Hello how may I help you? Can yo help me to sort something. Sure, what would you like to sort out? Can you sort the closest cities to Chicago.? Rockford, Joliet and Springfiel.d Springfield. Yes in order from close to further it goes, Joliet, Springield, and Rockford. Great. But how far is Rocford? Rocford is 12 miles away from Chicago. Okay. How about Joliet? Joliet is 2 miles away from Chicago. Cool. Rockford is 18 miles away from Chicago as well.