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    Independence Park

    3.9 (23 reviews)

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    Jennifer H.

    We were in the area and decided to stop by. The park has benches around the park so it's easy to keep track of your child. However, there are no gates or fences to block off the section. This park earns a three- star simply because the equipment is rather low-lying so it wasn't that challenging/interesting for my older child at 5. Once children his age showed up, it was the kids that made it interesting. There was an infant/early toddler section that would be great for little ones. There are regular swings and bucket swings as well as a small sand pit that must fill up quickly on the weekends. It also has a grassy section for running around. It seems very dog friendly as long as they're on a leash. Yeah for the pooches! As a parent, really the best part is Foodstuffs is right across the street. Ohhh. Foodstuffs.

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    Michelle P.

    Much bigger than athletic field park on Central Park. Someone mentioned that they have an outside track - I don't see it, but that would've been perfect!!!! There's a playground that's currently still blocked off. A seemingly safe park without the youths and hoodlums. Was here at 11pm and still felt relatively safe. also, tons of parking space and grass to run around with kids. Great place to run around to cure your icky hangover (albeit no track course). Love it. PLEASE ADD RUNNING TRACK!!! WAIT HOLDDDUUPPPPP... There's a food truck here?!?! The hangover gods have spoken--THANK YOUUUU

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    Very nice atmosphere. Safe after school classes. Kevin runs very good athletic classes too. Can't wait for the pool to open!

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    Ask the Community - Independence Park

    Hi. I live n the neighborhood n I'm interested n using yur pool. Does yur womens locker room have privatestalls for showering or a steam room or hot air room?

    All bathrooms at the pool are gang stalls, not private.

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    The gym and pool in the field house are available to use for a fee of less than $30 a quarter, or just $2 a day.

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    Millennium Park

    Millennium Park

    4.6
    (1.5k reviews)
    7.1 mi

    Cloud Gate aka The Bean & Millennium Park are some of my favorite things to do and see in Chicago…read more I try to swing by on each visit. There's just something so timeless and incredible about the sculpture by Anish Kapoor. The stainless steel structure is over 100 tons. It's a beauty and as you can imagine an extremely popular tourist attraction much like the park itself. Millennium Park is 25 acres and it includes other noteworthy sights: Crown Fountain-Created by Jaume Pensa. It's a water feature with two glass towers that projects faces of folks. Very cool thing to see. Lurie Garden-I love this space. It's close to 4 acres of flowers, shrubs, trees, and plants. An amazingly peaceful get away in the heart of a thriving metropolis. Pritzker Pavilion-This is one of my favorite Frank Gehry creations. It's magnificent. The design is impeccable. They have an incredible sound system so if you're there for a live music performance you're able to hear it from across the lawn. Great place to catch a movie in the park or a band. All-in-all it's a spectacular place to visit & wander whether a local or a tourist.

    The wife and I visited "The Bean" and the surrounding area for a bit…read more The mirrored bean is cool and drew a hefty crowd on this Saturday afternoon. It is pretty massive and iconic for this city. I captured some fun "funhouse" type reflection images of us in it. This area with the river makes for a nice walk and visual architecture splendor on full display. There were some huge mural water fountain art displays nearby. During the summertime water runs vertically down them.

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    Palmisano Park

    Palmisano Park

    4.7
    (47 reviews)
    8.5 mi

    Underrated and beautiful. It's got a fantastic view of the city skyline and there's a whole…read moreindustrial vibe going on but I don't mind it. It's serene and if it wasn't so warm I'd go to it more often. It's good for a long walk but there's no trees along that walk so I'll be frequenting more in the fall va the summer.

    Check out this incredible transformation of a quarry into a park in Bridgeport. In between it was a…read morelandfill. Palmisano Park has went through a lot of changes to be sure. A lot of nature of course. There's trails and an interpretive wetlands among the many things to come across while going through. Best to know about the transformation before going. It used to be the Stearns Quarry. The city purchased it in 2008, cleaned it up, and opened it the next year. Has lots of nature to see and more to do. There's more than a mile of paths, including recycled timber boardwalks, and walkways. At first this was the site of a coral reef if you can believe it. Limestone was formed, and there's been fossils discovered here that are now in the Field Museum. In the 1830s it became a quarry, and operated until 1970 when it became a landfill. There's a fishing pond that still has the old quarry walls. After opening this park there was cause for celebration. The community before this had a lack of green space. Have to go here if you like parks that have been restored from abandoned areas. It's quite impressive. There's all kinds of plants and wildlife.

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    Palmisano Park .BridgePort (Halsted St/Archer Ave) Cool Place for Relax/Meditation/Walk/Jogging/Exercise/fishing! Middle of the City! Nice!
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    Maggie Daley Park - Chicago Park District

    Maggie Daley Park - Chicago Park District

    4.5
    (235 reviews)
    7.2 mi

    It was a random 60-degree day in late March here in Chicago. I personally have been wanting to…read morecheck out "Maggie Daley Park" in downtown. With that thought, let the exploration begin! Of course we took our kids along because they would be the ones who could take full advantage of the facilities. The park itself was quite large, but we went for the kids playground. Signs were clearly marked for direction so we got to our destination with no difficulties. Our boys definitely enjoyed the suspension bridge, though my younger one was hesitant to go on first. I did see some older kids who were climbing "outside of the bridge infrastructure. There was a note to remind anyone not to do so. Oh well, it is what it is. Even if some accidentally fell when doing risky tricks, the soft padded ground would reduce the impact. On the other hand, there was one section of playground exclusively for children older than 5 years old. The slide seemed to be more advanced for young toddlers for sure. Therefore, we performed our sightseeing duty and walked away since our munchkins were 2.5 and 4.5 years old. Our older one enjoyed the straight slides. I liked that fact there were multiple slides with various speeds so that kids would not get bored on staying on the same one. Normally I wouldn't recommend anyone to drive to downtown but we did this time. My partner was able to secure a spot via SpotHero at the Harris Theater for a reasonable price. I got there much later than our scheduled arrival time yet he was able to extend for another 30 minutes in the app. Overall, we highly recommend parents to visit "Maggie Daley Park" and let the kids release some energy. We probably will be back again to poke around other areas when spring and summer in Chicago are in full bloom.

    We met friends with their kids at the Maggie Daley Park area of Chicago's Millennium Park before a…read moreday of shopping (Feb 2026). It's a bit of a walk in, and the path from the southwest corner of the park at Columbus & Monroe is longer but less-steep than the winding path uphill from the southeast corner at Lakeshore & Monroe. You get some lovely views of downtown Chicago. We continued past the (seasonal, of course) ice-skating ribbon, because we were not prepared to skate. There are several play areas of swings, slides, and climbing structures, some intended for (and with signs to indicate) specific age ranges. The giant slides and towers, and the ship-shaped climber, were very popular. Busy, but not over-crowded. It was quite entertaining, and we played there over 1.5 hours!

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    Maggie Daley Park - Chicago Park District
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    Ping Tom Memorial Park

    Ping Tom Memorial Park

    4.3
    (88 reviews)
    8.0 mi

    Beautiful place to get on a boat or just hang out in Chinatown. It also has great views of the…read moreskyline. Ping Tom Memorial Park is one of the bigger parks along with being a stop on the Chicago Water Taxi. Lots of events go on here. There's also athletic fields and a playground. Another park that got made from something that was abandoned. It used to be a railyard. This was quite a transformation. Good location by the river. In 1998 the Park District started changing the railyard into this park, and it opened the next year. It's named after Chinatown's most important civic leader. Ping Tom created the Chinese American Development Corporation, which created the outdoor shopping mall Chinatown Square. Before this park, there wasn't much green space in Chinatown. The park has a fieldhouse that was opened in 2013. It's named after former Advisory Council President Leonard Louie. This has a fitness center, a gymnasium, and pool. Best known feature in the park is probably the boat house. This has a dock than can be used by the public. Also there's a pavilion that looks like a pagoda next to here. The boat house has kayak rentals in summer. Has to be the best outside feature in Chinatown to be honest. It's got some pretty good views of the skyline. This is also a stop on a unique form of public transportation.

    I've heard of this park but have never been whenever I'm in Chinatown. Now I know where the water…read moretaxi stops. There are bathrooms here. It's hidden away in a corner of Chinatown. It's nice to have greenery & it's very safe with lots of people waiting in line for the water taxi.

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    Ping Tom Memorial Park @ Chinatown,Chicago IL .
    Ping Tom Memorial Park @ Chinatown,Chicago IL .
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    Earl J Field Memorial Playground

    Earl J Field Memorial Playground

    4.4
    (9 reviews)
    4.9 mi

    We stopped here whilst waiting for our pizza order to be done. It was just alright; I was rather…read moredisappointed. There are two sections to the park, with the big rocket being the centerpiece. It's huge, multiple levels. There are at least three slides coming out from it. Lots of places for kids to climb and scurry and jump. But that part was too big for my kiddo so we went to the smaller section a few steps away. There was a structure to climb, several slides, some bars, and then even a little further away a bunch of swings. I tried to keep her from seeing the swings, to be honest, since I didn't want to have to deal with an upset kiddo when we had to leave without enough swing time. She played around a bit but didn't seem as interested in the playground. We went down a slide or two, but some of them had standing water since it has been a bit rainy recently. The playground isn't technically fenced in, but it is effectively so because it's behind the practice courts which are all fenced in. It'd be hard for your kid to get away from you. There's a parking lot for the Norridge Park District building but the neighborhood parking could be tricky, especially in the summer because there is restricted parking from Memorial Day to Labor Day (ostensibly because of the large pool structure that would keep the residents from having any parking for three months otherwise). The terrain of the park is wood chips and soil, decidedly not my favorite (maybe especially after a rain) and she got dirty pretty quick. I may bring her back when she's old enough to play on the rocket ship, but this won't be a park that we return to much if ever.

    Very very nice huge playground in the woods. The air is clean, the people are nice... I wish we…read morelived closer :))) it has actually 3 playgrounds near to each orher

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