Directions to Clark Street

Walking is, as always, the best way to get to Clark Street from other Lincoln Park locations. Also, the CTA offers many transit routes into the area from all parts of the city. The #22 Clark Street bus runs the full stretch of this part of Clark Street.  For assistance through the Chicago Transit Authority, easily plan your trip to Clark Street using the CTA Trip Planner.  If you're coming from other areas and wish to drive, there is generally ample street parking all along Clark Street using 'Pay at the Box' vending machines, and you may also park in numerous paid parking lots.

View and print a Clark Street SSA map (pdf)

From the Chicago History Museum
at Clark Street and North Avenue

By Bus

  1. Walk to Clark Street and North Avenue to board the 22 Clark Street bus heading North.
  2. Exit the bus at any stop along Clark Street

    Estimated Time: 5 minutes to Armitage Avenue

Walking

  1. Walk Northwest on Clark Street 4 blocks to the corner of Armitage Avenue and Clark Street

    Estimated Time: 10 minutes

From the Lincoln Park Conservatory at
Stockton Drive and Fullerton Parkway

Walking

  1. Turn right on Stockton Drive towards Fullerton Parkway.
  2. Turn left on Fullerton Parkway.
  3. Walk 2 blocks to Clark Street.
  4. Turn right on Clark Street toward Diversey Parkway, or
    Turn left on Clark Street toward Armitage Avenue

    Estimated Time: 5 minutes

From the Lincoln Park Zoo main entrance at
Webster Avenue and Stockton Drive

  1. Cross Stockton Drive at the main zoo entrance on Webster Avenue.
  2. Walk 2 blocks to Clark Street

    Estimated Time: 5 minutes

From anywhere else in the zoo, simply walk a few blocks west until you reach Clark Street.

From the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
at Fullerton Parkway and Cannon Drive

  1. Walk West on Fullerton Parkway.
  2. Walk 3 blocks to Clark Street.
  3. Turn right on Clark Street toward Diversey Parkway, or
    Turn left on Clark Street toward Armitage Avenue

    Estimated Time: 5 minutes

From DePaul University (Lincoln Park Campus) at
Fullerton Parkway and Sheffield Avenue

Walking

  1. Start out heading east on Fullerton Parkway
  2. Walk 7 blocks to Clark Street
  3. Turn right on Clark Street toward Armitage Avenue, or turn left on Clark Street toward Diversey

    Estimated Time: 20 minutes
    Estimated Distance: 0.7 miles

From Loyola University's Rogers Park Campus

Take the CTA (CTA Trip Planner)

  1. Board the Red line train to 95th Street heading South.
  2. Exit the train at Belmont Avenue.
  3. Walk about 3 blocks East to Clark Street.
  4. Board the 22 Clark Street Bus heading South.
  5. Exit the bus anywhere along Clark Street between Diversey Parkway and Armitage Avenue.

    Estimated Time: 30 minutes
    Estimated Distance: 6.4 miles