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DuSable Harbor

111 N. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
Lake Michigan

Lat / Lon: N 41° 53.146' / W 087° 36.766'
Contact: John Meidinger
VHF Monitored: 67
VHF Working: 16
Phone: (312) 292-9499
Fax: (312) 742-3598
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.chicagoharbors.info

3.75

(4)

3.75 out of 5 stars

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Reviewed by: Graeme Walker , Confirmed Aquaholic, on Oct 22, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 54'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 3

Great location, very close to bike/ebike racks, careful of these, charges can be quite large on an ebike. The bathrooms are definitely 'prison' description, laundry room was a very small closet. They were too understaffed to help us dock in a Small Boat Advisory with 40knot winds when we arrived. Easy walking to downtown, grocery store and Navy Pier.

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Reviewed by: Capt Maria Langer , Do It Now, on Oct 14, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 32'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

DuSable Harbor is a very large but nice facility near downtown Chicago. The accommodating staff met my reservation requests. (I reserved through Dockwa.) It's located on a busy walking trail not far from Riverwalk and the Navy Pier. Each dock has a locked gate to prevent unauthorized people from wandering in. It's walking distance into the city for shopping and dining. Bicycle rentals are available nearby.

While the bathroom facilities aren't anything special, they are clean and have good showers. There's a small laundry room with a single washer and dryer. The office/store had a limited selection of merchandise in mid October; they close for the season at month end.

There was some noise from a Friday night party in a large boat permanently docked at the south end of the marina. Otherwise, it was surprisingly quiet. We enjoyed our stay.

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Reviewed by: DeeDee H on Aug 28, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 34'
Draft: 3.0'

Rating: 4

Great location and security gates at each dock. Prison-like concrete showers and very tiny laundry closet with one washer and one dryer. Convenient to get around town. Would stay again for the location alone.

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Reviewed by: Robert Webb , Doc's Aweigh, on Jul 23, 2021
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 54'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

A nice stop at base of downtown and Chicago Harbor Lock; and easy walk to Navy Pier where we took one of the Architecture River tours of downtown [well worth doing, because if you are going to cruise through the center of the city you won't have time to gawk at the sky-scrappers]; large marina with solid docks with gates. Office bit hard to find, but is right next to bathrooms [separate door from the public ones] and to a great outdoor restaurant/bar. Lots of people go by walking/jogging/biking all day. Helpful dockhands when docking. Uber pickup/dropoff is at south end of marina. We would stay again.

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