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Name Members Rating

This is the Chicago Dining Out Meetup Group. We will do dinners at various Chicagoland restaurants (in the city and in the burbs). Come on out and join us for some good food.

1,635
Chicagoland Diners
4.75

~Welcome~ Meet other local Meetup Organizers and Asst Organizers. Enhance your organizing skills, get ideas on events and venues, exchange tips on improving your Meetups, and schedule joint events. Open to all Meetup Organizers and Asst Organizers.

247
Meetup Organizers
4.75

Casual Rides for fun all over the Chicagoland area. See great neighborhoods, beautiful scenery and meet great people too! Rides range from slow rides 8-12 mph to fast rides 22 mph (TBD by organizer and demand).

 excellent 

920
Cyclists
4.75

Welcome to the Chicagoland Fun Group (CFG) 'CFG' (formerly GCF) is a group of members looking for new adventures, who want to meet people and make new friends and enjoy all the social aspects Chicago and it's suburbs offer. Our Membership composed of night life enthusiasts, foodies, wine lovers, sports enthusiasts, singles and couples and any

713
friends
4.75

From our kickoff meeting: The Evanston/Skokie Outdoor Life Adventurer's Club will aim to have 1-2 social outings per month, and 1-2 activities per month, and one planning discussion. We are going to focus our activities around the following: hiking, canoing, kayaking, wall-climbing (gym), rock-climbing, mountain-biking. We have been considering

461
Adventurerists
4.75

Meet fellow travel enthusiasts near you! Come to a monthly Midwest Adventure Travelers Club meeting to relive adventures, share photos from around the world and get first-hand recommendations on new exotic destinations. Find fun, laughs -- and maybe even a new travel buddy!

618
Travel Enthusiasts
4.75

Sanctuary Ski and Snowboard Club

 Great group of fun skiers 

108
Skiers
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Meet local people to discuss environmental issues on a global and local level. Help us live our motto to "Explore, enjoy and protect the planet" by involvement in activist, social and outdoor events in the Chicagoland area. Also view the Chicago Group website http://illinois.sierraclub.org/chicago/ for much much more info on our activists event

176
Environmental Activists
5.0

Meet other local mountain bikers to ride Chicago area trails and travel to more distant trails such as Kettle Moraine and Peoria. In addition we'll have whitewater rafting, canoe and kayak events. In the winter we can offer a few ski events and whatever the membership proposes. We'll cross-post events from another club such as Cycling and Midwest

531
Adventurers and mountain bikers
4.75

The Chicago Backpackers is a club for those who share an enthusiasm for backpacking. The club helps introduce people who are new to backpacking to the sport, organize trips for members, and encourage networking amongst backpackers to help facilitate further enjoyment of the sport. The primary focus of the group is backpacking, which is where one hi

 The best 

537
Backpackers
4.5

Meet other wine lovers in an informal, friendly setting. The strength of the Chicago Wine Meetup Group is based in the diversity of its participants, our enthusiasm, differing levels of experience, and a strong desire to learn and share our passion about wine.

1,400
Wine Enthusiasts
4.75

Windy City Hikers is an outdoors group active in the Chicagoland area. We have no membership dues. We're all about getting outside; hiking, camping, canoeing...but hiking is cheap and easy! Please visit our 'About Us' section for more info and group policy information.

1,754
Windy City Hikers
4.75

Does skating up and down the lakefront path by yourself just not quite cut it anymore? Meet other skaters, skate Chicago's streets with us, plan trips to skate events and help promoting the sport. Find skaters at your level and new places to skate. Everyone is welcome! There will be meetups suitable for beginners as well. Watch the video of our

46
Skaters
4.75