Magnificent Mile
About 1.6 kilometres of Michigan Avenue running from the Chicago River north to Oak Street, between Streeterville and River North. It is lined with department stores, hotels and towers, and the old Water Tower of 1869 stands along the way.
- Where
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 41.8954, -87.6243
Get the Magnificent Mile stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Magnificent Mile. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Illinois volume with your photos and a note.
Near Magnificent Mile
875 North Michigan Avenue 0.4 km
A 100-storey, 344-metre tower on the Magnificent Mile, designed by Bruce Graham and Fazlur Rahman Khan and topped out in 1968. The giant X braces on its tapering black frame are its signature, and the observation deck near the top looks out over Lake Michigan.
Cloud Gate 1.4 km
Anish Kapoor's sculpture in Millennium Park, nicknamed for its shape and made of 168 stainless steel plates welded and polished until no seams show. Its mirrored skin bends the Chicago skyline and the crowds standing beneath its arch.
Millennium Park 1.4 km
A park on the northwest corner of Grant Park, opened in 2004 close to the Lake Michigan shore. It is filled with public art and outdoor stages, among them Cloud Gate, the Crown Fountain and Frank Gehry's Jay Pritzker Pavilion.
Art Institute of Chicago 1.8 km
A large art museum in Grant Park, guarded on Michigan Avenue by a pair of bronze lions. Its collection includes Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Hopper's Nighthawks and Grant Wood's American Gothic.
Navy Pier 2.1 km
A pier running about a kilometre out into Lake Michigan from the Streeterville shore. It holds shops, restaurants, theatres, gardens and a giant Ferris wheel, and draws more visitors than almost anywhere else in the Midwest.
Willis Tower 2.1 km
A 110-storey, 442-metre skyscraper that opened in 1973 as the tallest building in the world, a title it kept for nearly 25 years. It was designed by Bruce Graham and the engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan, and its Skydeck has glass boxes that jut out over the street.
Shedd Aquarium 3.2 km
One of the oldest continually operating non-governmental aquariums in the United States, on the lakefront Museum Campus. Its marble building, opened in 1930, holds fish, reptiles and marine mammals from waters around the world.
Field Museum 3.3 km
One of the largest natural history museums in the world, on Chicago's lakefront Museum Campus. Its vast scientific collections are best known for Sue, one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever found.
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Questions
Where is Magnificent Mile?
Magnificent Mile is in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are 875 North Michigan Avenue (0.4 km), Cloud Gate (1.4 km), Millennium Park (1.4 km).
How do I get the Magnificent Mile stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Magnificent Mile and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Illinois volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Magnificent Mile before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Illinois volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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