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Places to go - Outdoors
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Mt. Prospect Park District
1000 W. Central Rd.
Mt. Prospect, Ill.
(847)640-1000
Nelson Sports Complex
3900 Owl Drive
Rolling Meadows, Ill.
(847) 818-3210
Noble Horse Theatre
1410 N. Orleans
Chicago, Ill.
(312) 266-7878
North Branch Trail
Cook County Forest Preserve District
From Caldwell and Devon Avenues on Chicago’s North Side, north to the Botanic Gardens in Glencoe
(800) 870-3666
North Shore Festival of Art Old Orchard
Westfield Old Orchard
4999 Old Orchard Center
Skokie, Ill.
(847) 926-4300
Northshore Pumpkins
1024 Lake Ave.
Wilmette, Ill.
Octoberfest
Downtown Mount Prospect
Corner of Busse and Emerson
Mount Prospect, Ill.
(847) 506-4948
Oktoberfest
Firemen's Memorial Parking Lot
Brockway and Slade streets
Palatine, Ill.
Openlands Lakeshore Preserve
North Sheridan Road
Fort Sheridan, Ill.
(312) 863-6250
