Friends Park
Friends Park is a park in New Trier Township, Cook, Illinois which is located on Vernon Avenue. Friends Park is situated nearby to the theater building Writers Theatre, as well as near the museum Glencoe Historical Society.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glencoe station and Skokie Country Club.
Glencoe station
Railway station
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Glencoe station is a historic commuter railroad station along Metra's Union Pacific North Line in Glencoe, Illinois. It is officially located on 724 Green Bay Road, however it also runs parallel to Old Green Bay Road, both of which intersect with Park Avenue. Glencoe station is situated 540 feet northeast of Friends Park.
Skokie Country Club
Golf course
Skokie Country Club is a private country club in Glencoe, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Founded in 1897, it features a 7091-yard 18-hole course. In 1922, it hosted the U.S. Skokie Country Club is situated 3,200 feet southwest of Friends Park.
Edmund D. Brigham House
House
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The Edmund D. Brigham House is a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright at 790 Sheridan Road in Glencoe, Illinois. Wright designed the house circa 1908 for Edmund D. Edmund D. Brigham House is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Friends Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glencoe and Winnetka.
Glencoe
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Glencoe is a lakefront village in northeastern Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,849. Glencoe is part of Chicago's North Shore and one of the wealthiest communities in Illinois.
Winnetka
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Winnetka is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 16 miles north of downtown Chicago. The population was 12,508 as of the 2026 census. The village is one of the wealthiest places in the United States in terms of household income.
Northfield
Northfield is a city in The suburbs of Chicago Illinois It is about 20 miles North of the city of Chicago. The Population is around 5500 people. The city is primarily a residential village, with a small section of commercial real-estate.Friends Park
- Type: Park
- Address: 719-745 Vernon Avenue, Glencoe, IL 60022
- Category: recreation area
- Location: New Trier Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.13499° or 42° 8′ 6″ northLongitude
-87.76009° or 87° 45′ 36″ westOperator
Glencoe Park DistrictOpen location code
86JJ46MQ+XXOpenStreetMap ID
way 406608915OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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