Burnham Park (Chicago)

Burnham Park
Northerly view of Burnham Park from Promontory Point (05/28/06)
Type	Urban
Location	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Coordinates	41°50′7″N 87°36′26″W / 41.83528°N 87.60722°W / 41.83528; -87.60722
Area	598 acres (242 ha)
Created	1920 (1920)
Operated by	Chicago Park District
Open	All year
Website	www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Burnham-Park/

Burnham Park is a public park located in Chicago, Illinois. Situated along 6 miles (9.7 km) of Lake Michigan shoreline, the park connects Grant Park at 14th Street to Jackson Park at 56th Street. The 598 acres (242 ha) of parkland is owned and managed by the Chicago Park District.^[1][2] It was named for urban planner and architect Daniel Burnham in 1927.^[2] Burnham was one of the designers of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

The park is an outgrowth of the 1909 Plan for Chicago, often called simply "The Burnham Plan". Land for the park has been acquired by the city's park district by a variety of means such as bequest, land reclamation, and barter. The park hosts some of the city's most important municipal structures, such as Soldier Field and McCormick Place. In the north, the park is adjacent to the Museum Campus in Grant Park and to the south it is adjacent to the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park. The park includes several beaches, and boat harbors, as well as hiking and biking trails and nature reserves. During the presidency of U.S. President Barack Obama, the park was the landing site for Marine One when visiting his Kenwood home on Chicago's South Side.