Maggie Daley Park Skating Ribbon

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🎃 Seasonal · Chicago

2 hours · Free · Check website for reservations

age fit

0–1 yr

★ 1.0

1–3 yrs

★ 2.0

3–5 yrs

★ 3.0

5–10 yrs

★ 5.0

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About 45 min drive
From Naperville · Parking: Millennium Park garage (about $25–30 on weekends); 5-minute walk from Metra at Millennium Station
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Stroller-friendly
Flat surfaces — bring the stroller
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Little shade
Fine on cold days · Good on cool days
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Typical visit: 2 hours
Best seasons: Winter

Not a round rink but a quarter-mile ribbon of ice winding around the climbing walls, like skating down a path beneath the skyscrapers; it's free with your own skates, kids 4 and up who can stand steady can hold the rail and ease around a lap, and grown-ups watch from the warming house.

💡 Tips

Runs mid-November to early March; free with your own skates, rentals about $20 and up on weekends (check the website), and weekend time slots must be reserved online. Wear gloves and a helmet; the littlest kids are just as happy at the playground next door.

What this place offers

✓ice skating

✓skating ribbon

✓skate rentals

✓skyline

✓hot chocolate

✓warming house

✓restrooms

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Winter fun

This weekend's weather in Chicago

Forecast at the destination itself (coast and hills often differ from home)

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Sat 10/17

Overcast · 46–58°F · 18% rain

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Sun 10/18

Sunny · 50–65°F · 1% rain

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Maggie Daley Park Skating Ribbon

🎃 Seasonal · Chicago

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