Hostel · near 12th Street Beach
HI Chicago
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- 33minwalk to the beach
- 6mclimb from the beach
- 2minwalk to a bus stop
- 16minMidway International Airport · drive
- Mostly level walk
- Quiet evenings
At a glance
The nearest beach (12th Street Beach) is about 33 minutes on foot on a mostly level walk.
You have a bus stop about 2 minutes away and a supermarket about 12 minutes away.
There are few bars nearby, so evenings should be quiet.
Good for
- Level walk back from the beach: climb about 6 m
- Quiet evenings: 2 bars or clubs within 300 m
Think twice if
- Beach 33 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 33 min Closer than 26% 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 16 min Closer than 65% of places
- Climb back from the beach about 6 m Less climbing than 73% of places
Contact and maps
How far is everything
- Nearest beach12th Street Beach 33 min
- Bus stopIda B Wells Drive & Wabash 2 min
- SupermarketTrader Joe's 12 min
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy 2 min
- Cash machine 1 min
Sights and days out
- Willis Tower and the Skydeck On foot: 13 min
- Cloud Gate (The Bean) and Millennium Park On foot: 14 min
- Art Institute of Chicago On foot: 9 min
- Field Museum On foot: 26 min
- Grant Park and Buckingham Fountain On foot: 10 min
- 875 North Michigan Avenue (John Hancock Center) On foot: 35 min
- Navy Pier By car: 4 min
- Museum of Science and Industry By car: 9 min
- Frederick C. Robie House By car: 10 min
Getting here
- Midway International AirportBy car: 16 min
- O'Hare International AirportBy car: 23 min
Hills and evening noise
- Height above sea level
- about 182 m
- Climb from the nearest beach
- about 6 m
- Average slope of that walk
- about 0.2%
- Bars and clubs within 150 m
- 1
- Bars and clubs within 300 m
- 2
Other places nearby
- Congress Plaza HotelHotel · Beach 30 min walk 150 m away
- Travelodge ChicagoHotel · Beach 30 min walk 200 m away
- Sonder PlymouthHotel · Beach 36 min walk 200 m away
- Wyndham Blake HotelHotel · Beach 35 min walk 250 m away
- The Standard ClubHotel · Beach 37 min walk 300 m away
- The Blackstone, Autograph CollectionHotel · Beach 28 min walk 300 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.