2023 hpnc scavenger hunt

Join Hyde Park Neighborhood Club for our second annual Scavenger Hunt fundraiser! On Sunday, September 10, teams will compete in a family-friendly neighborhood-wide hunt showcasing the best of Hyde Park. The day will end back at HPNC with an after party for all participants and awards for the winners. 

Cash prizes courtesy of eAtlas
First place: $150 
Second place: $75 
Third place: $25 

Plus gift cards to local businesses and other fun goodies for all! 

Scavenger hunt tips: 
- You can skip questions and come back to them for no penalty. It may benefit your group to do them out of order! 
- Challenges are scored differently by type. The maximum number of points you can receive for each type of challenge is: 
    - Photo challenges: 20 points 
    - Location challenges: 40 points 
    - Text challenges: 40 points 
You can submit multiple responses for location and text challenges, though awarded points decrease with incorrect answers. 

Check out the leaderboard at any point during the game to see where your team stands! But remember - nothing is official until the judges make final awards at the after party. 

Flip the fun

Put your best foot forward

Give me an H - P - N - C!

Chalk the walk

The first rule of improv

Which came first, the chicken or the clown?

A front yard fairy garden

Front yard habitat for this slow and steady reptile

I <3 Hyde Park, don’t you?

Take it from me…this Chicago-born singer was right, “someday we’ll all be free.”

Original Professors Row

Head to the HOME of one of Chicago's most iconic foods, then look up and north to spot Hyde Park's newest mural

A Tony Award-winning place to watch words brought to life.

Originally donated by Marshall Field, and now named for a famous coach, this is a place to watch a Maroon score.

You won’t find a Happy Meal here... 

Visit the ancient past, from Nubia to Mesopotamia.

Rumor has it that I cast a hammer and sickle shadow on May 1st of every year

Former home to the Manhattan project physicist known as the “architect of the nuclear age,” and his literary wife.

When you get tired of your small screen, come visit Barbie and the Blue Beetle here

The first family of the Italian Renaissance, or a Hyde Park dining classic

Happy 50th birthday to hip hop! 

International jazz great, and Hyde Park legend honored here

A place to pick up a spare, strike or if you're unlucky, a split

I once was a church, but now I sit, empty and waiting. 

A kitchen appliance for everyone—“Take what you need, leave what you can.”

Beloved mayor and his favorite green birds

A tiny brick building, right next to the tracks, I once serviced cable cars but now am home to history

A first in flight! Find the park honoring this ace aviatrix who was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license

A place to play, named after a squash

World’s largest ruminant watches from the window

A place to play (and splash) named after a former Ray School principal

These two, cast in bronze, are honored for their medical philanthropy

This giant black sphere teases the eye with its imperfections.

A place to play (and sled) named after a dedicated Hyde Parker.

A place to learn, named after a short story author

A place to learn (not just languages), named after a former United Steel Workers of America president.

Special Service Area 61 is better known as Downtown Hyde Park, and even has its own logo!

This fountain anchors the courtyard where you might buy a toy, send a letter, or have a meal. What is it called?

This mini monument celebrates the former first couple’s first kiss

James Agee’s poem “Rapid Transit” flows above these colorful figures - first painted in 1972 - and under a set of train tracks

Passersby are immortalized answering two questions: “Where are you coming from? Where are you going?”

A “vortex of metallic animals bound together by wire.”

You can save a swimmer’s life with one of 115 of these, now dotting our lakefront

Point at the highest point in Chicago from the Point

Discover the Hyde Park neighborhood through a fun adventure! 

2023 HPNC Scavenger Hunt

hpnc hyde park scavenger hunt

The Hyde Park Neighborhood Club challenges you to discover why Hyde Park is one of the coolest neighborhoods in the world! Compete in a family-friendly neighborhood-wide scavenger hunt showcasing the history, art, and architecture that make Hyde Park so unique. 



Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Frank Lloyd Wright

Where Stars Illuminate the Silver Screen, and Popcorn Dreams Come True

Model Yacht Basin

The Father of Hyde Park

Wallach Fountain

Rapid Transit

Home to History

“Where are you coming from? Where are you going?”

The Dome

A Place to Watch a Maroon Score.

Former home to the Manhattan project physicist known as the “architect of the nuclear age,” and his literary wife

Spinning Water

HPNC Hyde Park Scavenger Hunt

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