Altgeld (John) Park — Attraction in West Chicago Township

The synthetic field for soccer is why we go here. The playing field itself is great. The access to the field is what brings the points down. Parking is limited so sometimes we have to park around the corner or on the other side of the park but all the gates on the other side are LOCKED, forcing you to walk ALL the way around the park and the field to access the only opening. Some Sundays it's open which is great but it's a hit or miss type of thing. Same goes for the bathrooms. Bathrooms and bath houses are near by (the park has a seasonal pool) but they are LOCKED on most days. So you are forced to drive to a nearby business to...

The field house overall is basically community based people. Regulars go here often to swim, play basketball, dance lessons, football and baseball games. Also, it has an after school and summer programs. The staff are fine, but if you would like to swim, you need to call for the schedule and getting through the lines sometimes sucks! Only downer to this is that there is a homeless shelter across the street, so the area may be filled with people outside or across from the park. They don't bother anyone,...

I was just there today for the Spring festival and I love this park. I had visit four parks for eastern festival since last Friday and Altgeld park is been the best of all. The stuff were very nice and helpful. The Spring festival was amazing they had activities, egg hunt, a lot of prices ( we didn't win anything 😔) and the best of all are the pictures with bunny; The pictures look very professional just like the ones at the mall where you pay $30...