City
Chicago
United States
What guided this image
- Landmarks
- Willis Tower; North Michigan Avenue; Millennium Park; Chicago River; Oak Street Beach; lush parkland greenery; Chicago School
- Viewpoint
- Favor the classic viewpoint from Museum Campus / Adler Planetarium looking northwest across Lake Michigan toward the Loop skyline, or looking down the Chicago River canyon from Michigan Avenue Bridge, showing green park foliage or river water in the foreground, the Wrigley Building, Marina City, and iron bascule bridges in the middle-ground, and the towering Willis Tower rising in the background.
- Palette
- Green should be the predominant color, especially in the lush lawns and tree canopies of Millennium Park and Grant Park, and the famous natural emerald-green wash of the Chicago River.
- Guarded against
- Not New York, Toronto, or Boston
Population2,664,452Wikidata: 350
Coordinates41.85°N, 87.65°W
Elevation587 m
Area606 km²
Time zoneAmerica/ChicagoUTC−6
Solar noon11:51clock runs 0.2 h behind the sun
Through the Earth
Dig straight through the Earth from Chicago and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Port-aux-Français, French Southern and Antarctic Lands — 1,904 km from the exact antipodal point.
Nearest cities in the atlas
| Toronto | CA | 704 km |
| Washington | US | 956 km |
| Ottawa | CA | 1,039 km |
| Philadelphia | US | 1,070 km |
| New York City | US | 1,146 km |
| Manhattan | US | 1,147 km |
| Brooklyn | US | 1,152 km |
| The Bronx | US | 1,154 km |
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This city sits on
- United Statescountry
- 41Nparallel
- UTC−6offset