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Centennial Park
Park
👍👍 Great park! Fun for a variety of ages. Has open space to run, basketball court, zipline, jungle gyms, instruments and swings for most abilities.
4.80 (58 reviews)
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Lake Park
Park
Charming 76-acre park on the banks of Lake Opeka known for its fishing, boating & golf.
4.70 (1.1K reviews)
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Prairie Lakes Park
Park
👍👍 Great day with family.
The kid working the desk on that rainy day and still having fun. Great kid I wish he worked for me.Overall great experience
4.70 (747 reviews)
4
Friendship Park Conservatory
Wedding venue
Events space featuring an atrium, a banquet hall & a greenhouse, plus outdoor gardens & a courtyard.
4.70 (284 reviews)
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Lake Opeka
Lake
👍👍 Lake Park is an amazing park, it has lots of BBQs and great open space for picnic. A big lawn for open play and there is also a stage for local performers. They have movies in the park in the summer months there. Also, the park offers 2 huge picnic pavilions, 1 smaller one (about 60 people), a child...
4.70 (79 reviews)
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Rosemary S. Argus Friendship Park
Park
👍👍 Spacious, clean, well maintained, has a tennis courts, playground, long path for walking... I like it! Specially nice during the summer.
4.70 (74 reviews)
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American Airlines Flight 191 Memorial
Memorial park
👍👍 After 41 years My Dads spirit is still with me. I am so grateful for those that made the effort to have this Memorial installed. Someday I will visit and say a prayer for all those affected by this terrible accident. RIP Howard Franklin Keeney.
4.70 (72 reviews)
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Des Plaines History Center
History museum
👍👍 PHOTOS - You can take photos of exhibits and the Kinder House. You can also actually touch some exhibits.
TIP - Request a private tour of the Kinder House
PRICE - Free
LOCATION - Near downtown Des Plaines
PARKING - Free parking on the street
DURATION - 2 hours
EXHIBITS - Right when you enter yo...
4.70 (50 reviews)
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West Park
Park
👍👍 Great walking trail year round, and awesome playground for toddler ages and beyond!
4.60 (340 reviews)
10
Big Bend Lake
Nature preserve
👍👍 Nice, quiet place. You can go to fish there, walk or just sit and relax.
4.60 (76 reviews)
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Central Park
Park
👍 This is a nice green space with plenty of flowers for the pollinators. I cut a star because the gazebo seems to be used shadily in the evening hours.
4.60 (72 reviews)
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Lions Woods
Park
👍 good place to take so photos filled with bugs also mosquitoes but it was worth it.
4.60 (70 reviews)
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Blackhawk Park
Park
😐 Too close to road, noisy, people partying smoking and drinking close to park, not suggested for family with kids and elderly people. We found wine bottles on the pathway between Mariano and Park, we felt this place is less secure than other parks. Not a place to visit second time.
4.60 (59 reviews)
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Sesquicentennial Park
Park
👍👍 This is not a gim, it is a park. Not big, but well-maintained park with the usual children's playground with slide and swings.
4.60 (42 reviews)
15
Camp Ground Road Woods
Campground
Open space featuring a walking/cycling trail through scenic woodlands. Pet friendly.
4.50 (90 reviews)
17
Arndt Park
Park
Community land with a playground, basketball courts, athletic fields, grills & a sled hill.
4.40 (152 reviews)
18
Des Plaines Park District Administrative & Leisure Center
Recreation center
👍👍 Calling all area Pickleball players.....The Des PLaines Park District has indoor courts for play on Wednesdays from 9am til noon throughout the summer months. Come on over on play with others make new friends. I am the instructor for this program and will quickly get your game up to speed. Hope to s...
4.40 (93 reviews)
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Willow Park
Park
👍 love this park, but please change the basketball net rims to single instead of double, nobody likes the double.
4.40 (57 reviews)
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Apache Park
Park
Neighborhood park offering play structures, exercise equipment, walking paths & athletic fields.
4.40 (40 reviews)