Penny Park
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 1500 Lake St., Evanston, IL 60201, Evanston, Illinois
When: typically open in warm months (check before visiting)
Hours: typically daylight hours
Cost: free
public-park
Evanston's cherished community-built wooden playground, rebuilt in 2014 to match its original design, trades plastic for hulking timber castles and nooks that invite imaginative role play. Open lawn nearby handles ball games and picnic blankets.