Recreation

from JHN Orland Park Chamber Community Guide 2021

by Shaw Media

Education

ORLAND PARK IS A PREMIER

RECREATION DESTINATION

By Kevin Druley

Well before the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic surfaced and ultimately began to dissipate – accelerating our collective drive to exercise in between – Orland Park offered numerous opportunities and outlets for recreation. What a relief.

Eager to boost your fitness level or maintain that good shape after a recent recommitment to working out? Explore membership options at the Orland Park Health & Fitness Center (15430 West Ave.) or the Sportsplex Fitness and Recreation Center (11351 W. 159th St.). At Centennial Park (14700 Ravinia Ave.), countless combinations for one-on-one or group fun exist, with baseball, softball and soccer fields strewn about a sprawling layout that also features a path for running, walking and biking. The Centennial Park Aquatic Center, which is set to open for the season May 29, offers a family friendly setting to simply beat the heat, or get those laps in. Visitors to the park also can show their moves at Grinding Edge Skate Park. The John Humphrey Complex (14825 West Ave., #3144) is another great location for a multifaceted recreational experience, as the park abounds with activities, including: bandstands, playgrounds, athletic fields, tennis courts, volleyball courts, roller hockey, fishing, kayaking, climbing walls, pavilions and a water park. Is golf your game? There are a number of golf and country clubs in Orland Park and adjacent communities that provide players with unique challenges as well as welcome scenery, including Midlothian Country Club (5000W. 147th St., Midlothian); Palos Country Club (1311 Southwest Highway); Silver Lake Country Club (14700 S. 82nd Ave.) and Crystal Tree Golf & Country Club (10700 W. 153rd St.).

There also are lots of ways to explore family entertainment outside a park setting, which can be an especially welcoming

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Movie theaters are progressively beginning to reopen, so how about taking in a flick at Marcus Theater Orland Park (16350 South La Grange Road). Gizmos Fun Factory (66 Orland Square Drive), Dave & Buster’s (49 Orland Square Drive) and Odyssey Fun World (19111 Oak Park Ave., Tinley Park) each are great settings to try your hand at a variety of time-honored and new games alike. Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park (19800 S. La Grange Road, Mokena) is indoors, too, but requires visitors to get slightly more airborne than they would during a game of air hockey or skee ball. If venturing below sea level is your thing – or perhaps something you’ve always wanted to try – Dive Right In Scuba (16336 S. 104th Ave.) offers a unique setting to explore the world of scuba diving.

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