FIND ADVENTURE, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, EXTREME ACTIVITIES & OUTDOOR GROUPS


Tap into your adventurous side and explore the wonders Chicago has to offer for outdoor adventure. Use the map and information on this page to find outdoor activities, attractions, outdoor shops, and more in and around the Chicago area.

OUTDOORS GROUPS

OUTDOOR ATTRACTIONS

OUTDOOR SHOPS

GEOCACHING

ZIPLINING

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE RESOURCES

SLACKLINING

SPELUNKING

OUTDOORS GROUPS


Black Women "Do" Workout!, Chicago Area

Bold Betties, Chicago Area

Chicago Area Kayaking Canoeing Camping Meetup, Chicago Area

Chicago Area Orienteering Club, Chicago Area

Chicago Camping, Canoeing, & Outdoor Adventures Group, Chicago Area

Chicago Cavers, Chicago Area

Chicago Friars Ski & Bike Club, Chicago Area

Chicago Hiking, Outdoors, & Social Group, Chicago Area

Chicago ICO Meetup, Chicago Area

Chicago Motorcycle Camping Meetup, Chicago Area

Chicago Nomad Ski/Snowboard & Social Group-Souther, Oak Forest

Chicago Outdoor Adventures, Climbing and Backpacking Meetup, Chicago

Chicago Slackliners Association, Chicago Area

Chicago Women Go Camping, Chicago Area

Chicagoland 20's & 30's Hiking + Outdoors Meetup, Chicago Area

Community Walk! Chicago, Chicago Area

Edgewater - Rogers Park Family Nature Group, Chicago

Explorer Chicks of Chicago, Chicago Area

FREE Monthly Pilsen Community Workout, Pilsen

Get Out N Do It Outdoor Adventure /Social Meetup Group, La Grange

Great Lakes Outdoor Adventures IL, Chicago Area

HiYak Adventures, Chicago Area

I wanted to do that...just not alone!, Chicago Area

L.L. Bean, Schaumburg

L.L.Bean Skokie Outing and Adventure Club, Skokie

Mosaic Jewish Outdoor Club of Chicao, Chicago Area

NOW Outdoors Wilderness Adventure Group: Chicago, Chicago Area

Outdoor Afro Chicago & NW Indiana, Chicago Area

Piccadilly Ski Club, Downers Grove

Pine Point Ski Club, Chicago Area

Prairie State Canoe/Kayak Meetup, Chicago Area

Primitive Skills, Chicago Area

Southwest Suburbs Sports, Outdoors, & Social Group, Tinley Park

The Chicago Area Outdoor Adventure Meetup Group, Chicago Area

TRIP N TREK - Chicago - Group Travel & Adventure, Chicago Area

Windy City Hikers Meetup Group, Chicago Area

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE RESOURCES


Adventures Accessed, Online

OUTDOOR ATTRACTIONS


Bemis Woods Forest Preserves, Westchester

Blackwell Forest Preserve, Warrenville

Burnham Park, East Hyde Park

Camp Bullfrog Lake, Willow Springs

Chicago Appalachian Trail Hiking Club, Chicago

Chicago Botanic Garden, Lane Park

Chicago Riverwalk, River North

Cloud Gate, New East Side

Edgebrook Flatwoods Forest Preserve, North Edgebrook

Forest Preserves of Cook County, Cook County

Grant Park, Grant Park

Jackson Park, Woodlawn

Lincoln Park, Lincoln Park

Lurie Garden, New East Side

Maggie Daley Park, New East Side

Maggie Daley Park, New East Side

Millennium Park, New East Side

Montrose Beach, Uptown

Navy Pier, Magnificent Mile

Oz Park, Mid-North District

Ping Tom Memorial Park, Chinatown

The 606, Logan Square

William W. Powers State Recreation Area, Hegewisch

GEOCACHING


Big Art: Good Luck Year of Dog, Downtown

CCC - Shelter - Let's warm up!, River Forest

Chicago Parks- Union, Near West Side

Chicago Railroads - Vertical Lift Bridge, Near South Side

Chicago's Historic Places: Hull House, Little Italy

Chicago's Water Tower, Magnificent Mile

Chicagoland Backpackers, Chicago Area

Hang on Tight !, Oak Park

I Love Chicago! - I & M Canal - Beginnings, Bridgeport

I Love Chicago! - Neighborhoods - Chinatown, Chinatown

I Love Chicago! - Neighborhoods - Taylor Street, Forest Park

I Love Chicago! - Neighborhoods - Wicker Park, Wicker Park

I Love Chicago! - The Republic-for which we stand, Hyde Park

Lilac's for my Sister, Lombard

Navy Pier, Magnificent Mile

One End of Route 66, Grant Park

Passing the Buck, Grant Park

Rewards and Consequences, Streeterville

OUTDOOR SHOPS


Arc'teryX, Wicker Park

Army Navy Sales, Lake View

Bears Pro Shop, Central Station

Cabela's, Sutton

Columbia Sportswear, Magnificent Mile

DayOne Gear, Forest Park

DICK's Sporting Goods, Near West Side

DICK'S Sporting Goods, Lincolnwood

DICK'S Sporting Goods, Goose Island

Eddie Bauer, Wilmette

Fjällräven, Wicker Park

Kayak Morris, Downers Grove

Moosejaw, Ranch Triangle

Mountain Warehouse, 2 locations

Orvis, Magnificent Mile

Patagonia, 2 locations

REI, 4 locations

The NorthFace, Magnificent Mile

Uncle Dan's Outdoor Store, 3 locations

Wayward, Wicker Park

ZIPLINING


Bemis Woods Forest Preserves, Westchester

Forest Preserves of Cook County, Cook County

Go Ape Zip Line & Treetop Adventure, Western Springs

Millennium Park, New East Side

Zip Chicago, 2 locations

SLACKLINING


Chicago Slackliners Association, Chicago Area

SPELUNKING


Chicago Cavers, Chicago Area

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