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​Accessibility at Des Plaines:


  • Parking - The park office and the boat ramp parking lots are asphalt with accessible parking spaces. There is approximately 20' to the concrete sidewalk at the office. The park office has a wooden wheelchair ramp. Park office door has an ADA accessible handle.

  • Restrooms - Accessible vault toilets are available at the boat launch, picnic area, park office, Milliken Lake, and west parking lot of the East Grounds. 

  • Boating - There is an accessible boat dock with a wooden deck and an aluminum ramp. There is an approximate 120' distance from the parking lot to the boat dock using the concrete sidewalk. 

  • Fishing - The fishing pier at Milliken Lake is concrete with an approximate distance of 120' feet using the sidewalk to the parking area.

  • Picnicking - The picnic area by the Kankakee River has an accessible concrete pad, picnic table and grill

  • Archery/Trap Range - The archery and trap ranges have designated accessible parking spaces. 

  • Hunting - The park offers disabled pheasant hunting by permit only. You must have a standing vehicle permit to register. 

  • Service animals are welcome in the park, but there are no outdoor water fountains.