Prairie Park

Prairie Park is a park in Hanover Township, Cook, Illinois which is located on Willard Avenue. Prairie Park is situated nearby to Elgin Fire Station 5, as well as near Trillium Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Elgin National Watch Company Observatory and Elgin Public Museum.

Elgin National Watch Company Observatory

Observatory

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

The Elgin National Watch Company Observatory is a historic building in Elgin, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It was built in 1910 to serve the Elgin National Watch Company two blocks to the west. Elgin National Watch Company Observatory is situated 4,000 feet west of Prairie Park.

Elgin Public Museum

Museum

The Elgin Public Museum of Natural History and Anthropology is a natural history museum located in Elgin, Illinois. The museum, now over a hundred years old, is located within the 108-acre Lords Park. Elgin Public Museum is situated 1 mile north of Prairie Park.

National Street/Elgin station

Railway station

Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

National Street is one of three stations on Metra's Milwaukee District West Line in Elgin, Illinois. The station is 36.0 miles away from Chicago Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line. National Street/Elgin station is situated 1 mile west of Prairie Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elgin Historic District and Elgin.

Elgin Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

The Elgin Historic District is a set of 697 buildings in Elgin, Illinois. Of these, 429 contribute to the district's historical integrity. The district is the oldest portion of the city, and contains mostly residences and churches.

Elgin

Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Elgin is a city in Chicagoland known for its Victorian architecture and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra.

South Elgin

Town

South Elgin is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 23,865. In 2007, Money magazine named South Elgin as 82nd of 100 entries in its "America's Best Places to Live" edition and again in 2011 as 98th of 100 entries. South Elgin is situated 3 miles southwest of Prairie Park.

Prairie Park

Type: Park
Address: 301 Willard Avenue, Elgin, IL
Category: recreation area
Location: Hanover Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.03098° or 42° 1′ 52″ north

Longitude

-88.25919° or 88° 15′ 33″ west

Open location code

86JH2PJR+98

OpenStreetMap ID

way 117598064

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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