Ohio Street Beach

The Chicago Park District manages 8100 acres of green space, 592 parks, 26 miles of lakefront, 10 museums, 50 nature areas, & hundreds of programs & events.

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    (312) 742-5121

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    chicagoparkdistrict.com

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Ohio St (at Lake Shore Dr) Chicago , IL 60611 United States

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Jonathan Ferrera

This is an awesome beach so close to Navy Pier and Michigan Avenue. It is normally not as crowded as Oak Street Beach or North Avenue Beach . Great for distance swimming as well .

Lucille Fisher

Beautiful little beach right in downtown Streeterville. More low key than North Beach and a hop away from Navy Pier & the Magnificent Mile.

Amanda Amborn

The sun gets blocked by the buildings around 3pm, which caused me to move inward away from the water. So definitely go earlier in the day for more sunshine

Elisa Reyes

There's a nice park next to it where you can ride bike or hang out. Very close to the pier

Jake Smith

After the beach , walk over to the Navy Pier and ride the Ferris Wheel. A perfect end to a beach day.

Lindsay Knight

If you're swimming , the first red buoy is 1/4 mile (at Chicago) and the second is 1/2 mile (right before the turn to Oak St . Beach ).

Shannon Jeropke

It's open till 11p when the cops chase everyone out, but you can come back pretty much 20 min later after they're gone and stay at the beach all night long if you want lol

Heather Sarna

Pack your towel, sunscreen and relax on Chicago's only North facing beach . Just a super short walk from Navy Pier :)

Anamaria Hernandez

Beautiful beach that's fairly quiet .

Ahmed Aljumaili

Perfect it's a good place

Shannon Jeropke

One of the better beaches in the city hidden away from the main drag and nowhere near as crowded as North Ave , or Oak St .

Kathryn Rowe

They just opened a restaurant this year. I haven't tried it but its nice to have!

Ryan Unger

Handy lockers on standby. Bring a lock!

K. Mk

Nice beach and jogging area closeby to the CBD area

Harish V

Beautiful Beach and trail to Jog

Angela Thibedeau

Very pretty and peaceful in such a busy city .

Allison Kaminski

Quiet beach compared to north ave

Molly Godfrey

More relaxed than North Street and right next to Navy Pier

Philip Sandler

Nice views and beautiful place.

Johnny G

Good spot for open water swimming , the sidewalk is marked off in 100m increments

Radu AD

Great Place to enjoy the sun!

John Baggott

Great beers and staff

John Baggott

Great food

Heather Sarna

Pack York towel, sunblock and chill at Chicago's only north facing beach

Adam

Best beach in the city , especially if you want to avoid the scene at North Ave .

Marlene

Gotta see in chi town .

Courtney Mcguire

Don't bother bringing a float- the life guards wont allow you to use it.

George

Shallow and small.

Judy Hill

Yay beach time.

Michael Lorenzen

by far the best beach in the city .

Charlie Volanakis

Grab some grub from the Robinson's BBQ

Kaidi Liu

Favorite place in the city

Arturo Luna

Una playa pequeñita, si quieres nadar en el lago , no olvides traje de baño y bloqueador solar.

Dmitry Khubetov

Весьма специфическое место, если вы понимаете о чем я =)

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