More: A Walk in the Park: Rockford park is well known for its disc golf courses Founded: 1957 Address: 7074 Rydberg Rd, Rockford, IL 61109 Acres: 334 Key amenities: Atwood has an education center.

And just to have a space for us to kind of talk about it, we left that park feeling a little bit better about ourselves. We was like, 'Hey man, let's try to schedule this again.' The kids loved it.

The park is also known as the location where freed slave Lewis Lemon lived after he gained his freedom in 1839. For more: Visit rockfordparkdistrict.org or call 815-987-8800.