Warmest sea within 3h drive of Chicago
Live water temperatures from Open-Meteo Marine, ranked by warmth. Drive times estimate motorway-blended travel (≈ 80 km/h). Pick a different radius to widen or narrow your weekend search.
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- 1Oak Street BeachChicago, United States · Lake Michigan3 km · 0.0h—
- 2Oak Street BeachChicago, United States · Lake Michigan3 km · 0.0h—
- 3North Avenue BeachChicago, United States · Lake Michigan4 km · 0.0h—
- 4North Avenue BeachChicago, United States · Lake Michigan4 km · 0.0h—
- 5Indiana Dunes BeachChesterton, United States · Lake Michigan53 km · 0.7h—
- 6Warren DunesSawyer, United States · Great Lakes86 km · 1.1h—
- 7Silver BeachSt Joseph, United States · Lake Michigan98 km · 1.2h—
- 8Bradford BeachMilwaukee, United States · Lake Michigan134 km · 1.7h—
- 9Bradford BeachMilwaukee, United States · Lake Michigan135 km · 1.7h—
- 10Oval BeachSaugatuck, United States · Lake Michigan145 km · 1.8h—
- 11Oval BeachSaugatuck, United States · Lake Michigan145 km · 1.8h—
- 12Holland State ParkHolland, United States · Great Lakes153 km · 1.9h—
- 13Grand Haven State ParkGrand Haven, United States · Great Lakes173 km · 2.2h—
- 14Grand Haven StateGrand Haven, United States · Lake Michigan173 km · 2.2h—
- 15Grand Haven BeachGrand Haven, United States · Lake Michigan174 km · 2.2h—
- 16Pere Marquette BeachMuskegon, United States · Lake Michigan183 km · 2.3h—
About this list
We benchmark every beach in our database against Chicago using great-circle (haversine) distance, then re-rank by today's actual sea temperature returned by Open-Meteo Marine. If a grid cell does not return a fresh value, we leave it blank instead of substituting a seasonal average.
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