Chestnut Park, Darien, IL

Chestnut Park in Darien, Illinois, covers 22 acres at the southeast corner of 75th Street and Cass Avenue. The park includes a 1.1-mile paved walking and biking loop that connects to the adjacent 9.5-mile Oldfield Oaks Forest Preserve trail system. A 30,000-square-foot recreation center houses a gymnasium, fitness room, and multi-purpose rooms used for seasonal programs. Outside, visitors find four lighted tennis courts, a playground with age-appropriate equipment, two baseball/softball diamonds, and two soccer fields. Mature oak and maple trees line the perimeter, providing shade along the walking path and around the picnic shelters. The park’s location places it within a five-minute drive of both the Darien Public Library and the Darien Town Square shopping center, and it lies two miles west of Interstate 55.