Recreation Department

The pride of our City’s Recreation Department, Countryside Park is an 11-acre park where you will find two softball diamonds, a soccer field, playground equipment, lighted tennis courts, sand volleyball courts, a skate park, an inline hockey rink, bocce ball court, lighted walking path and two gazebos that are the location for summertime concerts. Recently renovated, Countryside Park is located between 59th and 61st Streets, a half-block east of Brainard Avenue. The park is open from dawn to dusk.

Memorial Park, located on a triangular piece of property at the intersection of 55th St. and Plainfield Rd., was built during the City of Countryside’s 40th anniversary celebration in 2000. Once a dilapidated section of the community, the City of Countryside purchased the land and redeveloped it into a community focal point. Constructed in memory of those who served in the U.S. military, the park is the location of the City’s clock tower and carillon. The clock tower has become the most visible symbol of Countryside and was recently incorporated into the City’s logo. The carillon can be programmed to play up to 350 songs and can typically be enjoyed by park visitors at noon and 6pm each day, playing songs even more frequently during the winter holiday season.

City Park, located at 61st Street and Ashland Avenue near Countryside Plaza, contains a baseball/softball diamond and is also home to the City’s Countryfest Summer Festival, held every five years on City anniversary dates.

Ideal Park, on 58th St. east of LaGrange Rd. near Ideal School, also has lighted basketball and tennis courts, softball and baseball diamonds and playground equipment for children of all ages.

The City is also home to several Tot Lots and neighborhood parks that serve as recreation spaces and provide safe, modern playground equipment for our community’s younger residents. The neighborhood facilities include Brancato Tot Lot at Plainfield Road and Ashland Avenue, Srejma-Michalek Memorial Tot Lot at Lorraine Drive and Forestview Road, Hollands Park at Seventh Avenue and Bob-O-Link Drive, Countryside Playschool Lot at the Recreation Building at 5540 East Avenue, as well as Woodland Ridge Park in the newly completed Woodland Ridge Subdivision.

Recreation Programs

The Countryside Recreation Department offers a wide variety of programs, mini-classes and specials events for all age groups in our City and local areas. Youth programs include basketball, floor hockey, Girl’s Ponytail Softball, Little League Baseball, karate, horsemanship, ceramics, arts and crafts, creative cooking, as well as many other special interest programs. Adults can participate in various programs including cooking, horsemanship, dog obedience, ice-skating, and karate classes. The City is in a cooperative program with the Burr Ridge Park District & Willowbrook Recreation Department.  Countryside residents may participate in their programs at the resident rate.  For more information, please refer to your current recreation guide.  Countryside also has a cooperative program with Flying High sports & Recreation Center.  Residents can participate in various programs at a reduced rate.  There is more information available in your current recreation guide. 

Special events include an Easter Egg Hunt, Concerts in the Park, Movies in the Park, Harvest Festival, Children's Halloween party (sponsored by the Lions Club), Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony, Polar Express and the Children's Christmas Party. 

The Countryside Recreation Department also works closely with the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) and the Lyons Township Little League, with the City providing facilities for both leagues.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at (708)482-3645 or e-mail recr@countryside-il.org should you have any further questions.  The Adult Registration and Youth Registration Forms are available in Adobe Acrobat format in the Information Resources section of our website.  Click here to go there now.

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