Hotel · Illinois
The Willows
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- 21minwalk to the beach
- 13mclimb from the beach
- 2minwalk to a bus stop
- 23minO'Hare International Airport · drive
- Mostly level walk
- Works without a car
At a glance
The nearest beach is about 21 minutes on foot on a mostly level walk.
You have a bus stop about 2 minutes away and a supermarket about 3 minutes away, so it works without a car.
Good for
- Works without a car: bus stop 2 min, supermarket 3 min on foot
Think twice if
- Beach 21 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 21 min Closer than 50% of places
- Walk to a bus stop 2 min Closer than 29% of places
- Walk to a supermarket 3 min Closer than 87% of places
- Drive to O'Hare International Airport 23 min Closer than 48% of places
- Climb back from the beach about 13 m Less climbing than 54% of places
Contact and maps
How far is everything
- Nearest beach 21 min
- Bus stopDiversey & Hampden 2 min
- SupermarketGo Grocer 3 min
- PharmacyWalgreens 6 min
- Cash machine 3 min
Sights and days out
- 875 North Michigan Avenue (John Hancock Center) By car: 5 min
- Cloud Gate (The Bean) and Millennium Park By car: 7 min
- Art Institute of Chicago By car: 7 min
- Grant Park and Buckingham Fountain By car: 7 min
- Navy Pier By car: 7 min
- Willis Tower and the Skydeck By car: 8 min
- Field Museum By car: 8 min
- Museum of Science and Industry By car: 15 min
- Frederick C. Robie House By car: 17 min
Getting here
- O'Hare International AirportBy car: 23 min
- Midway International AirportBy car: 23 min
Hills and evening noise
- Height above sea level
- about 192 m
- Climb from the nearest beach
- about 13 m
- Average slope of that walk
- about 0.8%
- Bars and clubs within 150 m
- 2
- Bars and clubs within 300 m
- 11
Other places nearby
- Hotel VerseyHotel · Beach 23 min walk 200 m away
- City Suites HotelHotel · Beach 22 min walk 1000 m away
- Best Western Plus Hawthorne TerraceHotel · Beach 11 min walk 1150 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).
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