Perhaps Sunset Woods Park’s enduring feature is its children’s playground with separate areas for children up to and over five years old. Sunset Woods Park Source: S_Photo / shutterstock Picnic in the ParkĪcquired in stages from 1920 to 1949, this cherished 34-acre park next to downtown Highland Park contains sizable nature reserves comprising Mesic Closed Savanna and ephemeral wetlands.Įlsewhere there’s a wealth of facilities for recreation, with a tennis court, basketball court, baseball diamond, multi-use field, as well as a picnic area and shelter. In almost 900 acres these remain a big draw for visitors, whether you want to hike or ride a bike on land or hit the water, renting a craft from Chicago River Canoe and Kayak.įringed by woods, picnic areas and lots of safe places to go ashore, the lagoons are a joy to explore, and are popular with anglers for their high quantities of crappie, channel catfish, largemouth bass and many more species.ħ. In the 1930s the Civilian Conservations Corps (CCC) took part in a massive project dredging the wetlands south of the present Chicago Botanic Garden to create a sequence of seven artificial lagoons on the Skokie River. Skokie Lagoons Source: SDJPro / shutterstock Skokie Lagoons These are complemented by an amazing diversity of tea rooms, cafes, bakeries, pancake houses, ice cream parlors, sandwich shops and restaurants for everything from hot dogs, deep-dish, Thai, pan-Asian, contemporary American, sushi and tamales. Shoppers will find fashion boutiques, furniture shops, antiques and collectibles stores, jewelers, a gift shop, shoe shop and much more. These can be found on both sides of the tracks, on pedestrian-friendly streets, dotted with trees and endowed with several places to take a seat and watch the world go by.
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Downtown Highland Park Source: Michael Heimlich / shutterstock Downtown Highland ParkĪ few blocks in from the lakeshore, and right next to the Metra station, Highland Park has a downtown commercial district that is full of life and teeming with shops and restaurants.
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These can be found in four different habitats recreating the natural landscapes of northeastern Illinois, with woods, prairie, wetlands (Skokie River Corridor) and lakes and shores.Ī garden on this scale might be a little daunting, but you can download an app that will direct you to the plants in bloom at the time of your visit.Īlongside the dazzling horticultural displays are exhibitions of botanically-themed photography and fine art at the impressive Regenstein Center and the Plant Conservation Science Center.ĥ. On nine islands and covering almost 400 acres, the Chicago Botanic Garden boasts 27 different display gardens growing some 2.5 million plants. Highland Park’s south end borders one of the top visitor attractions in the Chicago Area. Chicago Botanic Garden Source: elesi / shutterstock Chicago Botanic Garden Two long-distance bike paths slice through Highland Park, and the city’s downtown is everything you could want from a central commercial district. You’re also a matter of minutes from the Chicago Botanic Garden and the Skokie Lagoons, which are two huge Chicagoland attractions, while for three months in summer Highland Park stages the historic Ravinia Festival, which always has a star-studded bill.
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One of the many great things about Highland Park is just how accessible the Lake Michigan shore is here, with a series of lakefront parks and a Lake County Preserve in the city’s boundaries.
Furnished with beautiful architecture and long known as a creative hotbed, the wealthy lakeside city of Highland Park sits on the North Shore in the Chicago suburbs.
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