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Buffalo Range Shooting Park provides a family friendly environment to encourage the safe handling and use of firearms and promote recreational shooting sports. Buffalo Range is...
Enthusiasts of all kinds find enjoyment in the wide array of activities the park offers including 4-miles of fully accessible paved paths that wind through natural...
Piasa Bird Mural at Piasa Park
The park is set at the base of the giant Piasa Bird mural that is painted on the side of a huge bluff. A large granite...
Jumpin' Addiction Trampoline Park
Various play areas consist of a slam dunk section, dodge-ball area, a foam pit, an open jumping area, and tumble tracks with a long, narrow trampoline...
1950s Park Forest House Museum
Step back into the 1950s in a representation of an original home with toys, dolls, books, clothes and furnishings of the era, in the first fully...
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Organized programs open to the community and visitors include outdoor concerts, youth summer camps, themed dinners and educational events, nature hikes, and public tours. Overnight accommodations...
As the first outdoor festival in the region each year, Art in Wilder Park is a highly anticipated Spring event in the western suburbs. In 2022,...
Have lunch at The Plaza at Park Grill in Millennium Park, the city's largest outdoor dining venue. Enjoy live music and a sweeping city vista. In...
Find serenity at this beautiful 1700-acre wooded park situated along an old stagecoach route between Galena and Beardstown. Featuring 95-acre Argyle Lake, the park is home...
What sets Aurelio's apart from other pizza? We're different because we use only quality ingredients, serve a variety of generous sizes, and specialize in customizing orders...
The Pecatonica River may be accessed for boating and canoeing approximately 200 yards from the park.
Facilities include a 4-mile trail, indoor ice-skating rink, horse riding stables, fishing, bocce ball, canoes, bike boats, Frisbee golf course, mini-golf and a lot more.
Located at the western edge of Pilcher Park is their log cabin Nature Center, where you can visit animals. enjoy exhibits and meet friendly staff....
Arguably this park has one of the best views of the Mississippi River from the bluffs nestled in the historic Christian Hill District, which is filled...
The Wicker Park-Bucktown neighborhood is an urban shopping destination that is growing in popularity nation wide. The June 2007 edition of Vanity Fair magazine calls Wicker...
Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park & Theatre
On historic Bluff Street along the waterway in downtown Joliet, this park features free summer concerts, lush grounds, outdoor bandshell and indoor theatre. Office hours: Monday...
Shabbona Lake State Park has 1,550 acres of rolling prairie and features a 318-acre man-made fishing lake. Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area provides a convenient, natural...
Black Hawk Statue at Lowden State Park
The Eternal Indian Statue, commonly known as Black Hawk, was created by sculptor Lorado Taft in 1911 and is located in Lowden State Park, where it...
The newly renovated Bowen park's theme for their new playground is "Forest Findings." The overall layout offers tiered play areas arranged on the northwest hillside of...
On the bluffs of the Illinois River, this small but charming park is home to an enormous outdoor sculpture. Mounds representing five earthen sculptures molded from...
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