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How walkable is Hyde Park?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Hyde Park has a walkability score of 85 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Chicago, which scores 85 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
689 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Hyde Park. The nearest grocery is Treasure Island Foods, about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, coffee, banks, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Harper Foods9 min
- Trader Joe's9 min
- Windy City Baker3 min
- Woodlawn Tap5 min
- Joan's Studio-Performing Arts8 min
- Toys Et Cetera8 min
- TrueNorth Cafe Hyde Park6 min
- Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea7 min
- First Financial Bank & ATM3 min
- Hyde Park Bank6 min
- Bixler Park3 min
- Spruce Park9 min
- St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Grade School5 min
- University of Chicago10 min
- JKM Library8 min
- Barnes & Noble9 min
- UChicago Presents9 min
- The Hall of Jellyfish9 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Hyde Park at 41.7944, -87.5939. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 61 street intersections per km², and blocks average 121 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Hyde Park
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.2 km around the centre of Hyde Park. Rings mark 600 m and 1.2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Chicago
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chinatown | 7.2 km | 92 |
| Chicago Loop | 10.1 km | 98 |
| Magnificent Mile | 11.4 km | 98 |
| Lincoln Park | 14.9 km | 90 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Chicago page.
Questions about walking in Hyde Park
Is Hyde Park walkable?
Yes. Hyde Park in Chicago has a walkability score of 85 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Hyde Park more walkable than the rest of Chicago?
Hyde Park is about as walkable as Chicago as a whole: it scores 85, against 85 for the 5 km around Chicago's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Chicago neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Chicago?
Of the 5 Chicago neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Magnificent Mile (98), Chicago Loop (98) and Chinatown (92).
How is the walkability score of Hyde Park calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Hyde Park it is the average of 60 points spread evenly across the 1.2 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.