Hotel · near 12th Street Beach
Le Méridien Essex
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- 27minwalk to the beach
- 12mclimb from the beach
- 1minwalk to a bus stop
- 15minMidway International Airport · drive
- Mostly level walk
- Works without a car
At a glance
The nearest beach (12th Street Beach) is about 27 minutes on foot on a mostly level walk.
You have a bus stop about 1 minute away and a supermarket about 6 minutes away, so it works without a car.
Good for
- Quiet evenings: 3 bars or clubs within 300 m
Think twice if
- Beach 27 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 27 min Closer than 37% of places
- Walk to a bus stop 1 min Closer than 62% of places
- Walk to a supermarket 6 min Closer than 61% of places
- Drive to Midway International Airport 15 min Closer than 73% of places
- Climb back from the beach about 12 m Less climbing than 55% of places
Contact and maps
How far is everything
- Nearest beach12th Street Beach 27 min
- Bus stopMichigan & 8th Street 1 min
- SupermarketTrader Joe's 6 min
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy 8 min
- Cash machine 5 min
Sights and days out
- Willis Tower and the Skydeck On foot: 21 min
- Cloud Gate (The Bean) and Millennium Park On foot: 18 min
- Art Institute of Chicago On foot: 12 min
- Field Museum On foot: 19 min
- Grant Park and Buckingham Fountain On foot: 12 min
- 875 North Michigan Avenue (John Hancock Center) On foot: 39 min
- Navy Pier By car: 4 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 188 m
- Climb from the nearest beach
- about 12 m
- Average slope of that walk
- about 0.6%
- Bars and clubs within 150 m
- 2
- Bars and clubs within 300 m
- 3
Other places nearby
- Chicago Hilton & TowersHotel · Beach 29 min walk 100 m away
- The Blackstone, Autograph CollectionHotel · Beach 28 min walk 200 m away
- Homewood Suites by Hilton - Chicago Downtown South LoopHotel · Beach 24 min walk 300 m away
- Hilton Garden Inn Chicago Downtown South LoopHotel · Beach 24 min walk 300 m away
- Best Western Grant Park HotelHotel · Beach 23 min walk 300 m away
- Travelodge ChicagoHotel · Beach 30 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.