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2018 Map of Jackson Park

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Jackson Park
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The southern Lake Michigan shoreline of Chicago is defined here by its massive park systems and institutional corridors. The lakefront is a complex series of engineered landscapes, from Northerly Island and Burnham Park Harbor in the north down to the extensive lagoons of Jackson Park. This area serves as a significant educational hub, anchoring the University of Chicago and several specialized institutions like the Chicago Theological Seminary and the Illinois College of Optometry.

Transit and recreation converge along the Chicago Lakefront Trail and the Metra rail line, which parallel the coast and its string of urban beaches, including Thirty-first Street Beach and Rainbow Park Beach. Inland, the massive grounds of Oak Woods Cemetery provide a large green space amidst the dense residential grid. Beneath the waters of Lake Michigan, numerous underwater features like Oakland Shoal and Morgan Shoal indicate the submerged geography just off the metropolitan coast.