Forest Park, Oak Park

Name: Forest Park
Address: Oak Park, United States

#14 among attractions in Oak Park

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Forest Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, United States. The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census. The Forest Park terminal on the CTA Blue Line is the line's western terminus, located on the Eisenhower Expressway at Des Plaines Avenue. This makes it one of only two municipalities served by the Chicago "L" train network that does not directly border Chicago. ()

Alternative names: Area: 2.4 mi²Coordinates: 41°52'35"N, 87°48'42"W

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Forest Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pleasant Home, Unity Temple, Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, Horse Show Fountain.

0.8 miNE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Pleasant Home, Oak Park
22 min walk • Pleasant Home, also known as the John Farson House, is a historic home located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The large, Prairie style mansion was designed by architect George Washington Maher and completed in 1897. The house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1972.
1.1 miNE
, Frank Lloyd Wright, Museum
Unity Temple, Oak Park
29 min walk • Unity Temple is a Unitarian Universalist church in Oak Park, Illinois, and the home of the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation. It was designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and built between 1905 and 1908.
0.6 miSW
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, Oak Park
16 min walk • The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument is a funeral monument sculpture located at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
1.2 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater, Frank Lloyd Wright
Horse Show Fountain, Oak Park
32 min walk • The Horse Show Fountain, also known as the Wright-Bock Fountain, is located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States.
0.7 miSW
Cemetery
Forest Home Cemetery, Chicago
17 min walk • Forest Home Cemetery is at 863 S. DesPlaines Ave, Forest Park, Illinois, adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway, straddling the Des Plaines River in Cook County, just west of Chicago.
1.2 miE
Botanical garden, Garden, Park
Oak Park Conservatory, Oak Park
30 min walk • Oak Park Conservatory is a conservatory and botanical garden located at 615 Garfield Street in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States. It is open daily with restricted hours; admission is free, but a donation is suggested.
1.1 miNE
Church
Calvary Memorial Church, Oak Park
28 min walk • Calvary Memorial Church of Oak Park is a nondenominational church on Lake Street in Oak Park, Illinois, United States.
1.2 miNE
Park
Scoville Park, Oak Park
32 min walk • Scoville Park is a public park in Oak Park, Illinois. Designed by Jens Jensen, the Danish-American landscape architect, the park is located at the corner of Lake Street and Oak Park Avenue in the town's central Hemingway District, next to the Oak Park Public Library.
1.1 miNE
41°53'7"N • 87°47'38"W
St. Edmund Parish, Oak Park
29 min walk • Church
1.2 miNE
Library
Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park
31 min walk • The Oak Park Public Library is the public library system serving the village of Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb just west of Chicago. Founded as a public library in 1903, the library has three locations offering books, magazines, movies, music, computer access, and programs for all ages.
1.3 miNE
Frank Lloyd Wright
Arthur Heurtley House, Oak Park
33 min walk • The Arthur B. Heurtley House is located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The house was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and constructed in 1902. The Heurtley House is considered one of the earliest examples of a Frank Lloyd Wright house in full Prairie style. The house was added to the U.S.

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Which popular attractions are close to Forest Park?

Nearby attractions include Yearbook, Oak Park (7 min walk), Chicago 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame, Oak Park (9 min walk), The Autobarn Volvo of Oak Park, Oak Park (13 min walk), Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, Oak Park (16 min walk).

How to get to Forest Park by public transport?

The nearest stations to Forest Park:

Bus

Des Plaines & Jackson NB • Lines: 318, 320 (5 min walk)
Forest Park CTA Station • Lines: 301, 303, 305, 308, 310, 317, 318, 320, 327, 757 (8 min walk)

Metro

Forest Park • Lines: Blue (8 min walk)
Harlem • Lines: Blue (8 min walk)

Train

Oak Park (24 min walk)
River Forest (26 min walk)