Navy Pier
Navy Pier is a 3,300-foot-long pier on the shoreline of Lake Michigan, located in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: amusement pier in Chicago
- Also known as: “Municipal Pier”
- Address: 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
- Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chicago Children’s Museum and Chicago Harbor Southeast Guidewall Light.
Chicago Children’s Museum
Museum
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The Chicago Children's Museum is located at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1982 by The Junior League of Chicago who were responding to programming cutbacks in the Chicago Public Schools. Chicago Children’s Museum is situated 1,400 feet west of Navy Pier.
Chicago Harbor Southeast Guidewall Light
Lighthouse
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Chicago Harbor Southeast Guidewall Light is a lighthouse, which is situated 1,300 feet south of Navy Pier.
Chicago Harbor Lock
Lock
The Chicago Harbor Lock, also known as the Chicago River & Harbor Controlling Works, is a stop lock and dam located within the Chicago Harbor in Chicago, Illinois, at the mouth of the Chicago River. Chicago Harbor Lock is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Navy Pier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Streeterville and Along the Magnificent Mile.
Streeterville
Neighborhood
Streeterville is a neighborhood in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located north of the Chicago River, it is bounded by the river on the south, the Magnificent Mile portion of Michigan Avenue on the west, and Lake Michigan on the north and east.
Along the Magnificent Mile
Neighborhood
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The Magnificent Mile is the approximately one-mile-long stretch of Michigan Avenue from the Chicago River to Oak Street on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois.
Jewelers Row District
Neighborhood
The Jewelers Row District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Running along Wabash Avenue, primarily between East Washington Street and East Monroe Street, the buildings in the district were built…
Navy Pier
- Categories: pier, tourism, and commercial area
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.89173° or 41° 53′ 30″ northLongitude
-87.60415° or 87° 36′ 15″ westElevation
584 feet (178 metres)Operator
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition AuthorityNamed after
United States NavyOpen location code
86HJV9RW+M8OpenStreetMap ID
way 24800238OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=retailOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Navy Pier” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “Navy Pier نيفي بير”
- Arabic: “نيفي بير”
- Chinese: “海军码头”
- Czech: “navy pier”
- Dutch: “Navy Pier”
- French: “jetée Navy”
- French: “Jetée Navy”
- French: “Navy Pier”
- German: “Navy Pier”
- Greek: “Νέιβι Πιερ”
- Hebrew: “נייבי פיר”
- Italian: “Navy Pier”
- Japanese: “ネイビー・ピア”
- Japanese: “ネイビーピア”
- Korean: “네이비 피어”
- Persian: “اسکله نیروی دریایی”
- Portuguese: “Navy Pier”
- Spanish: “Navy Pier”
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