Northerly Island Park

Artur Ciegotura a month ago

I still remember this place as Meigs Field Airport. I remember private jets taking off and landing on it. Now, iy has been converted into a new nature preserve area. There are ponds in the middle serving a nice habitat to water life. The park offers great views of the Chicago Skyline. It will take time for the trees to populate the area. The remnants of the old airport are still there like the terminal and the control tower. Great place for taking walks and enjoying the view.

G Graham 3 weeks ago

Nice natural area. The paved trail is fenced in to protect native plant growth redevelopment. To get to the natural area, you need to walk or bicycle a ways south from the Planetarium past the Pavillion, parking lots and boat slips (didn’t see any signs for the natural area).

Bob “Happy to be here” H. 5 months ago

We love coming here for our Huskies of the Valley sled dog demonstrations for the Chicago Park District.

Jett Tyler a year ago

Whilst this place is a great part of Chicago to come to if you want to get away from the hustle of the city, its a pretty cool place to visit if you are into Aviation History and the chance to come visit the site of Meigs Field Airport, which was the default airport for the Microsoft Flight Simulator games from the 1990s & 2000s! It was pretty cool to come and visit these old Airport Buildings from its Airfield days, and getting a chance to see the real part of something I spent hours playing on as a child growing up!

A Red Dragon a year ago

Beautiful area just enough out of the city that you can breathe. Landed here on a nice sunny day. Birds were chirping, flowers were in bloom, and a refreshing breeze ran through it. Will be back.