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How walkable is Magnificent Mile?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Magnificent Mile has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Chicago, which scores 85 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
4,708 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Magnificent Mile. The nearest grocery is Trader Joe's, about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Marble Foods Enterprises, Llc5 min
- Whole Foods Market6 min
- Arriviamo Bar1 min
- Great Steak1 min
- Mango1 min
- Loft1 min
- Allerton Tip Top Tap1 min
- West Town Bakery - River North2 min
- Chase Bank3 min
- U.S. Bank4 min
- Seneca Park5 min
- Lake Shore Park5 min
- Guidepost Montessori at Magnificent Mile7 min
- Bright Horizons at Fourth Presbyterian7 min
- Barbara's Bookstore2 min
- Solomon Cordwell Buenz Library3 min
- The Hand & The Eye2 min
- Chicago Zoo2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Magnificent Mile at 41.8945, -87.6242. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 110 street intersections per km², and blocks average 99 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Magnificent Mile
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Magnificent Mile. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Chicago
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Loop | 1.5 km | 98 |
| Lincoln Park | 3.6 km | 90 |
| Chinatown | 4.8 km | 92 |
| Hyde Park | 11.4 km | 85 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Chicago page.
Questions about walking in Magnificent Mile
Is Magnificent Mile walkable?
Yes. Magnificent Mile in Chicago has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Magnificent Mile more walkable than the rest of Chicago?
Magnificent Mile is more walkable than Chicago as a whole: it scores 98, against 85 for the 5 km around Chicago's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Chicago neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Chicago?
Of the 5 Chicago neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Magnificent Mile (98), Chicago Loop (98) and Chinatown (92).
How is the walkability score of Magnificent Mile calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Magnificent Mile it is the average of 57 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.