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Dunham Park Playground

Once one of the best local playgrounds with a sprinkler, now visibly declining — the soft flooring has holes in several places, the turf is old and broken, and leaves and litter have gone uncleared for months.

CHICAGO, IL · PLAYGROUND · READ FROM 16 VISITOR ACCOUNTS · LAST CHECKED 2026-08-17

Equipment
Dated

Longtime visitors describe it as formerly one of the best, with a sprinkler; the turf is now old and broken and the soft flooring has holes in several places

3 accountshigh confidencechecked 2026-08-17
Upkeep
Poorly kept

A visitor reports no one appears to have raked leaves or cleared litter from the ground in many months

2 accountshigh confidencechecked 2026-08-17
Ground surface
Artificial turf

Old and broken with holes in the soft flooring

2 accountshigh confidencechecked 2026-08-17
Water
None

The sprinkler that longtime visitors remember is no longer described as running

2 accountsmedium confidencechecked 2026-08-17
Courts and fields
Baseball

Six diamonds on the wider site

1 accounthigh confidencechecked 2026-08-17
How busy
Usually quiet

Empty and large on a cold day

1 accountmedium confidencechecked 2026-08-17

What we could not confirm

Visitors have not described these, so we are not guessing:

  • Shade
  • Enclosure
  • Restroom
  • Toddlers
  • Parking
  • Seating

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How we know this

Every value above comes from what visitors described on site, read one park at a time. Where accounts disagree we say so rather than picking a side. Where nobody has mentioned something, we leave it blank and ask you.