 beaches, 17 historic lagoons, 86 pools, 90 playgrounds, 90 ...

6. Chicago Golf Club - Wikipedia

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   The first American woman to win an Olympic event, Margaret Abbott, was a member at the Chicago Golf Club in the 1890s. [4] In the spring of 1893, Macdonald wrote in his c. 1925 book, Scotland's Gift – Golf, that he increased the number of holes at Belmont to 18, creating the first 18-hole golf course in North America. On July 18, 1893, the ...

7. Jonquil Park - Wikipedia

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   Jonquil Park, Chicago, Illinois. Jonquil Park is a medium-sized public park of 3.25 acres located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois.The park is situated at the intersection of West Wrightwood Avenue and North Sheffield Avenue, offering a green space and recreational area for local residents and visitors, including a public playground set with water toys ...

8. Forest Preserve District of Cook County - Wikipedia

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   In 2016, a tree-top zipline course was opened in west Cook County's Bemis Woods. [10] Eight significant waterways flow, at least in part, through lands in the Forest Preserve District: the Chicago River, the Des Plaines River, the Little Calumet River, Salt Creek, Poplar Creek, Thorn Creek, Crooked Creek, and Tinley Creek.

9. Frankfort Square Park District - Wikipedia

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   Square Links is a 1,749-yard (1,599 m), par 32 golf course. It features a 400,000-square-foot (37,000 m 2) driving range, an 18-hole natural grass putting course, practice sand bunker, and a practice chipping area. The park district also offers private and group golf lessons.