Drop Tower
Drop Tower is an amusement ride in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Drop Tower is situated nearby to the amusement ride Light Tower, as well as near the miniature golf course Pier Park Mini-Golf.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Navy Pier Ferris Wheel and Chicago Children’s Museum.
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 390 feet west of Drop Tower.
Navy Pier
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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. Navy Pier is situated 1,000 feet east of Drop Tower.
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…
Drop Tower
- Type: Amusement ride
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.89186° or 41° 53′ 31″ northLongitude
-87.60787° or 87° 36′ 28″ westOperator
Pier ParkOpen location code
86HJV9RR+PVOpenStreetMap ID
way 1188467601OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=amusement_rideOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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