Hotel · near 12th Street Beach
Congress Plaza Hotel
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- 30minwalk to the beach
- 27mclimb from the beach
- 2minwalk to a bus stop
- 15minMidway International Airport · drive
- Mostly level walk
At a glance
The nearest beach (12th Street Beach) is about 30 minutes on foot, with a climb of about 27 m on the way back.
You have a bus stop about 2 minutes away and a supermarket about 12 minutes away.
Good for
- Quiet evenings: 3 bars or clubs within 300 m
Think twice if
- Beach 30 min on foot
Each line rests on a number computed for this place.
How it compares
Compared with the 203 places we mapped in Chicago. A longer bar means fewer places are as close.
- Walk to the beach 30 min Closer than 31% of places
- Walk to a bus stop 2 min Closer than 29% of places
- Walk to a supermarket 12 min Closer than 36% of places
- Drive to Midway International Airport 15 min Closer than 73% of places
- Climb back from the beach about 27 m Less climbing than 27% of places
From the hotel's website
From the hotel's own website, checked 30 Oct 2026. Confirm details with the hotel before you book. Source
Contact and maps
- Address
- 520 S Michigan Ave, 60605, Chicago
- Phone
- 312-427-3800
- Website
- congressplazahotel.com
Contact details are from the hotel's own website. Map buttons open the hotel's mapped position.
How far is everything
- Nearest beach12th Street Beach 30 min
- Bus stopMichigan & Ida B Wells Drive 2 min
- SupermarketTrader Joe's 12 min
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy 4 min
- Cash machine 3 min
Sights and days out
- Willis Tower and the Skydeck On foot: 17 min
- Cloud Gate (The Bean) and Millennium Park On foot: 13 min
- Art Institute of Chicago On foot: 7 min
- Field Museum On foot: 22 min
- Grant Park and Buckingham Fountain On foot: 9 min
- 875 North Michigan Avenue (John Hancock Center) On foot: 34 min
- Navy Pier By car: 3 min
- Museum of Science and Industry By car: 8 min
- Frederick C. Robie House By car: 9 min
Getting here
- Midway International AirportBy car: 15 min
- O'Hare International AirportBy car: 24 min
Hills and evening noise
- Height above sea level
- about 203 m
- Climb from the nearest beach
- about 27 m
- Average slope of that walk
- about 1.1%
- Bars and clubs within 150 m
- 1
- Bars and clubs within 300 m
- 3
Other places nearby
- Travelodge ChicagoHotel · Beach 30 min walk 100 m away
- HI ChicagoHostel · Beach 33 min walk 150 m away
- The Blackstone, Autograph CollectionHotel · Beach 28 min walk 200 m away
- Chicago Hilton & TowersHotel · Beach 29 min walk 300 m away
- Sonder PlymouthHotel · Beach 36 min walk 350 m away
- Le Méridien EssexHotel · Beach 27 min walk 400 m away
How we worked this out
These figures are computed, not measured on foot. Walking times use the mapped streets and paths at about 4.8 km/h, with steps counted slower. Driving times use typical road speeds plus time for junctions and parking, so allow extra at busy times. The slope compares the height of the hotel with the nearest beach. "Steep" means an average of 8% or more. Noise counts mapped bars, pubs and nightclubs in a straight line.
Computed 30 Oct 2026. Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles (NASA SRTM 30 m and national datasets such as USGS 3DEP).
Not yet spot-checked by our editors.