How long would it take to walk every street in Chicago?

Name: Chicago
Address: US

At least

2,453days

walking 5 km a day·about 6½ years

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How many streets does Chicago have?

Chicago has 12,263 km of walkable streets and paths, across 2,210 named streets and 77 community areas. Walking 5 km a day, it would take at least 2,453 days (about 6½ years) to walk every one of them.

Covers all 77 community areas of Chicago, inside the official Chicago boundary on OpenStreetMap. Last updated 5 October 2026.

12,263km of streets

2,210named streets

887landmark stamps to collect

77community areas

Every street walked once, 5 km a day. Real walks double back, so the true number is a little higher.

Chicago is the 17th biggest of the 576 cities on Untrod by length of streets. Most of it is streets with traffic: only 9% is paths, footways and steps, against 19% in a typical city. Of its community areas, Austin takes longest (84 days) and Burnside is quickest (5 days). The most common street name is South Stewart Avenue: Chicago has 5 separate streets called that.

Start small

The quickest parts of Chicago to finish. Each one is a week or two of daily walks.

Burnside5 days

About 5 one-hour walks.24.9 km of streets

Fuller Park7 days

About 7 one-hour walks.35.0 km of streets

Oakland8 days

About 7 one-hour walks.36.1 km of streets

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Your pace

The same streets at a different speed.

2,453days

at 5 km a day · about 6½ years

1 km a day15 km a day

30 min a dayabout 2.5 km4,906 days

1 hour a dayabout 5 km2,453 days

2 hours a dayabout 10 km1,227 days

Weekends only2 hours each day614 weeks

What’s the longest street in Chicago?

Longest streetSouth Halsted Street

35.4 km inside Chicago

Next longestSouth Ashland Avenue

33.3 km, then South State Street at 29.5 km

Most common nameSouth Stewart Avenue

There are 5 separate streets called South Stewart Avenue

Street mix

Residential streets 76%9,269 km

Paths and footways 9%1,090 km

Main roads 16%1,904 km

Landmarks to collect

887 stamps in Chicago. Each one is added to your map when you walk past.

369parks

163churches

76historic buildings

61statues

Grand Crossing ParkPark

Saint Jerome's Croatian Catholic ChurchChurch

Pui Tak CenterHistoric building

Put it in perspective

About 291 marathons

Roughly 15.9 million steps

About 31% of the way around the Earth

More streets than Jacksonville, fewer than Dallas

Chicago, community area by community area

77 community areas, each with its own map.

Albany Park27 days Archer Heights18 days Armour Square13 days Ashburn53 days Auburn Gresham50 days Austin84 days Avalon Park14 days Avondale24 days Belmont Cragin51 days Beverly33 days Bridgeport27 days Brighton Park31 days Burnside6 days Calumet Heights21 days Chatham35 days Chicago Lawn43 days Clearing27 days Douglas21 days Dunning47 days East Garfield Park25 days East Side28 days Edgewater24 days Edison Park15 days Englewood39 days Forest Glen30 days Fuller Park8 days Gage Park26 days Garfield Ridge48 days Grand Boulevard22 days Greater Grand Crossing39 days Hegewisch25 days Hermosa15 days Humboldt Park43 days Hyde Park21 days Irving Park42 days Jefferson Park29 days Kenwood12 days Lake View42 days Lincoln Park45 days Lincoln Square33 days Logan Square51 days Loop32 days Lower West Side31 days McKinley Park18 days Montclare13 days Morgan Park34 days Mount Greenwood24 days Near North Side39 days Near South Side22 days Near West Side74 days New City51 days North Center29 days North Lawndale39 days North Park29 days Norwood Park51 days O'Hare30 days Oakland8 days Portage Park51 days Pullman15 days Riverdale15 days Rogers Park24 days Roseland62 days South Chicago34 days South Deering38 days South Lawndale42 days South Shore37 days Uptown26 days Washington Heights37 days Washington Park17 days West Elsdon16 days West Englewood42 days West Garfield Park17 days West Lawn31 days West Pullman44 days West Ridge48 days West Town64 days Woodlawn25 days

Cities like Chicago

Nearby, and about the same size.

Naperville41 km away · 290 days Joliet52 km away · 354 days Rockford120 km away · 381 days New Taipei City12,192 km of streets · 2,439 days Rio de Janeiro12,119 km of streets · 2,424 days Seoul11,987 km of streets · 2,398 days

Questions

What counts as a street?

Every street, lane and path in OpenStreetMap that you’re allowed to walk on, named or not: residential streets, main roads, footways, park paths and steps. Motorways, private roads, driveways and car parks are left out, and so are pavements drawn as separate lines, because walking one already counts for the street beside it.

Why “at least”?

The number assumes you walk each street once, with no doubling back and no walk to get there. Real walks overlap, so it will take a little longer.

Where does the data come from?

From OpenStreetMap, a map of the world made by volunteers. Chicago’s streets were last updated in October 2026.

What if a street is missing?

Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap. It will appear here, and on your map in Untrod, after the next update.

How does Untrod track it?

Untrod for iPhone records your location during a walk, and only then, and colours in each street you walk along. Your map is only visible to you until you choose to share it.

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