Lombard

First Church of Lombard

Lombard is a suburb of Chicago in Illinois and is considered part of Chicagoland. Lombard is a small town with a tight-knit community built around it's high schools and the downtown Lombard culture. Residents of Lombard are very friendly and familial and willing to guide tourists to various locations in Chicago and Chicagoland.

Get in

By public transportation

The Metra West Line stops at the Lombard train station in the heart of downtown Lombard. If coming from the city, the West Line departs from the Ogilvie Transportation Center. If you are not in the area of The Center, take the outbound green line "L" train to the Harlem station (the end of the line). The Metra train stops on the same platform.

By car

From Chicago: Get on I-290 West and continue when it merges onto I-88. Exit at Highland Ave. (at Yorktown Mall). If you want to avoid tolls, head west on Roosevelt Rd./IL-Rt. 38. Lombard begins shortly after the I-294 junction.

From Indiana: Head west on 80/94. Merge onto I-294 N towards Chicago, then exit at Roosevelt Rd. and head West.

From the South: Head north on I-355 and exit at Roosevelt Rd., then turn East.

From the North: Head SE in I-90/I-290/IL-Rt. 53. Merge onto I-355 South. Exit at Roosevelt Road and turn East.

From the West: Head East on I-88 and exit at Highland Ave. If you want to avoid tolls, head east on IL-Rt. 38 or IL-Rt. 56.

Get around

There is a local bus service which travels throughout the suburbs and the city of Chicago known as the Pace System . Your best bet to understanding Pace is talking to someone who is familiar with it, as it is considered by most to be confusing and overpriced. The best mode of transportation is by car. Taxi services are available by phone call.

See

• 🌍 Lilacia Park, 150 South Park Avenue (one block south from the Metra station), ☎ [phone]. It is a large botanical park which specializes in tulips and lilacs. There is a large amount of shade with benches, picnic areas and some open grass areas. 

Do

Events

• Lilac Festival: 1–19 may 2019. A 16-day festival. It begins with the coronation of the Lilac Queen in early May. Various events take place throughout the city during the festival and it culminates in the Lilac Parade, an event which a majority of the town and surrounding towns attend.

Buy

Masjid DaursSalam

• Downtown Lombard has a variety of boutiques and privately-owned craft stores.
• 🌍 Yorktown Shopping Center, Located at Highland and Butterfield (just north of I-88). Monday-Saturday 10am-9pm and Sunday from 11am-6pm. 

Eat

• 🌍 Lom Ling's, 108 West Saint Charles Road, ☎ [phone]. Chinese Restaurant (delivery and dine-in) 

Drink

• 🌍 Punky's Pub, 16 S Park Ave (downtown Lombard next to train tracks), ☎ [phone]. The building with the Old Style sign. 

Sleep

• AmeriSuites Chicago/Lombard/Oakbrook Hyatt Place, 2340 South Fountain Square Drive (Adjacent to Oakbrook and 20 miles west of downtown Chicago.), ☎ [phone]. (updated Mar 2019)
• Embassy Suites Chicago Hotel Lombard / Oak Brook, 707 E. Butterfield Rd, ☎ [phone]. Check-in: 4PM, check-out: 11AM. (updated Mar 2019)
• Hilton Garden Inn Chicago Oak Brook, 1000 Drury Lane, ☎ [phone]. Check-in: 3pm, check-out: 12Noon. A 100% newly renovated hotel, it is part of the Drury Lane Theatre Conference Center and Hotel Complex. 
• Hilton Chicago Oak Brook, 10 Drury Lane, ☎ [phone]. Check-in: 3pm, check-out: 12 Noon. An all-suites hotel centered around a lush 10-story atrium, it is part of the Drury Lane Theatre, Conference Center and Hotel Complex. 
• Hyatt Place Chicago/Lombard/Oak Brook, 2340 Fountain Square Drive, ☎ [phone]. 
• Residence Inn, 2001 S. Highland Avenue, ☎ [phone]. 
• Sonesta ES Suites, 222 East 22nd Street, ☎ [phone]. (updated Mar 2019)

Go next

Routes through Lombard

Aurora ← Downers Grove ←	W  E	→ Hillside → Chicago via
Schaumburg via ← Itasca ←	N  S	→ Downers Grove → New Lenox
Dixon ← Glen Ellyn ←	W  E	→ Elmhurst → Hillside
Schaumburg ← Itasca ←	N  S	→ Glen Ellyn → Joliet
Elburn ← Glen Ellyn ←	W  E	→ Elmhurst → Chicago