Shaffer Park, Frankfort, IL

Shaffer Park in Frankfort covers 72 acres and includes a 1.8-mile paved trail loop that connects to the Old Plank Road Trail, allowing residents to walk or bike to downtown Frankfort or to neighboring communities. The park features two lighted softball fields, four lighted tennis courts, a playground with rubberized surfacing, and a 3-acre fishing pond stocked by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Picnic shelters and restrooms are available, and the open fields are used by the Frankfort Square Park District for youth soccer and lacrosse. The wooded northern edge provides shade along the trail and buffers adjacent residential streets from noise. Access is provided from both 80th Avenue and St. Francis Road, with off-street parking and a bus stop on the Pace route that serves the Metra station three miles away.

Field Playground