Grandwood Park, Illinois

About Grandwood Park

Grandwood Park is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Illinois.

Grandwood Park holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.45 square miles.

📰 Grandwood Park News Today

• Grandwood Park CDP, Illinois Census.gov · Aug 4
• Grandwood Park Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 27
• Several hurt in hit-and-run car crash incidents during police chase in Grandwood Park, Gurnee, Illinois areas: Lake County sheriff ABC7 Chicago · Jun 17
• Timothy Setterlund Obituary - Gurnee, IL Dignity Memorial · Nov 1
• Mill Creek overwhelms Grandwood Park lake, flooding park, residences and streets Chicago Tribune · Jul 18

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Grandwood Park Unique

• The only place in America named Grandwood Park — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northeastern Illinois, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Grandwood Park

• Denny's — american
• Lola's Tacos &Tequila — mexican
• Salutos — italian
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• TGI Fridays — american
• Bubblelicious — bubble tea (café)
• Dickey's Barbecue Pit — barbecue
• Giordano's Pizzeria — pizza
• Little Tokyo — japanese
• McAlister's Deli — sandwich

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• AJ's Putt 'N' Play · Arcade
• BHOP Esports · Arcade
• Funflatables · Arcade

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Grandwood Park

• Mill Creek Forest Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Vineyard Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Grandwood Park

🏘️ Nearby Communities