Welcome to Loyola Park!
2023 City-Wide Junior Citizen Finalists
Loyola Park Fieldhouse
Loyola Park Athletes at Special Olympics Opening Ceremony at Soldier Field
Take a walk along the path at Loyola Park.
Take a walk along the path at Loyola Park.
Yoga at Loyola Park.
Yoga. Namaste.
Our Winter Camp (2023) had a blast wearing our PJ's to the Park for a fun day of activities!
Location:

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626

Supervisor: Kristen Rezny
Phone Numbers: Main (773) 262-8605

 

Hours

Park Hours
Day Time slot Comment
Sunday: 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Monday: 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Tuesday: 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Wednesday: 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Thursday: 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Friday: 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Saturday: 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Fieldhouse Hours
Day Time slot Comment
Sunday Closed
Monday 9:00 am-9:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am-9:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am-9:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am-9:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am-9:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am-5:00 pm

Description

Located in the East Rogers Park community (adjacent on the west to Sheridan Road, abutting Loyola University’s property to the south, and Lake Michigan on the east), Loyola Park sits on 40.87 acres of land. The large fieldhouse is equipped with two gymnasiums, woodshop, boxing center and clubrooms for rental. Outside, the park offers a senior baseball and a softball field, a two-hoop basketball court, sand volleyball courts, four tennis courts, a playground, as well as a nearly 2/3-mile walking trail along the beautiful beach and Lake Michigan.  Beach season begins the Friday before Memorial Weekend and goes through Labor Day. 

With a great diversity, and quantity, of programs: there’s something for everyone at Loyola Park! Parents will appreciate the opportunity for their tots / preschoolers to increase their socialization skills in programs such as: Preschool, Tot Spot, MightyFitFamily, Saturday Dribblers, Saturday Kickers, Tiny Tot- and Recreational-Tumbling. Loyola Park is one of the sites for the popular Park Kids after school program for youth; Winter- and Spring-Break Camps are available during days when school is out.

Recreation for youth includes: baseball, basketball, boxing, cheerleading, cross-country, and Go Girl Go, gymnastics, hip hop dance, seasonal sports, soccer, softball, track & field, volleyball, and wrestling. Pre-Teens and Teens can make new friendships in their age-appropriate clubs. Other teen programs include: baseball, basketball, boxing, cheerleading, drop-in, flag football, Go Girl Go, hip hop dance, soccer, softball, and volleyball. During the summer, Loyola Park offers various camps, in addition to its popular 6-week affordable day camp for youth: Dance Intensive-, Basketball-, Soccer-, Tennis-, Volleyball-, and Play-Camp.

Loyola Park is also noted for its Special Recreation programs for people with disabilities—including training for Special Olympics, after school Park Kids, summer camp for children and teens.

Adults and/or seniors are not forgotten; they can enjoy low-impact aerobics, conditioning, cross-training, yoga, boxing, and volleyball.Tae Kwon Do is an all-ages class offered through a partnership.

On the cultural side, Loyola Park offers arts & crafts and woodcraft. The park has Art Partnership who bring their talents to the community.  Barrel of Monkey's offers writing and improv workshops for children and Full Effect offers Hip Hop Dance classes.

Loyola Park is the home of artist Lynn Takata’s “Windform”: a 100’ long abstract concrete sculpture, which is meant to represent the movement of the water--and provides areas for patrons to sit and enjoy the lake, as well as slopes for children to climb and play on.

Loyola Park hosts a bounty of annual special events: the autumn Boxing Show and Halloween Party, Black History Month Celebration, Family Valentine Dance, Earth Day Park Clean-up, Easter Egg Hunt, Gym Showcase, and the Father’s Day-weekend Artists of the Wall Festival.

History

Loyola Park was the sole park created by the North Shore Park District, one of 22 independent park boards consolidated into the Chicago Park District in 1934. Unlike most of these park boards, the North Shore District, formed in 1900, was at first interested only in enhancing the area through boulevard improvements along Sheridan Road, Pratt Boulevard, and Ashland Avenue. By 1905, however, public pressure had prompted the district to consider park development. The district spent several years mulling its options. Finally, in 1909, at the urging of the Rogers Park Woman's Club, the North Shore District determined to concentrate its resources on purchasing land for a single beachfront park and boating basin known as North Shore Park. Shortly thereafter, noted landscape architect and engineer O.C. Simonds developed plans for a pier at the site, but these were never realized.  Between 1912 and 1924, the North Shore District had acquired more than nine acres of lakeshore property. A small fieldhouse, built in 1923, soon provided game and club rooms. Playfields were flooded for ice skating in winter; in 1929, the local American Legion post erected a shelter house for skaters.

Several years after the Chicago Park District took over in 1934, local residents asked that North Shore Park be renamed. The Park District agreed, and held a contest to choose a new name. Neighborhood residents favored the name Loyola Park, for nearby Loyola University. The Jesuits began to develop this important Rogers Park institution in 1906, when they purchased a 20-acre site between Devon and Loyola Avenues. During the 1930s, the university raised its neighborhood profile substantially by constructing a number of dramatic Art Deco buildings, including the Madonna della Strada Chapel.  From 1948-1949, the Chicago Park District acquired more land and more than doubled the size of Loyola Park and built a new fieldhouse with an adjacent grandstand. Streets were vacated in 1950 to further expand the park. Land acquisition was completed after another half-acre was added in 1971, bringing the size of Loyola Park to more than 40 acres.

Advisory Council

Contact: Jennifer Walling,   President
Meeting Details:

1st Monday of the month at 6:30pm.

Parking/Directions

Metered parking is available in two nearby lots.  Get rates and additional information.

For directions using public transportation visit www.transitchicago.com.

Map & Facilities

Loyola Baseball Field South

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Loyola Tennis Court

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Loyola Auditorium

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Loyola Woodshop

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Loyola Basketball Court - Outdoor

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Morse Ave. Circles

1200 W. Morse Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Loyola Beach

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave. (Greenleaf Ave. @ Lake Michigan)
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

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Loyola Beach - Ropa Cabana | Concession

1230 W. Greenleaf
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

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(773) 372-2198

Loyola Beach Volleyball Court

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Loyola Boxing Gym

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Loyola Clubroom

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Loyola Natural Area

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Loyola Fieldhouse

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Loyola Fitness Course

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Loyola Gymnasium

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Loyola Baseball Field North

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Loyola Paths

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
United States

Loyola Playground

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Gymnasium

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Auditorium

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Baseball Field North

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Basketball Court - Outdoor

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Paths

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Beach

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave. (Greenleaf Ave. @ Lake Michigan)
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Playground
Loyola Playground

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Beach - Ropa Cabana | Concession

1230 W. Greenleaf
Chicago, IL 60626
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(773) 372-2198
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Loyola Baseball Field South

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Beach Volleyball Court

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Tennis Court

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Boxing Gym
Loyola Boxing Gym

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Woodshop
Loyola Woodshop

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Clubroom

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Morse Ave. Circles

1200 W. Morse Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Natural Area
Loyola Natural Area

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Fieldhouse

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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Loyola Fitness Course

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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