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How long would it take to walk every street in Lower West Side?

At least
31days
walking 5 km a day·about 4 weeks
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Street map of Lower West Side

How many streets does Lower West Side have?

Lower West Side has 150 km of walkable streets and paths, across 74 named streets. Walking 5 km a day, it would take at least 31 days (about 4 weeks) to walk every one of them.

Covers the area inside the official Lower West Side boundary on OpenStreetMap, not the rest of Chicago. Last updated 5 October 2026.

150km of streets
74named streets
9landmark stamps to collect

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

Lower West Side is the 38th biggest of Chicago’s 77 community areas by length of streets. Most of it is streets with traffic: only 6% is paths, footways and steps, against 19% in a typical city. Along the way there are 9 landmarks to collect as stamps.

Your pace

The same streets at a different speed.

31days
at 5 km a day · about 4 weeks
1 km a day15 km a day
30 min a dayabout 2.5 km61 days
1 hour a dayabout 5 km31 days
2 hours a dayabout 10 km16 days
Weekends only2 hours each day8 weeks

What’s the longest street in Lower West Side?

Longest streetSouth Ashland Avenue

4.8 km inside Lower West Side

Next longestWest 18th Street

4.2 km, then West Cermak Road at 4.0 km

Paths and footways9 km

Park paths, footways and steps, all walkable

Street mix
Residential streets 72%108 km
Paths and footways 6%9 km
Main roads 22%33 km

Landmarks to collect

9 stamps in Lower West Side. Each one is added to your map when you walk past.

5churches
1bridge
1museum
1theatre
Saint Adalbert ChurchChurch
Canal Street Railroad BridgeBridge
National Museum of Mexican ArtMuseum

Put it in perspective

About 4 marathons
Roughly 195,000.0 steps
About the distance from Lower West Side to Milwaukee, as the crow flies

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. Lower West Side’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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