Lake Michigan at Chicago (Chicago Lock)

The past week

What floods at each level

• 9 ft

  Lakefront Trail threatened near Marovitz Golf Course.

• 8.5 ft

  Structures threatened at 41st Street Beach. Foster Beach parking lot is threatened. Foster Avenue underpass is threatened at Foster Beach. Lake Shore Drive is threatened between Belmont Avenue and Irving Park Road, near Division Street, and at Oak Street Beach.

• 8 ft

  Structures are threatened at Montrose Beach. Lakefront Trail is threatened at Montrose Harbor.

• 7.5 ft

  Lane Park playground is threatened in the Edgewater neighborhood. Lakefront Trail is threatened at Oak Street Beach. Lake Shore Drive onramps are threatened at Oak Street Beach. Structures are threatened at 57th Street Beach.

• 7 ft

  Montrose Dog Beach parking lot is threatened. Lake Shore Drive is threatened at 57th Drive.

• 6.5 ft

  Sheridan Road is threatened near Lake Shore Drive. Lakefront Trail is threatened at the Ardmore Avenue trailhead. Low-lying areas of Jane Addams Park are threatened. Paths and roadways are threatened at Navy Pier. Multiple trails are threatened at 57th Street Beach. Lake Shore Drive is threatened at Jackson Park Harbor.

• 6 ft

  Structures are threatened at North Avenue Beach and Queens Landing in Grant Park.

• 5.5 ft

  Roadways are threatened at Belmont Harbor. Lakefront Trail is threatened at North Avenue Beach and near Morgan Point. Low-lying areas of Jackson Park along the lagoon are threatened.

• 5 ft

  Lakefront Trail is threatened at Chicago Yacht Club. The Chicago Yacht Club parking lot is threatened. Low-lying trails near Lincoln Park Zoo are threatened. Park Drive is threatened near Navy Pier. Roadways and parking lots are threatened at Illinois Beach State Park north of Waukegan.

• 4.5 ft

  Lakefront Trail is threatened at Ohio Street Beach and at Grant Park. Breakwater paths at DuSable Harbor are threatened.

• 2.5 ft

  Lowest sections of the waterfront at Grant Park are inundated.

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