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Amenity Distribution Analysis
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Planning Areas
Amenity Service Area
City of Lake Forest Park
Park by Others
The location and distribution of amenities is an important factor in an agency’s level of
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service. Just as the parks themselves should be equally distributed, so should the recreational
Lake Forest Open Lands
Forest Preserve/Natural Areas
amenities available to residents.
Amenity
Service Area
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Baseball Field 0.5-mile 4
Softball Field 0.5-mile 9
Basketball Court 0.5-mile 2.5
Football Field 1.0-mile 2.5
Ice Skating / Hockey (outdoor) 1.0-mile 1
Playground / Tot Lot 0.25-mile 10
Shelter* 0.5-mile 11
Soccer Field 1.0-mile 15
Swimming Pool 1.0-mile 0
Tennis Court 0.5-mile 19
Volleyball Court 1.0-mile 2
Trail System** 1 per district 1
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W State Rte 60
*Service areas determined by the planning team, as there are no NRPA
suggested outdoor development standards for these amenities.
Additional Pedestrian Access
2,500
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5,000
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Townline Rd E Townline Rd
The graphics on the following pages illustrate the service
area coverage for various individual amenities.
School
Amenity Service Area
The amenity service area table describes the
recommended service area per NRPA recommendations
for each amenity and lists the number of each amenity
owned and operated by the Parks and Recreation
Department. The map to the right illustrates the density of
amenities throughout the City. The white dots represent
an individual amenity and the surrounding orange halo
illustrates that amenity’s service area. The darkest shades
of orange indicate the overlap of multiple amenity service
areas while the lightest shade of orange represents
coverage by a single amenity only.
Golf Course
The National Parks and Recreation Association (NRPA)
established service areas to for each park classification
and individual recreation amenities in its 1990 and 1996
publications of the Park, Recreation, Open Space, and
Greenway Guidelines.
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**Amenity not shown on map
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