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Golf-Mill Park
1 review for Golf-Mill Park
Located across the JC Penney parking lot at Golf Mill Shopping Center, this is a nice park in a great location. It is another favorite playground for my 3-year old. What maks this one great is the multitude of slides: regular, twin, spiral, roller and tunnel slides! It is not uncommon for my son Erik to go down 20-30 times on a single visit to this park. There's a nice bridge to run across or bounce on, lots of climbing contraptions, and usually the ice cream truck shows up too.
This park is a nice stop for us before we go grocery shopping and helps Erik burn off some excess sugar and behave once we get to Shop & Save afterwards, also located across the parking lot.
Another nice thing about Golf Mill Park is the ethnic diversity. I see lots of Indian, Mexican, Korean or Middle Eastern kids. One time my son played with a group of very well-behaved Lebanese kids whose strict, eagle-eyed mom watched them from afar. Most of the regular kids coming to this park are from nearby unincorporated Maine Township, which is a working class neighborhood. It helps my son see there are other people out there besides the sparkling white boys and girls with perfect haircuts he usually meets at the other parks around Park Ridge and Niles.
In the early evening, there's always a group of adults playing soccer on the nearby field while their kids are at the playground. The park has tennis courts and an outdoor stage of some sort, which I've never seen used for performances.
On the down side, there is no field house and the porta-potty smells pretty bad, so kids sometimes use the bushes for bathroom breaks.
Funny story: One time my son Erik saw a gray-bearded grandfather wearing a white turban and robe, sitting on the park bench watching his grandchild playing nearby. Erik pointed at him and asked me, "What do you call that guy?" Correct answer: "You call him a person."
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