Parks & beaches in Chicago Suburbs

Prairie Ridge Drive Park

Woodstock

Kids Free with Paid Adult

Cantigny Park

Wheaton

Wednesday - Monday, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. (March through October); Friday - Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. (January and February)

FFC Park Ridge

Park Ridge

Monday – Thursday: 4:30 AM – 11:00 PM Friday: 4:30 AM – 9:00 PM Saturday & Sunday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Honey Bee Gardens Farm

Downers Grove

Fridays & Saturdays 9am - 1pm

Jefferson Pool

Villa Park

Saturday, May 30 - Sunday, August 30: Monday - Thursday 12:00 - 8:00 pm; Friday - Sunday 12:00 - 7:00 pm

Meadows Park

Mount Prospect

Red Oak Nature Center

North Aurora

Tuesday to Friday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday & Monday: Closed

Busse Forest Elk Pasture

Elk Grove Village

Canyon Trail Cemetery

Carol Stream

Daily 24 hours (animatronics dusk to 9 p.m. Sun–Thu, dusk to 10 p.m. Fri–Sat)

Community Park

Palatine

Sunrise - 11pm

Edward L. Ryerson Conservation Area

Riverwoods

6:30 am–sunset, daily.

Heritage Park

Oswego

Hidden Lake Forest Preserve

Lombard

Open one hour after sunrise to one hour after sunset

Hidden Oaks Nature Center

Bolingbrook

Wednesday-Sunday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Hobson Corner Park

Woodridge

James Pate Philip State Park

Bartlett

Kiwanis Park

Yorkville

Nature Play Garden

Highland Park

Northview Park

Lemont

10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Park Forest Rail Fan Park

Matteson

Regenstein Center

Glencoe

Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley

Schaumburg

Daily 8 a.m.-8 p.m. (April 1-Oct. 31); Daily 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (Nov. 1-March 31)

Willowhaven Park

Kankakee

Sunrise to Sunset

Yunker Park

Mokena