Centennial Wheel
Centennial Wheel is a Ferris wheel in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Centennial Wheel is situated nearby to the theme park Pier Park, as well as near the amusement ride Tea Cups.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Navy Pier and Chicago Children’s Museum.
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 900 feet east of Centennial Wheel.
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 480 feet west of Centennial Wheel.
Polk Bros Park
Park
Polk Bros Park is a 13-acre park at Chicago's Navy Pier. The park features the Peoples Energy Welcome Pavilion, Polk Bros Fountain, and the Polk Bros Performance Lawns, a pair of lawns with stages called City Stage and Lake Stage. Polk Bros Park is situated 1,200 feet west of Centennial Wheel.
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, 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, according to most sources, although the city of Chicago recognizes only a small portion of this region as Streeterville.
Along the Magnificent Mile
Neighborhood
Photo: Bert Kaufmann, CC BY 2.0.
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.
River North
Quarter
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River North is a Chicago neighborhood located north of the Chicago River, south of Division Street, and west of Wabash Avenue. It is adjacent to the Magnificent Mile retail and tourism corridor.
Centennial Wheel
- Type: Ferris wheel
- Roof shape: round
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.8917° or 41° 53′ 30″ northLongitude
-87.60748° or 87° 36′ 27″ westHeight
196 feet (60 metres)Operator
Pier ParkOpen location code
86HJV9RV+M2OpenStreetMap ID
way 686996484OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=big_wheelOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=round
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