Mount Greenwood Park takes its name from the surrounding community. In 1879, George Waite obtained a state charter to develop a large cemetery on a...
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Mission:The Oak Lawn Park District is committed to promoting a strong sense of community by providing cultural and recreational opportunities in a ...
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Location: Timber Trails Neighborhood
Description:
Timber Trails Park is a neighborhood park that is relatively rectangular in shape. Contained wi...
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Inwood Ice Arena
Your Inwood Athletic Club annual membership includes UNLIMITED access to public ice skating. Shake up your routine and get a ...
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This large park is located south of 55th Street, west of Fairview Avenue. The 5.8 acre Barth Pond was constructed in 1978, as a joint venture with ...
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In 1835, William Briggs Greene acquired 200 acres of present-day Greene Valley Forest Preserve from Daniel Greene, his uncle. When surveyors mapped...
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The 249-acre Whalon Lake was acquired between 1992 and 2007.The preserve is part of the DuPage River preservation system, which conserves more than...
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History:Soon after World War II, the Chicago Park District began a major initiative to create new parks for the first time in many years. This Ten ...
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On land treasured for centuries - first by Native Americans, later by traders and farmers, and as early as the 1890s by recreation seekers - Kankak...
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Maple Park is the Park District's 3rd largest park featuring an abundance of recreational opportunities including baseball, soccer, tennis, walking...
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Euclid Square Park, located in south Oak Park, is a popular place for baseball games and recreational tennis. The park provides a looped pathway id...
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History
In October of 1901, one month after the assassination of William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, the South Park Commission (...
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History:The South Park Commission created Avalon Park in the 1920s in a south side neighborhood with a long, interesting history. In 1889, when Chi...
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Channahon State Park is the official trailhead for the Illinois & Michigan Canal State Trail. Channahon is an Indian word meaning "the meeting ...
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A tranquil setting, flowing rivers and natural prairie land - the Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife Area has it all. Visitors will delight in the...
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William W. Powers State Recreation Area, located on Wolf Lake on Chicago's far southeast side at the Illinois-Indiana state line, offers opportuni...
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Located in the Hyde Park community, Midway Plaisance is a special-use ice skating rink facility which totals 83 acres and features a warming center...
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A road winds south through Eggers Grove, providing access to the picnic groves, trail and parking. In the preserve's northern half, picnic groves w...
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The Garfield Park Conservatory is one of the largest and most stunning conservatories in the nation. Often referred to as "landscape art unde...
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