Oakton Community Center

Oakton Community Center is a community center in Niles Township, Cook, Illinois which is located on Oakton Street. Oakton Community Center is situated nearby to the museum Exploratorium, as well as near Oakton Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oakton Park and Oakton–Skokie station.

Oakton Park

Park

Photo: Nick Number, CC BY 4.0.

Oakton–Skokie station

Metro station

Photo: Jacob G., CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oakton–Skokie is an 'L' station on the CTA's Yellow Line, which serves downtown Skokie. Previously, a station existed at this location which was in operation as part of the North Shore Line's Niles Center Route from 1925 until 1948, and later demolished in 1964. Oakton–Skokie station is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Oakton Community Center.

Emily Oaks Nature Center

Nature reserve

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Emily Oaks Nature Center is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skokie and Lincolnwood.

Skokie

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The village of Skokie is a suburb in the Chicagoland area about 15 miles north of Chicago's downtown Loop. The name Skokie comes from a Potawatomi word for 'marsh'.

Lincolnwood

Village

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lincolnwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 13,463. An inner suburb of Chicago, it shares its southern, eastern, and a small section of its western boundary with Chicago, also bordering Skokie to the north and west.

Wildwood

Neighborhood

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Wildwood is a local community and neighborhood located in the Edgebrook and Forest Glen Community Area on the Far Northwest side of Chicago, Illinois. The original boundaries, still marked with wooden signs, sit between the neighborhoods, North Edgebrook to the north and Edgebrook Manor to the south. Wildwood is situated 2 miles southwest of Oakton Community Center.

Oakton Community Center

Type: Community center
Address: 4701 Oakton Street, Skokie, IL 60076
Categories: building and public building
Location: Niles Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.02583° or 42° 1′ 33″ north

Longitude

-87.74361° or 87° 44′ 37″ west

Operator

Skokie Park District

Open location code

86JJ27G4+8H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 28022647

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=community_centre

OpenStreetMap feature

building=public

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