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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Lincoln Park, Near North Side, Chicago, Uptown, Chicago, Near South Side, Chicago, Edgewater, Chicago, Chicago beaches, Hyde Park, Chicago, Burnham Park, Woodlawn, Chicago, Rogers Park, Chicago, South Shore, Chicago, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Douglas, Chicago, East Side, Chicago, Calumet Park, Illinois Beach State Park, Oakland, Chicago, Oak Street Beach. Excerpt: Lincoln Park is a 1,208 acre (4.9 km, 1.8875 mi, 488,86 ha) park along the lakefront of Chicago, Illinois' North Side, facing Lake Michigan. Lincoln Park is Chicago's largest public park. The park, named after Abraham Lincoln, stretches for seven miles (11 km) from Ohio Street (400 N) on the south to near Ardmore Avenue (5800 N) on the north, just north of the Lake Shore Drive terminus at Hollywood Avenue. The Lincoln Park Zoo and museums are located between North Avenue (1600 N) and Diversey Parkway (2800 N) in the neighborhood that takes its name from the park, Lincoln Park. The park further to the north is characterized by parkland, beaches, recreational areas, nature reserves, and harbors. To the south, there is a more narrow strip of beaches east of Lake Shore Drive, almost to downtown. Lincoln Park, with 20 million visitors a year, is the second most visited park in the United States. The park's recreational facilities include 15 baseball areas, 6 basketball courts, softball fields, soccer fields, 35 tennis courts, 163 volley ball courts, field houses, a driving range and golf course. The park also includes a number of harbours with boating facilities, as well as public beaches. There are landscaped gardens, bird refuges, a Zoo, the Lincoln Park Conservatory, the Chicago History Museum, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool, and a theater on the lake with regular outdoor performances during the summer. Lincoln Park in Winter...
