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Discover the heart of the North Shore with its vibrant business districts, tree-lined streets, and lakefront trails. Explore the historic architecture, tranquil natural beauty, and cultural and entertainment venues of Highland Park, a warm and friendly community with exceptional dining and convenient shopping.
- Chicago Botanic Garden
- Ravinia Festival
- Rosewood Beach
- Architecture Tours
- Downtown Highland Park
- Skokie Lagoons
- Sunset Woods Park
- Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve
- Skokie Valley Bike Trail
- Robert Mcclory Bike Path
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Highland Park’s south end borders one of the top visitor attractions in the Chicago Area. On nine islands and covering almost 400 acres, the Chicago Botanic Garden boasts 27 different display gardens growing some 2.5 million plants. These can be found in four different habitats recreating the natural landscapes of northeastern Illinois, with woods,...
Where many towns have summer concert series, Highland Park’s Ravinia neighborhood has the world-famous Ravinia Festival. This summer-long event is the oldest outdoor music festival in the country, first taking place in 1905 as entertainment at the amusement park on this site. Since 1936 the festival has been the summer residency for the Chicago Sym...
At the foot of wooded bluffs and connected by a boardwalk is a fabulous place to relax by Lake Michigan in summer. The pride of the Park District of Highland Park. Rosewood Beach is made up of a guarded swimming beach, a recreation beach and an educational “nature cove”. This is accompanied by a unique and modern interpretive center, serving as an ...
Developed steadily from the 1880s onwards, Highland Park is blessed with a staggering variety of significant architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright contributed several buildings, along with luminaries like W.W. Boyington, Howard Van Doren Shaw, John S. Van Bergen, David Adler, Robert E. Seyfarth and Prairie School landscape architect Jens Jensen. The mos...
A 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. 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...
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. 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...
Acquired 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. Elsewhere 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 shel...
A couple of stops on the Metra and you’ll be at a stunning natural location offering free public access to the lakeshore. As you can tell from the name, Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve is on the site of a former army base, which was conceived by the eminent landscape designer O.C. Simonds (1855–1931) to merge seamlessly with the land’s bluffs, ravine...
One of a pair of bike paths traveling north to south through Highland Park, the Skokie Valley Bike Trail is around ten miles long and paved with asphalt for a smooth ride. As the name tells you, the route is along the Skokie Valley, and for much of the trail you’ll be riding with the railroad tracks on the west side and I-41 to the east. The southe...
A long line of picture perfect North Shore communities are linked by this 25-mile bike path. Starting not far south of Highland Park at Braeside Metra station, the Robert McClory Bike Path shoots north through the length of Lake County as far as the Wisconsin line. Much of the path is on the right-of-way of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Rai...
Discover the best attractions and activities in Highland Park, a wealthy lakeside city on the North Shore of Chicago. From the Chicago Botanic Garden and Ravinia Festival to the Rosewood Beach and Willits House, explore the architecture, nature and culture of this creative hotbed.
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Apr 29, 2024 · Highbanks Metro Park is named for its impressive, 100-foot-high shale bluff that towers over the Olentangy River. The park features 10 different trails, reservable and non-reservable shelters, and a variety of areas perfect for activities like fishing, biking, canoeing/kayaking, sledding, and more.
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A Highland Park rabbi stated that, three months before the shooting, Crimo had entered Central Avenue Synagogue, a Chabad house, during the Passover Seder and was asked to leave. The Chabad House is located two blocks from where the July 4 shooting occurred.
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