Taylor Park, Oak Park, Illinois

TAYLOR PARK

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Hotmap of Taylor Park Taylor Park is named after Henry A. Taylor, first president of the Oak Park Park District. It was originally known as North Park, and the the 12.7 acres of land for Taylor Park was purchased in 1914.
Today, the children's playground is a favorite for moms' and dads' with kids in a stroller, and the tennis courts and soccer fields are popular at the first sign of nice weather.
After a snowfall, Taylor Park teams with sledders as it has the only hill in Oak Park! This "hill" is an ancient geographical feature, as it is the remaining trace of the kettle morain that runs along the "Oak Park Spit", a long arm of beach gravel and sand that formed between the ancient "Lake Chicago" and the Desplaines Bay.