Centennial Wheel
About 60 m tall.
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Navy Pier is a 1 km pier on the shore of Lake Michigan in the Streeterville neighbourhood of Chicago, Illinois, about 2.6 km in a straight line north-east of the city centre. It is one of the most visited places in the American Midwest, with around nine million visitors a year. It opened in 1916 as the Municipal Pier, a dock for freight and passenger ships and a place for exhibitions and outings, built on some 20,000 logs driven into the lake bed. It has carried its present name since 1927, and after years of other uses it was rebuilt as a place for leisure and reopened in 1995. Today the pier holds shops, restaurants, theatres and gardens, with Polk Bros Park at its entrance. Its landmark is the Centennial Wheel, a big wheel about 60 m tall with closed, heated gondolas, opened in 2016, which gives wide views over the lake and the skyline. The Chicago Children's Museum is also here, and boat tours, lake cruises and water taxis leave from the docks. Walking on the pier is free, while the wheel and other rides need tickets. In summer there are usually fireworks over the lake on some evenings.
About 60 m tall.
Boats from the docks.
For families.
Streeterville, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Yes; the wheel and rides are paid.
Usually on some summer evenings.
