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Veteran Acres Park
330 N Main St
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
(815) 459-0680
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
(815) 459-0680
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
4 reviews for Veteran Acres Park
Giant park, giant playground walking trail, nature center, several picnic areas, 140 acres, totally fun. Pack up the cooler, bring the frisbee, bikes, kids, grandma, etc. and stay all day.
This place is dog friendly too.
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This place is great! I take my dogs for walks here at least 5 times a week. Dogs must be leashed and cleaned up after, but there are parts of the trails that you can get away with letting em loose as long as they are friendly mutts. They have many different trails that zig zag through lots of maintained forests and prairies. This is a good place to have picnics in the summer. There is a really nice pond to walk around and picnic tables in a bunch of different nooks. There is a softball field, large hills for exercising and sledding, large playground for children & a nature center with live animals.
I love this place!
I grew up playing on the park, hiking in the woods, sitting in the prairie, playing frisbee, and walking around the pond. The nature center is also a very underrated part of Veterans' Acres. There is a lot to do in there, and a lot to learn about the wildlife.
It's very beautiful back past the prairie. I like to go running back there and find new paths. You can see deer sometimes, but usually just a few squirrels and birds.
In the winter, VA is great for ice skating and sledding. The hills are usually packed with people though, so if you don't like craziness, don't go.
Once I escorted a good friend of mine around this park for a day because he was high on acid.
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