Celtic Park is 16.2 acres and part of the Palatine Park District. Celtic Park is located north of Palatine High School. The park has several soccer and football fields, a playground, and access to the Palatine trail system.
James O. Breen Community Park, formerly known as Campton Hills Park, features many amenities including a playground, picnic tables, football fields, basketball courts, garden plots, a dog park, a disc golf course and a splash park for kids. The park also features rentable pavilions for a $50 fee. Located nearby is the Hickory Knolls Natural Area, which is situated on 131 sprawling acres of diverse landscape.
Chi Che Wang Playlot Park is located in the Lakeview community on Diversey Parkway, approximately 2½ blocks east of Damen Avenue. The park has a new ADA soft-surface playground.
In 2000, the Chicago Plan Commission approved the creation of a residential planned development in the Paulina Ave. Corridor, an area that had previously been a manufacturing district.
Two years later, the Chicago Park District began acquiring a 1.72 acre site in the development to create a park for the new community. By 2006, laborers “cleaned and greened” the site which included removing industrial debris, planting lawn and trees and fencing the new park.
In 2004, the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners named the new park in honor of Chi Che Wang (1894 – 1979), an important scientist and teacher who participated in many civic efforts in Chicago.
Editor's Note: This information was provided by the Chicago Parks District.
Situated on 4 acres, Wicker Park offers a children's playground, playing fields, ball diamonds, chess tables, basketball hoops, a dog park and a big fountain where you'll meet all types of people. It's also home to a number of kids' camps and other outdoor activities, including the Chicago Park District's Movies in the Park series and a weekly, seasonal farmers' market. The field house contains a gym and meeting rooms, which are available for rent.
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The Oak View Community Center is located on a tree-filled campus on the east side of Oak Lawn. Its field house contains many museum-quality nature displays of the area's early history, as well exhibits of sea creatures, animals, shells, rocks and minerals.
The center offers a diverse selection of programming, including art classes, fitness, recreation programs and pre-school classes.
The Oak Lawn Community Theater is also stationed at Oak View, staging four critically-acclaimed family musicals per year in a newly renovated gymnasium complete with stadium seating.
Rooms in the community center are available for rental for private parties. The center also has chairs and tables available for rentals. Room rentals range in price from $25-$59 per hour and can accommodate private parties of up to 200 people.
The outdoor park grounds include a baseball field, picnic grounds, playground and a sand volleyball court.
Residents can also register for park district programs at Oak View.
Arndt Park is one of Des Plaines largest parks and is full of amenities that include:
Three baseball diamonds, tw tennis courts, four half basketball courts, a lighted inline hockey rink, 10 horseshoes courts, a sledding hill and an outdoor skating rink.
There is also a playground with jungle gyms, slides, swings, a see-saw, a merry-go-round, a small climbing wall and of course a drinking fountain.
There's a designated area with picnic benches and outdoor grills for barbecuing and get-togethers.
The Arndt Park fieldhouse is available for rental. It has a kitchen and large room (long tables and chairs are available) perfect for meetings, parties and special events.
The park is located at the corner of White Street and Howard Avenue.
Century Park is the District's largest park, comprising a neighborhood, community and linear park on two parcels of land north of Route 60, between Butterfield Road and Lakeview Parkway. The shelter address with parking is 1001 Lakeview Parkway. The entire park encompasses 113 acres of land and water. The park offers fishing in Big Bear and Little Bear Lakes from 8 a.m. to dusk.
