Chart Our Future City of Lake Forest Parks & Recreation Master Plan | Page 76

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Overall Park
Distribution Analysis
City of Lake Forest
planning_areas
Service Area
City of Lake Forest Park
Lake Forest Open Lands
The Overall Distribution Analysis illustrates the Department-wide deficiencies for Mini,
Park by Others
Neighborhood, and Community Park assets combined.
Cemetery
Forest Preserve/Natural Areas
The map on the right illustrates the service areas for all mini (quarter-mile), Neighborhood (half-mile), and Community
(one-mile) Parks. Per NRPA Guidelines, the Mini and Neighborhood Park service areas are truncated to the boundaries
of the individual planning areas in which they reside. Community Parks are considered drive-to destinations, so those
service areas are not truncated to the planning area boundaries. Natural Areas, Special Use facilities, Parkways, and
Undeveloped land holdings are not included in this analysis.
Park service in the City of Lake Forest is evenly distributed but serves relatively few people. Overall, 31.4% of Lake Forest
residents have access to a Mini, Neighborhood, and/or Community Park resource within the recommended distance of
where they live. The largest area of residential development not served by a Mini, Neighborhood, or Community Park
exists in Planning Area 4 which has the largest population but few parks providing active recreation. Planning areas 2, 3,
7, and 8 also have minimal service and all have populations near or over 1,000 residents. The median Overall Distribution
Level of Service, according to the planning team’s database, is 79.7%. The City of Lake Forest Parks and Recreation
Department Level of Service is well below this median overall level of service.
Analysis
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Additional Pedestrian Access
Feet
2,500
5,000
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Park Key
1, Buena Park
2, Deerpath Community Park
3, Deerpath Golf Course
4, Elawa Farm
5, Elawa Park
PA* Population
Served % Served Population
Unserved %
Unserved
1 242 100% 0 0%
2 256 11.9% 1,899 88.1%
3 929 33.8% 1,821 66.2%
4 2,032 36.5% 3,530 63.5%
5 353 29.0% 866 71.0%
6 49 5.2% 901 94.8%
7 748 25.6% 2,177 74.4%
8 1,002 44.8% 1,233 55.2%
9 478 38.8% 754 61.2%
TOTAL 6,089 31.6% 113,181 68.4%
*Planning Area (PA)
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Golf Course
CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN
6, Everett Park
7, Forest Park
8, Forest Park Beach
9, Franklin Park
10, McCormick Nature Preserve
11, Meadowood Park
12, Northcroft Park
13, Ringwood Park
14, South Park
15, Tollway Park
16, Townline Community Park
17, Triangle Park
18, Waveland Park
19, West Park
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