The best 5 km runs in Chicago
The best scoring runs in Chicago at each distance, one per district. The running page has every district.
The top 10, drawn in full Where the other runs on the running page start
- 1 Lincoln (Abraham) Park, 3.9 km3.9 km, 3 m up
- 2 Washington (George) Park, 4.7 km4.7 km, 3 m up
- 3 Jackson Park, 5.3 km5.3 km, 0 m up
- 4 Jackson Park, 3.4 km3.4 km, 0 m up
- 5 Lincoln (Abraham) Park, 5.5 km5.5 km, 0 m up
- 6 Lincoln (Abraham) Park, 5.5 km5.5 km, 0 m up
- 7 Marquette Park4.0 km, 0 m up
- 8 Washington (George) Park, 4.9 km4.9 km, 0 m up
- 9 Lincoln (Abraham) Park, 5.3 km5.3 km, 3 m up
- 10 From Clark/
Lake5.7 km, 35 m up
The best 20 km rides in Chicago
We tested a ride from a station in every 3 km square of Chicago then rode 20 km, 60 km and 100 km from the best of them and kept the best stations at each distance. These are their best scoring rides.
Running by district
We tested a run from 5,739 stations across Chicago and kept up to 10 of the best in each district, 618 in all. How we pick the starts
- McKinley Park
- Brighton Park
- Lower West Side
- South Lawndale
- Bridgeport
- North Lawndale
- Near West Side
- Armour Square
- Archer Heights
- East Garfield Park
- Fuller Park
- West Garfield Park
- Near South Side
- West Elsdon
- Douglas
- Grand Boulevard
- West Englewood
- Oakland
- West Town
- Chicago Lawn
- Loop
- Garfield Ridge
- Washington Park
- Kenwood
- Near North Side
- West Lawn
- Englewood
- Clearing
- Lincoln Park
- Hyde Park
- Greater Grand Crossing
- Ashburn
- Hermosa
- Austin
- Woodlawn
- Auburn Gresham
- Avondale
- North Center
- Belmont Cragin
- Lake View
- Chatham
- South Shore
- Avalon Park
- Irving Park
- Washington Heights
- Montclare
- Beverly
- Uptown
- Burnside
- Portage Park
- Roseland
- Albany Park
- Calumet Heights
- Margate Park
- Lincoln Square
- Dunning
- North Park
- South Chicago
- Mount Greenwood
- Edgewater
- Pullman
- Morgan Park
- Jefferson Park
- West Ridge
- Forest Glen
- Norwood Park
- Rogers Park
- West Pullman
- East Side
- South Deering
- Riverdale
- Edison Park
- Hegewisch
- O'Hare
Running in parks and forests
LaBagh Woods and Sauganash Prairie Preserves 3 runs Pullman National Historical Park 7 runs Catherine Chevalier Woods Preserve 7 runs Lincoln (Abraham) Park 145 runs Burnham Park 134 runs Caldwell Preserves 4 runs Legion Park 5 runs Grant Park 25 runs Garfield Park 9 runs Douglass (Anna and Frederick) Park 5 runs Dan Ryan Woods Preserve 5 runs Washington (George) Park 55 runs Jackson Park 58 runs Ogden Park 4 runs Calumet Park 4 runs William W. Powers State Recreation Area 5 runs Warren Park 8 runs Marquette Park 8 runs McKinley Park 3 runs
Cycling by station
We tested 95 stations, one in each 3 km square of Chicago. These 11 start the best rides, each distance keeping its own. No two at one distance are within 6 km of each other, so they spread across the city.