Skyline View from Adler Planetarium

The point beside the Adler Planetarium, on the Northerly Island peninsula in Lake Michigan, gives an open view of the Chicago skyline across the water to the north-west. The planetarium opened on 12 May 1930, funded by the Chicago businessman Max Adler, and was the first planetarium built in the western hemisphere; it stands at 1300 South DuSable Lake Shore Drive as part of the Museum Campus, alongside the Field Museum and the Shedd Aquarium. The viewpoint is on the open ground outside the building rather than within it, so no admission ticket is needed and access is free. From here the towers of the Loop, including the Willis Tower, stand across roughly two kilometres of open water, with reflections visible in calm conditions. The location is used by photographers around sunrise and sunset, when the light falls directly on the skyline. It is reached by CTA bus 146, which runs year-round, or the seasonal bus 130; the nearest train station is Roosevelt, served by the Red, Orange and Green lines.