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Chicago Beer Experience - Drinking Activity | Outdoor Activity | Tour in Chicago.

Party Earth Review Navigating a short stretch between Lincoln Park and Lakeview, the Chicago Beer Experience leads adventurous groups of friends and die-hard beer lovers along a half-mile hops-fueled adventure. Beginning in Lakeview at Vaughan's, a cozy Irish pub, the tour runs most Fridays through Sundays (regardless of the weather) and ... more

2917 North Sheffield Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657

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North Avenue Beach

Beach / Outdoor Activity

Party Earth Review One of the most popular of Chicago’s 33 lakefront beaches, North Avenue Beach gets packed as soon as it opens on Memorial Day, as a wave of image-conscious 20-somethings peel off their heavy fleeces to reveal the results of their winter workouts. Besides surf and sun, the beach’s main draws are the nearly ... more

1600 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60614

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Magnificent Mile

Landmark / Outdoor Activity

Party Earth Review Spanning from the Chicago River at the south end to Oak Street at the north, the Magnificent Mile (“Mag Mile”) is a popular stretch of North Michigan Avenue constantly abuzz with fashionistas, foreigners, families, and finance types out shopping, strolling, or snapping photographs of some of the city’s most famous architecture ... more

400–1000 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago IL 60611

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Lincoln Park

Beach / Culture / Park

Party Earth Review Unlike its often status-conscious namesake neighborhood, Lincoln Park itself is a serene escape from the bustling city, providing access to a host of sandy beaches, cultural events, outdoor theater, water activities, and wide open spaces. Spanning nearly six miles, the park runs through the neighborhoods of Lincoln Park ... more

2045 Lincoln Park West
(address of Lincoln Park Cultural Center)
Chicago, IL 60610

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Clark and Belmont

Outdoor Activity

Party Earth Review A crossroads between sporty Wrigleyville and flamboyant Boystown to the north and preppie Lincoln Park to the south, the Clark and Belmont intersection was for years associated with counterculture, marked by sketchy businesses, dilapidated buildings, and the teenage runaways that loitered in front of them. Gentrification ... more

Intersection of Clark Street and Belmont Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657

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Oak Street Beach

Beach / Outdoor Activity

Party Earth Review It may be one of the smallest of Chicago’s lakefront beaches, but Oak Street Beach is also one of the most popular – and certainly the most upscale. Nestled in the shadow of the skyscrapers, ritzy apartment buildings, and designer stores of Lake Shore Drive, the beach doesn’t exactly channel the natural world, either in ... more

500–1550 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60611

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Randolph Street Market

Market / Outdoor Activity

Party Earth Review Held the last weekend of the month from February to December, Randolph Street Market is a European-style bazaar with more than two hundred vendors – all hand-picked by festival organizers – hawking an array of antiques, handmade items, and vintage goods. Both an indoor and outdoor event, the market features ... more

1350 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60607

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Navy Pier

Outdoor Activity

Party Earth Review Self-dubbed Chicago’s “lakefront playground,” Navy Pier is one of the city’s busiest tourist destinations, entertaining nearly nine million visitors a year with a plethora of amusement park rides, theaters, boat cruises, and beer gardens. Jutting out a half mile into Lake Michigan, the Pier is busiest during the summer ... more

600 East Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611

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Grant Park / Millennium Park

Culture / Outdoor Activity

Party Earth Review Like most outdoor spaces in Chicago, Grant Park is mostly neglected until the summer rolls around and city dwellers once again emerge from their wintry dens, crack open a dusty bottle of Coppertone, and revel in the warmth of the sun. Visitors looking for a cool-down can wade through the reflecting pool at Crown Fountain ... more

Between South Michigan Avenue to Lake Michigan and East Roosevelt Road to East Randolph Street.

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Are you looking for great things to do outdoors in Chicago? The good news is that there is such a wide-variety of outdoor activities that it would be hard to choose between all of them. The bad news – it’s really, really windy.

Outdoor activities in Chicago take place in tons of great parks, beaches, and throughout the streets of this massive city. If you’re looking for some green space, don’t pass up on Lincoln Park, Millennium Park or Grant Park. Between the three of them there is no shortage of jogging and biking paths, picnic spaces, outdoor eateries, and sunbathing spots.

If you’re looking for a little beach action – don’t miss out on North Avenue Beach or Oak Street Beach where volleyball, swimming, and sun-tanning are all full time activities.

If you want to find great outdoor events in Chicago, you don’t have to look that far either. For music there’s Lollapalooza, Pitchfork Music Festival, and the Chicago Blues and Chicago Jazz Festivals. For food, there’s Taste of Chicago, which is the world’s largest food festival. And for sports, there’s the Chicago Marathon.

Regardless of what you’re looking to do, there are great outdoor activities and events all over the city for you to choose from. Just make sure to hold on to your hat.