It's not the largest park the village has to offer, though it does boast the picturesque clocktower…read moreand fountains at the NW corner. Other than that, unless you're looking to fish or take the kids to the playground, you may be better served elsewhere. Towne park has a larger playground, Hill Climb Park is no slouch either, and has just as many, if not more display boards with historical information. But if you're walking around downtown and want to head towards the river, you can get here without having to wait at the light, like you would if you'd headed to Riverfront Park. This park, like Towne Park, does feature restrooms, which is not nothing.

I like it here. The…read morepark has a brand new (looking?) playground, a nice gazebo that I think you can reserve for special events, and a big sunken grassy field which we found perfect for soccer. Also you can walk through the park up to the edge of the Fox river and do some fishing if that's what you're in to. By they way, the bathrooms were probably the cleanest I've ever seen at a public park.

We love this playground! It's part of the Shanes imagination parks organization which has a lot of…read moregreat parks back in Los Angeles. This playground was awesome. It's right along the river and there's some great bike trails around. My kids had so much fun climbing on all of the equipment. There was lots of stuff for them to do. What a great spot!

Love the park specially the new off leash dog park but you did not make an off leash park for small…read moredogs so my dogs cannot use it. Please make a spot for the small dogs.

The senior South Elgin Park District to Starved Rock Lock and Lunch was so enjoyable with…read morepersonable staff Jess and Ed facilitating representing the Park District. Everything went smoothly and relaxed. Excellent driving by Jess and Ed was at our lunch table. Definitely recommend going on their excursions.

Panton Mill Park: Absolutely amazing! Great splashpad, wide open scenery, including the Fox River…read moreand the dam creates a breathtaking view. Large clean restrooms add a comfort level. Events nearly every day all summer long, and even Santa Claus makes his debut on stage, for the Christmas tree lighting to a full house in early December. From concerts to Classic car shows and other family events, The South Elgin Parks and Recreation Department has really stepped up!

Nice park area (with parking) with basketball area, restrooms, a few covered picnic tables, and…read moreolder/younger play areas. A nice walking path next to retention pond takes you to MacArther school park next store which has nice new equipment. Nice spot to stop and play for a bit. Some shaded benches. There are tennis courts here as well.

Great place for soccer fields and it's beautiful. Unfortunately, the teams and people that use the…read moresoccer fields often abuse it by leaving empty water bottles and their trash behind. Coaches should not let players leave the field until they remove their trash. I wish I could insert a photo I took this morning!

As of Aug 2013, I guess this place is super new as Google mapping it or TomToming it (yes, I'm…read morecreating my own verbs) was an extremely frustrating experience as none of these yielded the correct place. They kept directing us to the Barrington Club Park which is a few miles away. Anywho, once you find it, it is an awesome park. It has 140+ parking spaces and the area is huge. Perhaps its new, so thats why its awesome, but the grass was lush and green. They have soccer fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, volleyball sand courts, a giant shelter to host BBQs, bocci ball courts, and nice clean bathrooms. Since the park is new, the trees were still somewhat small, so there wasn't a whole lot of shade besides the shelter they have there. The shelter can probably house at least 50 people easily with nice and clean tables. I'm writing this with a sunburnt forehead and upper shoulders. I usually don't get burnt but apparently I should have put on sunscreen. Definitely check this place out if you're looking for a park to relax and play around and/or to host a nice sized BBQ. BATHROOM REVIEW: The bathrooms are located right next to the shelter. Inside, you will see a couple of urinals and a nice sturdy stall. The inside of the bathroom was rather dim, but maybe its because it was so darn sunny outside. Anywho, they didn't have paper towels but a nice hand dryer. For now, there were no mosquitos and it was super clean. The stall looked very sturdy. Sit or squat? I'd sit after a long day of playing. Aint nobody got time to squat

Lagendorf park is a nice, clean facility that is heavily frequented by residents. The building is…read moreextremely relevant to the community, as the Barrington Area Job Fair is held there. To me, the best part about the facility is the historic significance of the location--where the Battle of Barrington took place. The Battle of Barrington was an intense and deadly gunfight between federal agents and notorious Great Depression Era gangster, Baby Face Nelson, that took place on November 27, 1934 in the town of Barrington, outside Chicago, Illinois. Very cool if you are a history buff like myself.

I lived in Barrington years ago, when my son was in grade school & middle school…read more At that time, and still to this day, Langendorf Park was *the* park in Barrington Village. It's huge, and has everything you ever wanted in life, including an aquatic center and even a golf course. I feel a story coming on....... So I had an art gallery just a few blocks from the park, at Hough St. & NW Hwy.. My son would often come to the gallery after school to do homework, or just to check in with me. One day he rode his bike to the gallery, with his friend Gerry. The gallery was set back off the street, separated from the road by a parking lot. The sidewalk in front of the gallery did not get a lot of foot traffic. My gallery had two huge windows, right on the sidewalk in front. I sold a ton of artwork just by displaying it in those big windows facing the busiest intersection in town. When the stop light was red, I had a captive audience, haha..... My son and his friend parked their bikes in front of one of the big windows. This town was so safe it was like Mayberry, and there was no reason at all to wheel the bikes inside, so we thought. We could even see them clearly from inside. So I clearly saw when two big "kids", probably pushing 20 years old, jumped on those bikes and took off. By the time we all ran to the front door, the thieves were already a block away. My son had waited a long time for his new bike, a gift from his dad. That bike was his transportation around town, and would you believe I still have it, and sometimes I ride it. As I saw those 2 men ride off on the kids' bikes, my heart sank. I figured it was a done deal, a lost cause. The boys ran in the direction the bikes had been headed, but I still had little hope. The surrounding business people began to come outside, aware of what had happened, but helpless to do anything. Until.......like a character from an action movie, a blonde woman appeared out of nowhere. She ran after the thieves, so fast that I didn't recognize her as my boyfriend's sister, Denise, who worked in the drugstore a couple doors down from the gallery. Denise, the track star. Denise, the marathon runner. Denise.....the savior of the day. She ran like a bat outta hell, like she'd been shot from a cannon, across busy parking lots, down the highway toward Langendorf Park. She caught a glimpse of the thieves entering the park. I had called the police by now, and they were on the way. And my son and Gerry, and me and my employees, and half the shopkeepers in the plaza, were in hot foot pursuit of Denise and the bicycle thieves. If only I had a video of all those people running down Northwest Highway in this sleepy, boring community where nothing ever happened......haha.... You can already guess that Denise caught up with the thieves, in fact just in the nick of time..... just as they were struggling to hoist the bikes over a back fence in Langendorf Park. They ended up abandoning the bicycles and taking off on foot, through the park, with the mob chasing them. The cops caught them. There were charges filed, and eventually a court date. My son had to take off school to go to court and testify. The thieves, who turned out to be like 19 years old, claimed it was all a prank, all in fun (although they were strangers to us)......and the judge let them off. Boooooooooo.......... But at least the bikes were safe. I'm glad for that tall fence at the back of the park. I'm also glad for all the hot summer afternoons when the pool was a godsend. Somebody in Barrington please post pics of this great park, wouldja?!

This is a nice accessible playground with clean restrooms nearby. My daughter loves the sand pit,…read morethough it could definitely use more shade.

Recently renovated Berens Park playground, in a word, DELIGHTFUL! Finally, a playground that…read moredoesn't only cater to older kids. My toddler was quite at home here. Plenty of elevated platforms to run around on, a racecar and airplane to sit in, sandbox, swing, chess (yes, a permanent chess/checkerboard!), convenient bathrooms, musical instruments like windchimes and drums, small climbing wall, slides, and oh, a little bit of astroturf. Partially shaded in the afternoon. What more could you ask for out of a playground?!

A beautiful park both in the summer and in the winter, there's plenty of opportunities to get…read morebeautiful pictures by the fountains and along the well maintained walkways. In the winter, there is a beautiful tree lighting ceremony with plenty of decorations to kick off the holiday season.

A great neighborhood park, just outside of the downtown. Equipped with a playground, fountain,…read morefields and a bandshell make this a great stop. It is convienently located yet quiet enough to enjoy your time there. Children's programs can be found in the summer. In the winter the park is beautifully decorated and is home to the official Arlington Heights Christmas tree.