Montrose Beach Track & Field — Attraction in Lake View Township

It's really disappointing that this is one of the only free public tracks near Chicago. It's worn down, which is okay, but Lane 1 specifically has lots of wear and tear, wouldn't be ideal for spikes. A glaring issue was that there are NO bathrooms available. "Go before you get there," sure, but if you're mid-workout, you're screwed. The bathroom building near the far end has all entrances gated off and locked up, not very helpful. Additionally, parking across the street is $6 or $7. It's a bit absurd if you're just trying to go work out and need to have extra shoes/spikes/water and you aren't within a reasonable biking distance. Come to think of it, I'm not even sure there was a bike rack to lock your bike up? There may be one, but not positive. It just makes me sad that the city doesn't have a better facility to offer residents, as tracks are an easy place for anyone to utilize, regardless of fitness level. I feel the need to note that this place was lacking scenery too. Lake Michigan is not within view, just a busy freeway, a giant hill,...

Very beautiful track! Many great things about it, and the area itself, which sits in between Montrose Harbor & Montrose Beach, which are two key landmarks on the beloved Northside of Chicago.

As a fitness enthusiast, I'm excited about the multiple activities in this sector that you can do; along with running on this track. There are opportunities for a hill workout at Cricket hill, which sits right next to this track; a swim at the beach; soccer; flag football; skate boarding; and softball. All areas are very accessible via the Lakefront trail, and less than 300 meters from each other.

Here at this track you can find many of our local runners; running groups, and some college athletes doing their major workouts. During the football season you can find the peewee leagues playing football games; along with soccer leagues playing in the area as well.

Definitely a jewel located in the Uptown neighborhood, and well kept with no outside madness. If you want peace & fitness combined then look no further, because this...

Awesome tracks. Perfect for an early morning jog. There are about 4 soccer and football fields and one major race track. I really lived the race track. Olympic standard. The fields were very inviting as well. If only I had a team to play soccer...