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Phillips Park is a municipal park in Aurora, Illinois, that includes Phillips Park Zoo.Comprising more than 325 acres, the park is managed by the Department of Parks and Recreation of the city of Aurora, and has co-owned areas with the Fox Valley Park District.
State parks are owned by the state and generally administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. [3] Specifically, “State Park” refers to sites “exhibiting exceptional scenic and natural features and terrain” and that “offer a wide range of recreational opportunities for the public to enjoy”.
After Phillips Park Zoo was established in 1915, a birdhouse was built in 1916. By 1920, the zoo had 5 black bears, 10 monkeys, 19 elk with 19 buffalo, 2 foxes, 1 wolf, and 20 deer, in addition to hundreds of birds.
Naperville's park district has CAPRA accreditation from the National Recreation and Park Association, [2] which is conferred to only 1% of park districts in the country. [3] The park district won the National Gold Medal, awarded by the National Recreation and Park Association, in 1972. [3] It was a finalist for the medal in 2002.
Kane County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois.According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 516,522, [2] making it the fifth-most populous county in Illinois. . Its county seat is Geneva, [3] and its largest city is Aur
Aurora is a city in northeastern Illinois, United States, located along the Fox River.The population was 180,542 at the 2020 census. [4] It is the second-most populous city in Illinois, after Chicago, [5] and the 144th-most populous city in the US. [6]
Yorkville is in northern Kendall County and is bordered to the northeast by Montgomery, to the east by Oswego, and to the west by Plano.Its boundaries are located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Aurora, [12] 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Naperville, [13] and 39 miles (63 km) west of Chicago.
Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 1,550 acres (630 ha) in Shabbona Township, DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. Shabbona Lake is a man-made lake created in 1975 by damming the (Big) Indian Creek, a tributary of the Fox River. Its name derives from the Potawatomi leader Shabbona. [2]