Motel · near Thorndale Avenue Beach
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- 19minwalk to the beach
- 5mclimb from the beach
- 1minwalk to a bus stop
- 23minO'Hare International Airport · drive
- Mostly level walk
- Quiet evenings
At a glance
The nearest beach (Thorndale Avenue Beach) is about 19 minutes on foot on a mostly level walk.
You have a bus stop about 1 minute away and a supermarket about 13 minutes away.
There are few bars nearby, so evenings should be quiet.
Good for
- Level walk back from the beach: climb about 5 m
- Quiet evenings: 1 bars or clubs within 300 m
Think twice if
- Beach 19 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 19 min Closer than 60% of places
- Walk to a bus stop 1 min Closer than 62% of places
- Walk to a supermarket 13 min Closer than 32% of places
- Drive to O'Hare International Airport 23 min Closer than 48% of places
- Climb back from the beach about 5 m Less climbing than 78% of places
Contact and maps
How far is everything
- Nearest beachThorndale Avenue Beach 19 min
- Bus stopPeterson & Ridge 1 min
- SupermarketJewel-Osco 13 min
- PharmacyWalgreens 15 min
- Cash machine 22 min
Sights and days out
- 875 North Michigan Avenue (John Hancock Center) By car: 9 min
- Cloud Gate (The Bean) and Millennium Park By car: 11 min
- Art Institute of Chicago By car: 11 min
- Grant Park and Buckingham Fountain By car: 11 min
- Navy Pier By car: 11 min
- Willis Tower and the Skydeck By car: 13 min
- Field Museum By car: 13 min
- Museum of Science and Industry By car: 20 min
- Frederick C. Robie House By car: 21 min
Getting here
- O'Hare International AirportBy car: 23 min
- Midway International AirportBy car: 27 min
Hills and evening noise
- Height above sea level
- about 184 m
- Climb from the nearest beach
- about 5 m
- Average slope of that walk
- about 0.3%
- Bars and clubs within 150 m
- 1
- Bars and clubs within 300 m
- 1
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).
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