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Darien Community Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 592 Google reviews · Running trail in Darien, Illinois · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
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- Shape
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- Shade
- Not reported
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Darien Community Park's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
Recreation venue featuring baseball and tennis courts, a playground, and a sand play area.
What runners say about Darien Community Park
“I walk the park every evening, and it always is well maintained and beautiful The new tennis courts are a state of the art display.”
“I walk the park every evening, and it always is well maintained and beautiful The new tennis courts are a state of the art display.”
Big/little kid large playgrounds on one side. Very nice ADA playground on the other with sand. Walking paths, basketball courts, tennis courts, and lots of open green space. Bathroom in building in center but is sometimes locked and port-o-pottys throughout.
I walk the park every evening, and it always is well maintained and beautiful The new tennis courts are a state of the art display. The residents are using it all the time. This park just adds to the beauty, to make Darien a nice place to live!
The best pickleball park to walk my pickleball dog as long as the youth who keep destroying it the signs the electric bikes electric scooters stay out of it it's a pretty nice park to walk everyday with my dog
Beautiful park, our family enjoys coming here very often! We love living right down the street! Also, absolutely love the "new" park addition over by the vet clinic side, definitely wish they would plant some trees or something for some sort of 'shade ' because I hate being blinded by the sun.
Trail conditions & character
“Bathroom in building in center but is sometimes locked and port-o-pottys throughout.”
Plan your run at Darien Community Park
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeNot reported. Assume some of it is exposed and carry water in summer.
- At the trailheadrestrooms — reported by runners
- DogsWelcome, per reviewers. Leash rules vary by park — the trailhead sign is the authority.
- Websitedarienparks.com
- Phone+1 630-968-6400
Hours
| Monday | 8 am–10 pm |
| Tuesday | 8 am–10 pm |
| Wednesday | 8 am–10 pm |
| Thursday | 8 am–10 pm |
| Friday | 8 am–10 pm |
| Saturday | 8 am–10 pm |
| Sunday | 8 am–10 pm |
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