Barrie Park — Attraction in Oak Park

This is one of my favorite parks in Oak Park. There is the incredibly dangerous sledding hill- I have watched so many children, including my own, barrel into others at the bottom of the hill- so stay close and keep your eye out for incoming sleds. We also participated every year with the annual pumpkin smashing contest ( probably not the actual name), but essentially you throw your pumpkin off the top of the hill, and everyone watches in amazement. It is very calming if you like to destroy things as much as I do. The field is a great place to fly a kite, or play kickball. We often played games of softball at the diamond, and there was always a crew of people working out. It is the only park in Oak Park where I felt like there was always something going on, and yet it never felt too crowded. There are swings, and a sandbox and great climbing trees. Barrie Park is...

Sledding is always fun, but this hill is dangerous if you take one of the big bumps it has. Me and my 6 year old went down today and took one of these big bumps and I literally almost broke my back with the impact my son also started crying and was in pain cause of the impact after taking the bump without seeing it and going in the air and landing on our behinds. Please be careful, I'm still in pain as...

This is my favorite place to run to, and they have a great big hill that is fun to rub up if you want to get strides. Also there's stairs here if you want to walk up some stairs and they even have a little sign that shows how many flights of stairs you'd have to walk up to climb some high mountain. This place is usually not very busy and there's a big...