Woodlawn is a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, located on and near the shore of Lake Michigan 8.5 miles south of the Loop. It is one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas. It is bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King Drive to the west, and 67th Street to the south, save for a small tract that lies south of 67th Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and South Chicago Avenue.