Portage Park, Community area on northwest side of Chicago, United States.
The 38-acre Portage Park features six tennis courts, two sports fields, five baseball diamonds, and an Olympic-sized swimming pool with diving boards.
The area derives its name from Native American portage routes connecting the Des Plaines and Chicago rivers along present-day Irving Park Road.
The National Veterans Art Museum in Portage Park displays combat-influenced artworks created by military veterans throughout different periods of service.
The community area contains numerous Chicago-style bungalows, two-flat buildings, and three branches of the Chicago Public Library system.
The neighborhood swimming pool hosted both the 1959 Pan-American Games and the 1972 United States Olympic swimming trials where Mark Spitz set records.
Location: Chicago
Shares border with: Jefferson Park, Irving Park
GPS coordinates: 41.95000,-87.76000
Latest update: May 27, 2025 09:54
Copernicus Center with the Mitchell P. Kobelinski Theater
2 km
Portage Theatre
1.1 km
Admiral Theatre, Chicago
3.4 km
Basilica of St. Hyacinth
3.9 km
Florsheim Shoe Company Building
3 km
Riis Park
3.1 km
Portage Park
667 m
Kelvyn Park
2.9 km
Race House
2.2 km
Milwaukee-Diversey-Kimball District
4.4 km
Chopin Park
797 m
Eugene Field Park
4.2 km
Hermosa Bungalow Historic District
2.4 km
St. Viator Parish
3.2 km
Old Treaty Elm
4.3 km
Falconer Bungalow Historic District
1.9 km
Charles N. Loucks House
2.3 km
Jefferson Park
2.1 km
Wrightwood Bungalow Historic District
2.7 km
Portage Park Bungalow Historic District
1 km
Schorsch Irving Park Gardens Historic District
1.6 km
Ropp-Grabill House
2.4 km
Elmer C. Jensen House
2 km
Bohemian Civil War Veterans' Monument
4.3 km
Mayfair Branch
2.7 km
Kelvyn Fieldhouse
2.9 km
Mother
4.2 km
Pilgrim
4.5 kmReviews
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