James "Pate" Philip State Park

James "Pate" Philip State Park, originally known as Tri-County State Park, is an Illinois state park in DuPage County and Kane County, Illinois, United States. The park is named after James "Pate" Philip, a Republican politician.

Type: Nature reserve
Description: State park in DuPage County and Kane County, Illinois
Also known as: “James ‘Pate’ Philip State Park”
Address: 2500 West Stearns Road, Bartlett, IL 60103

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fox River Trolley Museum and South Elgin High School.

Fox River Trolley Museum

Museum

The Fox River Trolley Museum is a railroad museum in South Elgin, Illinois. Incorporated in 1961 as R.E.L.I.C, it opened in 1966 and became the Fox River Trolley Museum in 1984.

South Elgin High School

School

South Elgin High School or SEHS, opened August 24, 2005, is a four-year high school located in South Elgin, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.

Elgin Mental Health Center

Hospital

The Elgin Mental Health Center is a mental health facility operated by the State of Illinois in Elgin, Illinois. Throughout its history, Elgin's mission has changed.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bartlett and Elgin.

Bartlett

Photo: Don Strimbu, CC BY 2.0.

Bartlett is a village in Illinois, United States. The population was 41,105 at the 2020 census. The village is primarily located in Cook and DuPage counties, with a small parcel on the western border located in Kane County.

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.