CITY : Bellwood

Bellwood, IL

Bellwood, located a short 12 minutes from Chicago, is a thriving metropolitan area.  Visitors can enjoy the outdoors at Stevenson Park, which has playgrounds, a lagoon, sports fields, a gymnasium, picnic areas, and a spray pad to cool off in during the summer.

Booking a Hotel in Bellwood, IL

Bellwood, located a short 12 minutes from Chicago, is a thriving metropolitan area. 

Visitors can enjoy the outdoors at Stevenson Park, which has playgrounds, a lagoon, sports fields, a gymnasium, picnic areas, and a spray pad to cool off in during the summer. 

Nearby attractions include Ernest Hemingway’s Birthplace and Museum located in his childhood Queen Anne home that is now a museum, which explores his life and writing career. 

The Brookfield Zoo is also located near Bellwood and offers an exciting and educational time for the whole family. In addition to the many animals at the zoo, children will love the zoo carousel and the Hamill Family Play Zoo where they can touch, explore, build, and playing while connecting with nature with activities such as pretending to be a zookeeper, dressing up like a lemur, and making crafts. 

Other favorite attractions at the zoo include the narrated Motor Safari tour that takes visitors through the entire zoo and the Dolphins in Action program.


  • Bemis Woods
  • Brookfield Zoo
  • Cosley Zoo
  • Dean Nature Sanctuary - Oak Brook Park District
  • Ernest Hemingway’s Birthplace and Museum
  • Forest Preserve
  • Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
  • Lyman Woods Nature Center
  • Memorial Park District
  • Oak Park Conservatory
  • Possum Hollow Woods
  • Ridgeland Common Recreation Complex
  • Stevenson Park
  • The Morton Arboretum
  • Adventist GlenOaks Hospital
  • Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
  • Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
  • Kindred Hospital Chicago Northlake
  • MacNeal Hospital
  • Mt Sinai Hospital
  • Riveredge Hospital
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children — Chicago
  • Westlake Hospital
  • Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport
  • Chicago Midway International Airport
  • O'Hare International Airport
  • Marseilles Training Center
  • Naval Station Great Lakes
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