- Our list of the best things to do in Des Plaines, Illinois, features the top 844 nearby activities — including 339 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
- Des Plaines, IL has a variety of great sights and experiences nearby. Top categories include: Outdoor Places, Amusement, Entertainment & Shows, and Sports & Fitness.
- The results below include the top 21 things to do within the city of Des Plaines, IL , followed by 823 popular activities in nearby cities, including Chicago, Oak Park, Evanston, Skokie, Glenview, West Chicago, Lombard, Wheaton, Schaumburg, Highland Park, Waukegan, Niles, Buffalo Grove, Gurnee, Downers Grove, Arlington Heights, Glen Ellyn, Geneva, Naperville, Elk Grove Village, Wilmette, Elmhurst, Palatine, St. Charles, Mundelein, Northbrook, Libertyville, Hoffman Estates, Grayslake, Elgin, Park Ridge, Mount Prospect, Woodridge, Bloomingdale, Wheeling, Barrington, Bartlett, Carol Stream, Addison, Cicero, Berwyn, Oak Lawn, Oak Brook, Vernon Hills, Algonquin, Lincolnshire, Lisle, Carpentersville, Forest Park, Rosemont, Streamwood, Bolingbrook, Kankakee, Batavia, Great Lakes and Crystal Lake
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Featuring a walking trail that loops around the park, High Ridge Knolls Park has a baseball diamond and multipurpose field for outdoor recreation. The playground has equipment like slides, a swing set, and spring animals.
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Oakton Ice Arena is a regulation-size ice rink. The rink offers public skating hours, as well as ice hockey and figure skating programs with trained and experienced coaches and instructors.
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Situated in a prairie, visitors can see ducks, frogs, and tadpoles in the two ponds of Wildwood Nature Center. There is also a butterfly garden with several different species of butterflies.
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Located within a peaceful residential neighborhood, the Maine Park Leisure Center is a community center that provides a number of amenities and services for local residents. Meeting rooms, a gym, and a preschool program are among the amenities available.
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Primarily known as the home of the DePaul University basketball team, the Allstate Arena was inaugurated in 1980 and since then it has hosted sports games such as basketball, football, and hokey, as well as other public events, such as concerts.
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Wolff's Flea Market is good for somebody who is looking to spend their free time by doing some interesting shopping. Vendors here sell toys and beautiful knick knacks. Parking space is big and feasible.
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Offering year-round outdoor activities, Woodland Park features facilities for soccer, tennis and basketball as well as open play space and a playground. In winter, the park opens an outdoor ice skating rink.
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BIG Cinemas Golf Glen 5 is a movie theater multiplex with five auditoriums. The theater shows primarily Bollywood and other Indian films. The theater offers an array of Indian and Indian-inspired refreshments, as well.
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MovieMax Cinemas of Niles specialize in featuring foreign films. Playing movies in the Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam genres, the theater features a full service snack and drink bar.
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Offering both indoor and outdoor ice rinks, IceLand Ice Arena offers a variety of skating and hockey programs. The facility hosts learn to skate programs as well as competitive skating, and hosts hockey leagues.