Family hotels near Navy Pier and the Magnificent Mile
Written October 2026
Navy Pier, to a kid, is the Ferris wheel, the carousel and the Chicago Children's Museum at the front of the pier, with a fountain at the entrance that turns into a splash pad on warm days. The Magnificent Mile starts a few blocks west, with American Girl Place, the observation deck at 360 Chicago and the deep-dish places, and Millennium Park, with the Bean and the Crown Fountain, is at the south end of it.
The hotels here are in Streeterville, the blocks between the pier and Michigan Avenue, on the Avenue itself, and down by the river, where Millennium Park is the nearer park. For the whole city, see the best family hotels in Chicago, and for the days themselves, things to do with kids near Navy Pier.
Streeterville, between the pier and Michigan Avenue
The Chicago Children's Museum, at the front of the pier, is about 1 km from each of these.
Loews Chicago Hotel
North Park Drive, Streeterville
Navy Pier is 0.67 miles away and the Magnificent Mile 0.4 by the hotel's own table, with the Chicago Riverwalk about 0.25 km. Premium rooms with two queens take five in 405 square feet, and the Connecting Comfort booking guarantees a premium king joined to a two-queen room (any other booking is a request).
Kids collect Little Legends stamps for things like borrowing a board game from the front desk and ordering off the kids' menu, and a Pack and Play, a high chair, a baby bath, a bottle warmer or a mini fridge comes on request.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Kitchenette
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, indoor, heated
- Free breakfast
- No
- Laundry
- Yes
- Kids' club
- Yes
Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk
East North Water Street, on the river
A 1,218-room hotel where the Riverwalk starts at the door, with its own dock, kid-friendly boat tours leaving from the door and an indoor pool. Rooms come with two doubles and a mini fridge, the Illinois Suite adds a living room and a sofa bed, and the biggest rooms sleep six.
Maggie Daley Park, with its rope nets and play ship, is about 0.7 km across the river, and the Children's Museum about 1 km east.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, indoor, heated
- Laundry
- Yes
Aloft Chicago Magnificent Mile
East Ontario Street, Streeterville
A simpler hotel on Ontario Street with a heated indoor pool called Splash, free guest laundry and a 24-hour grab-and-go market. The Junior Studio has a king and a sofa bed, and the Deluxe and Premier rooms have two queens.
Ed Debevic's, the retro diner, is about 0.15 km, the playground at Seneca Park about 0.4 km, and the Children's Museum about 1.1 km. The Red Line's Grand stop is the nearest train.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, indoor, heated
- Laundry
- Yes
On Michigan Avenue
The Magnificent Mile itself, with American Girl Place, 360 Chicago and the deep-dish places on the same blocks.
InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile
North Michigan Avenue, by the river
A junior Olympic indoor pool on the 14th floor, built in 1929 for the Medinah Athletic Club and covered in Spanish Majolica tiles with a terra cotta Neptune fountain, where Johnny Weissmuller (Tarzan) trained. Friday and Saturday there are family movies by the pool with oversized floats.
Classic rooms come with two doubles, the one-bedroom suites run 660 to 980 square feet, and connecting rooms, cribs and rollaways are by request. The bronze doors open onto Michigan Avenue, with Lou Malnati's deep-dish about 0.2 km, the Riverwalk about 0.35 km and Wendella's boat tours at the bridge.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, indoor, heated
Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
East Delaware Place, above the Magnificent Mile
The Kids' Room on floor 32 has arcade games, crafts and books, with a key card from the front desk for daily access, and Sammy's Adventure Passport is a scavenger hunt around the hotel. An activity book comes at check-in, an ice cream cart or a tent can come to your suite, and the 44-foot heated indoor pool has an infinity edge (adults only for two hours on Friday and Saturday evenings).
The Executive Suite is 575 square feet with a king, a sofa bed and a crib for two adults and two kids, and some rooms connect. 360 Chicago and American Girl Place are within 0.3 km, and the playground at Seneca Park about 0.4 km.
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Kitchenette
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, indoor
Homewood Suites by Hilton Chicago Downtown/Magnificent Mile
East Huron Street, a block off Michigan Avenue
Every suite has a full kitchen and the hot breakfast is free, so a family can eat in. The studio and one-bedroom king suites each sleep four, the one-bedroom with a separate living area, and cribs are available.
The hotel puts the Magnificent Mile at 0 miles and Navy Pier at 1 mile. Gino's East deep-dish is about 0.1 km, Seneca Park 0.2 km and American Girl Place 0.25 km.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Kitchenette
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes
- Free breakfast
- Yes
By the river and Millennium Park
Where Wacker Drive meets Michigan Avenue, with the Riverwalk below and Millennium Park and Maggie Daley Park a few minutes south.
Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel Chicago
North Columbus Drive, in the Aqua Tower
Inside Jeanne Gang's Aqua Tower, with an indoor pool and an outdoor one, two-queen rooms for four and an Ambassador Suite with a king bedroom and a living room with a sleeper sofa. Kids 18 and under stay free.
Maggie Daley Park is about 0.4 km and Millennium Park about 0.5, with the playground and splash pad at Park No. 546 about 0.25 km and Giordano's stuffed deep-dish about 0.2.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, indoor
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Loews Chicago Hotel: GualdimG (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk: Jules Verne Times Two (CC BY-SA 4.0) · InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile: Onasill - Bill Badzo (Public domain) · Four Seasons Hotel Chicago: Lou Stejskal (CC BY 2.0) · Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel Chicago: Esther Westerveld from Nieuwkoop, Nederland (CC BY 2.0)