This is one of seven ice rinks that the Park District opens seasonally. The rink is right in the middle of Warren Park which has a fieldhouse to warm up in, skate rentals, restrooms, and a nearby sledding hill. Open from Thanksgiving until February.

The plaza near Wrigley Field transforms into a family-friendly winter festival with a mini Christmas market, holiday movie nights, and wreath making workshops. The ice rink has weekly figure skating performances every Tuesday and skating classes in January. There are rentals available and plenty of places to warm up too. Open from November to February.

At Farm in the Zoo, kids can head to the main barn to see newly hatched chickens, baby goats, and small horses. From November to February, keepers have set up an ice skating rink underneath glowing string lights. Skate rentals, lockers, and hot chocolate are available on site.

Atop the Peninsula Hotel, is one of the fancier places to glide on the ice: Sky Rink. Head up to the lobby and outside to the rink with a view of towering skyscrapers. There’s cute ski chalet decor and, when you’ve had your fun, warm up inside the luxe hotel.

Navy Pier’s Winter Wonderfest has it all—ice peak climbing walls, giant inflatable slides, spinning tea cup rides, train rides, and tilt-a-whirl, and a “faux” snow tubing hill. There’s also an indoor ice skating rink in the middle of the holiday carnival. There are skate rentals available and the rink is open from November until mid-January.

In winter this piece of the park transforms from rock climbing and rollerblading to ice skating. The ribbon twirls around the geometric climbing walls and evergreen trees. Lace up your skates, rentals are available, and glide down a path that’s twice as long as a lap around the traditional rink. At the entrance there are picnic tables, lockers, and hot cocoa.

Here’s another ice skating rink in one of Chicago’s best parks. In winter, a large outdoor rink pops up from November to February. Skates are available for rent and facilitators also organize winter sports leagues. There is a beautiful lagoon with a wooden boardwalk pathway that attracts geese and other wildlife, too.

The historic Midway Plaisance opens an ice skating rink centered between some of the most building Gothic buildings at the University of Chicago. Park-goers can visit the winter gardens on the north and south ends, rent skates, warm up inside a fieldhouse, and sign up for lessons. Kids and adults often start hockey pick-up games, too.