Hermitage Park

5839 S. Wood St. Chicago IL 60636

Hours: Park: 6am - 11pm, Fieldhouse: M-F 11am-7:30pm

Sat/Sun Closed

Park Supervisor:
Romero Norwood

(312) 747-6179

Description

Located in the Englewood community, Hermitage Park totals 1.08 acres and features a multi-purpose clubroom. Outside, the park offers a multi-purpose field, playground, spray pool, volleyball/tennis courts. Many of these spaces are available for rental including our ball fields.

Park-goers can participate in seasonal sports, Teen Club, Sports Club. The Park Kids after school program is offered throughout the school year, and in the summer youth attend the Park District’s popular six-week day camp. Specialty camps are offered in the summer as well, and include dance and sports camp.

In addition to programs, Hermitage Park hosts fun special events throughout the year for the entire family including holiday-themed events.

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SPRING PROGRAMS:
Register online or in-person for spring programs now. Spring programs run the week of April 1 through the week of June 3.

SUMMER PROGRAMS:

Online registration for our park’s summer programs begins Tuesday, April 16 at 9 am, and in-person registration begins Monday, April 22. The standard 6-week summer camp program runs July 1 through August 9. Most other summer programs run the week of June 17 through the week of August 19.

FACILITIES

FACILITY TYPE	ADDRESS	QTY
Baseball Field	5839 S. Wood St.	1
Basketball Court - Outdoor	5839 S. Wood St.	2
Fieldhouse	5839 S. Wood St.	1
Football / Soccer - Grass	5839 S. Wood St.	1
Playgrounds	5839 S. Wood St.	1
Volleyball Courts- Outdoor	5839 S. Wood St.	1
Water Spray Features	5839 S. Wood St.	1

History

Hermitage Park is one of many city parks created to meet the growing recreational demands of post-World War II Chicago. Established by the Bureau of Parks and Recreation in 1949, by the following year the four-acre site had playground equipment, a shelter house, and an athletic field. In 1959, the city transferred the West Englewood community park to the Chicago Park District. Installing a new spray pool in 1966, the park district made subsequent improvements over the years, including a 1991 soft surface playground. At one time, Chicago had two properties namedHermitage Park. The otherone,located on Hermitage Avenue in Chicago's North Center community, was renamed Helen Zatterberg Park in 2004. Hermitage Park's name pays tribute tothe nation's seventh president, Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), whose Nashville, Tennessee estateis known as "The Hermitage."Chicago's Jackson Boulevard also honors the former president.