🌊 Chicago Lakefront Trail Distance Calculator
Calculate distance, travel time, and calories burned between any two landmarks on the 18.5-mile trail
| Landmark | From North (mi) | From South (mi) | Neighborhood |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardmore Ave (North End) | 0.0 | 18.5 | Edgewater |
| Montrose Harbor | 1.5 | 17.0 | Uptown |
| Belmont Harbor | 3.5 | 15.0 | Lakeview |
| Navy Pier | 6.5 | 12.0 | Streeterville |
| Millennium Park / Grant Park | 7.5 | 11.0 | The Loop |
| Museum Campus | 8.0 | 10.5 | South Loop |
| 31st Street Beach | 10.0 | 8.5 | Bronzeville |
| 47th Street | 13.0 | 5.5 | Kenwood |
| 57th Street Beach | 15.0 | 3.5 | Hyde Park |
| 63rd Street Beach | 16.5 | 2.0 | Woodlawn |
| 71st Street (South End) | 18.5 | 0.0 | South Shore |
| Segment | Distance | Walk (~3 mph) | Jog (~6 mph) | Bike (~12 mph) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardmore → Montrose Harbor | 1.5 mi | 30 min | 15 min | 7 min |
| Montrose → Belmont Harbor | 2.0 mi | 40 min | 20 min | 10 min |
| Belmont → Navy Pier | 3.0 mi | 60 min | 30 min | 15 min |
| Navy Pier → Millennium Park | 1.0 mi | 20 min | 10 min | 5 min |
| Millennium Park → Museum Campus | 0.5 mi | 10 min | 5 min | 2 min |
| Museum Campus → 31st St Beach | 2.0 mi | 40 min | 20 min | 10 min |
| 31st St → 47th Street | 3.0 mi | 60 min | 30 min | 15 min |
| 47th St → 57th St Beach | 2.0 mi | 40 min | 20 min | 10 min |
| 57th St → 63rd St Beach | 1.5 mi | 30 min | 15 min | 7 min |
| 63rd St → 71st Street | 2.0 mi | 40 min | 20 min | 10 min |
Run on trails can feel a lot different to run on ways, and understanding the difference helps a lot for those that want to try the trails. For your first attempt at trail run, a good pick is distance between 5 and 10 kilometers with a bit of height change around 300 until 500 metres. This format allows new runners to learn what trail run deals about, without danger of injuring themselves or tiring too early.
Trail runs in cities suit well for folks that want to try this sport without leaving the city. The length of such trails ranges between 5 and 30 kilometers, and the height change is usually less than in other kinds of trails. Some groups arrange trail contests that sport groups even recognize with their own national titles, about distances of 10 until 30 kilometers.
How to choose a trail run distance
One sometimes sees them as a useful way to attract trail runnres to trail run.
Here is good cause for knowing. One mile on trail stays one mile on trail. The length does not change only because of different soil.
What really matters is the height. A mile with 300 feet of climb is a lot harder compared too a flat mile, however the real distance stays same. There is no simple chart for converting that.
Even so, in trail run one uses a notion called “km.-effort”, that considers the height. It works like this simply: one takes the distance in kilometers and adds the positive height change shared by 100. For instance, a trail of 20 kilometers with 1000 metres of height matches to 30 km.-effort.
The Ultra-Trail of Mont Blanc, for sample, stretches 171 kilometers with 10 000 metres of height change and belongs to XXL-trail, so those above 210 km.-effort.
Rating of trail lengths is often hard. GPS-devices that different hikers bore on one same trail usually show a bit different values, including heights. Even apps in phones can overcount.
One case described a trail listed at 5,7 miles, but both phone and smart watch pointed more than 7 miles. Before, one measured trail distances by means of wheels. During the middle of the 1980th years, most trails of the Forest Service were measured by means of measuring-wheels, where the number of turns, times the size of the wheel, gave the length.
In Europe one commonly points trail lengths according to the time that a normal hiker needs to reach the finish, while in North America one usually says them in miles or kilometers. Do keep in mind when one extends the distance. Trails feel different under the feet, because the ground takes in more shocks, but the risks for a bad step or fall grows.
If at a contest the shortest available distance is 5 kilometers andthe next 10, then the shorter range suits well for some that care.
