*UPDATE* IL Meet/BBQ 06/29/08 Parker Pavilion
Date: 06/29/08
Time: 1pm - 7pm
Place: Phillips Park - Parker Pavilion
Map & Info: http://www.aurora-il.org/documents/parks/map_2005.pdf
Food & Drink: Supplied, but if you like please feel free to bring any of the following: Chips, Dip, Burgers, Hot Dogs, Beverages (no alcohol), paper plates, plastic utensils, bread, hamburger/hot dog buns, or even a BBQ.
Park Information:
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Phillips Park, located on over 325 acres, is accessible from Smith Boulevard, Parker Avenue, or Howell Place off of Montgomery Road. Attractions include the Visitors Center and Mastodon Gallery (630/978-4774), the Sunken Garden, the Phillips Park Zoo (630/978-4700), the Phillips Park Golf Course (630/499-0670), the Phillips Park Aquatic Center (630/851-8686), Mastodon Lake-a twenty-eight acre fishing lake with a 1-mile path, the Mastodon Island exhibits, the waterfall, World War I cannons and numerous veteran related monuments. Among the amenities you’ll find a large state-of-the-art playground, a toddler’s playground, picnic pavilions, sand volleyball courts, tennis courts, horseshoe courts, a jogging/bike path, fishing piers, an ice skating pond, a sledding hill and open recreational areas. Special events and activities are co-sponsored throughout the year with The Friends of Phillips Park.
Directions to Phillips Park:
From I-88
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* Exit Farnsworth South
* Take Farnsworth, South to Montgomery Road
* Turn Right on Montgomery Road - Heading West (Stop Sign)
* Cross the intersection at Hill Avenue (Stop Light)
* You will see the Phillips Park Golf Course and the Aquatic Center on your right
* Immediately after the Aquatic Center is Howell Place
* Turn Right on Howell Place - Heading North (Stop Light) Turn Right on Moses Drive (Stop Sign)
* To Phillips Park Zoo, Sunken Garden or Visitors Center:
o Continue on Moses Drive and the parking Lots are located to your right
* To Main Pavilion:
o Follow the above directions and after turning right on Moses, immediately Turn Left onto Wyeth Drive
o Turn Right at Smith Boulevard (Stop Sign) & continue up above the waterfall
From the West (I-88/Route 47)
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* Exit I-88 at Route 47
* Go South on Route 47 to Galena Boulevard (2nd Light)
* Turn Left on Galena Boulevard, heading East
* Stay on Galena until Smith Street (East of the Downtown)
* Turn Right on Smith Street (Smith Street turns into Smith Boulevard)
* Smith dead-ends into Waterfall at the Park
* To Main Pavilion:
o Go Beyond Stop Sign at Wyeth Drive and up the ramp
* To Phillips Park Zoo, Sunken Garden or Visitors Center:
o Turn Right on Wyeth Drive (Stop Sign)
o Turn Left on Moses Drive (Stop Sign)
o Continue on Moses Drive and the parking Lots are located to your right
From the South (Route 47, Route 71, Route 34, Route 30)
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* Take Route 47 to Route 71
* Turn East towards Oswego (Route 71 turns into Rte. 34)
* Continue through Oswego to Route 30/Hill Avenue
* Turn Left on Route 30/Hill Avenue to Montgomery Road
* Turn Left (West) on Montgomery Road
* Turn Right on Howell Place (Stop Light)
* Turn Right on Moses Drive (Stop Sign)
* To Phillips Park Zoo, Sunken Garden or Visitors Center:
o Continue on Moses Drive and the parking Lots are located to your right
* To Main Pavilion:
o Follow the above directions and after turning right on Moses
o Immediately Turn Left onto Wyeth Drive
o Turn Right at Smith Boulevard (Stop Sign)
o Continue up the ramp to above the waterfall
* To The Playground:
o In order to get to the playground parking area you need to circle the park
o Follow the directions for the Zoo, Sunken Garden or Visitors Center
o Continue on Moses Drive until it circles around in front of the playground
o (The playground is located east of the waterfall and the main pavilion)
