Chicago is the most important trans- portation center in ...
6330´ east–west along Foster Avenue
Climbing onto the Park Ridge moraine
Across glacial runoff stream bed and floor of Lake Chicago
4000´ east–west along Foster Avenue
Across the Park Ridge moraine
Across the Park Ridge moraine
Turn west on Bryn Mawr Avenue
Turn west on Devon Avenue
Turn south on Harlem Avenue
Turn west on Foster Avenue 1345´ east–west along Foster Avenue
GREAT LAKES WATERSHED KIOSK Turn south on Newark Avenue
Highest elevation at Park Ridge Moraine
Edge of Park Ridge Moraine at Canfield Road 1500´ east– west along Foster Avenue
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE INTERPRETIVE CENTER
3050´ north–south along Harlem Avenue
3325´ east–west along Bryn Mawr Avenue
5125´ north–south along Newark Avenue
3600´ east–west along Devon Avenue
Across the ridge of the Park Ridge moraine
Climbing onto the Park Ridge moraine
Shoreline of Lake Chicago
Floor of Lake Chicago
800´ River floor
Chicago River
Des Plaines River
UPPER MISSISSIPPI WATERSHED KIOSK
625´– elevation of Glenwood shoreline of Lake Chicago 577´– elevation of Lake Michigan
615´
630´
630´
Chicago River gazebo
650´
655´
650´
650´
625´
625´
620´
605´ 600´
Des Plaines River gazebo
The open air museum features a model of the solar system showing how changes in the earth’s rotation brought on the Ice Age.
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Chicago is the most important trans portation center in the country. Located on an ancient continental divide, the city and outer suburbs spread across a low ridge that separates the Mississippi watershed from the Great Lakes. Over the years, goods and people flowed through this connection between the east coast and the heartland, making it the nation’s crossroads.
Chicago is not known for its picturesque landscape, but there is value in experiencing this unique topography firsthand. The Chicago Divide is a trail between the two watersheds running along ancient shorelines and over the ridge that creates the divide.
A small museum demonstrates how the glaciers carved the land and includes an outdoor interactive fountain that doubles as a hydrological model showing the results of those geological forces. The trailheads, one at the Chicago River and one at the Des Plaines River, feature gazebos offering information on the geography and history of each watershed.
Just as Chicago’s downtown is a museum of its architectural history in real time, the Chicago Divide is a living, breathing museum of its landscape.
Over 2,000 years ago, the Romans were driven out of the area now known as Germany by a loose band of local tribes at the Battle of Teutoburg forest.
The museum displays archaeological artifacts from the conflict and has a lookout tower to view the battlefield .
The “Seeing” pavilion uses a camera obscura to project an image of the surroundings in a darkened room.
The exact location of the conflict was a mystery, until recently, when archaeological evidence surfaced at the small town of Kalkreise in northern Germany. The Archaeological Museum and Park Kalkreise reconstructs the events of the three-day battle and provides historical context.
The clash of two cultures and the humbling of a superpower are brought to life through the theatrical performances and interpretive displays in the main museum. Small pavilions throughout the park are an opportunity for visitors to consider how an ancient conflict still has relevance in the modern world.
Pathways are laid out in steel for the Romans and wood chips for the tribes mark the troop movements. These interventions make a key event in European history more immediate and discernible.
Climbing onto the Park Ridge moraine
Across glacial runoff stream bed and floor of Lake Chicago
4000´ east–west along Foster Avenue
Across the Park Ridge moraine
Across the Park Ridge moraine
Turn west on Bryn Mawr Avenue
Turn west on Devon Avenue
Turn south on Harlem Avenue
Turn west on Foster Avenue 1345´ east–west along Foster Avenue
GREAT LAKES WATERSHED KIOSK Turn south on Newark Avenue
Highest elevation at Park Ridge Moraine
Edge of Park Ridge Moraine at Canfield Road 1500´ east– west along Foster Avenue
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE INTERPRETIVE CENTER
3050´ north–south along Harlem Avenue
3325´ east–west along Bryn Mawr Avenue
5125´ north–south along Newark Avenue
3600´ east–west along Devon Avenue
Across the ridge of the Park Ridge moraine
Climbing onto the Park Ridge moraine
Shoreline of Lake Chicago
Floor of Lake Chicago
800´ River floor
Chicago River
Des Plaines River
UPPER MISSISSIPPI WATERSHED KIOSK
625´– elevation of Glenwood shoreline of Lake Chicago 577´– elevation of Lake Michigan
615´
630´
630´
Chicago River gazebo
650´
655´
650´
650´
625´
625´
620´
605´ 600´
Des Plaines River gazebo
The open air museum features a model of the solar system showing how changes in the earth’s rotation brought on the Ice Age.
N e ke au ilw M
N Oketo
N Rockwell
W Foster
N e ke au ilw M
N Western
W Irving Park
Chicago is the most important trans portation center in the country. Located on an ancient continental divide, the city and outer suburbs spread across a low ridge that separates the Mississippi watershed from the Great Lakes. Over the years, goods and people flowed through this connection between the east coast and the heartland, making it the nation’s crossroads.
Chicago is not known for its picturesque landscape, but there is value in experiencing this unique topography firsthand. The Chicago Divide is a trail between the two watersheds running along ancient shorelines and over the ridge that creates the divide.
A small museum demonstrates how the glaciers carved the land and includes an outdoor interactive fountain that doubles as a hydrological model showing the results of those geological forces. The trailheads, one at the Chicago River and one at the Des Plaines River, feature gazebos offering information on the geography and history of each watershed.
Just as Chicago’s downtown is a museum of its architectural history in real time, the Chicago Divide is a living, breathing museum of its landscape.
Over 2,000 years ago, the Romans were driven out of the area now known as Germany by a loose band of local tribes at the Battle of Teutoburg forest.
The museum displays archaeological artifacts from the conflict and has a lookout tower to view the battlefield .
The “Seeing” pavilion uses a camera obscura to project an image of the surroundings in a darkened room.
The exact location of the conflict was a mystery, until recently, when archaeological evidence surfaced at the small town of Kalkreise in northern Germany. The Archaeological Museum and Park Kalkreise reconstructs the events of the three-day battle and provides historical context.
The clash of two cultures and the humbling of a superpower are brought to life through the theatrical performances and interpretive displays in the main museum. Small pavilions throughout the park are an opportunity for visitors to consider how an ancient conflict still has relevance in the modern world.
Pathways are laid out in steel for the Romans and wood chips for the tribes mark the troop movements. These interventions make a key event in European history more immediate and discernible.
