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Neighborhood Park
Distribution Analysis
City of Lake Forest
planning_areas
0.5-Mile Service Area
City of Lake Forest Park
Neighborhood Parks remain the basic unit of the park system and are generally designed
Park by Others
for informal active and passive recreation and community gathering spaces.
Cemetery
Lake Forest Open Lands
The purpose of the Neighborhood Park Distribution Analysis is to determine which planning areas are underserved by
the Department’s existing Neighborhood Park land holdings. Currently, the Department has 6 Neighborhood Parks that
range from 7.4 acres to 27.4 acres in size.
The map on the right illustrates the half-mile (0.5-mile) service area reach for Neighborhood parks. This plan also
illustrates a half-mile service area (shown in orange) for Community Parks, as these parks can serve the function of a
Neighborhood Park for residents within a 0.5-mile from the park. According to NRPA’s Park, Recreation, Open Space,
and Greenway Guidelines, Neighborhood Park service areas do not include residents who must cross a planning area
boundary to reach the park. Service areas are truncated to all planning area boundaries.
Forest Preserve/Natural Areas
Golf Course
School
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Additional Pedestrian Access
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The map to the right illustrates where Neighborhood Parks service is concentrated within the Department. All of the
Planning Areas except 1 and 6 contain at least one Neighborhood or Community Park but the majority of residents in
the City are still underserved within 0.5-miles of their home. As was the case with Mini Parks, Areas 1 and 6 have fewer
residents than the rest of the Department and the pedestrian bridge across Townline Road may extend park service to
Area 1 residents. Other public open space and public passive recreation providers may be contributing to resident service
at the Neighborhood Park level as well.
When considering all of the available open space, Planning Areas 2 and 4 appear to have the largest underserved
geographic areas and both have a large population.
Park Key - Neighborhood Parks
5, Elawa Park
6, Everett Park
12, Northcroft Park
14, South Park
18, Waveland Park
19, West Park
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