217 – Abandoned Soccer Field
January 22nd, 2008
Both ends of a long forgotten Peoria Park District soccer field.
Check out StfRon’s GeoCache of this place. Pretty cool.
A sign at the trail entrance says Wildlife Preserve, Parcel #5157, Peoria Park District. To get here, pull into SanKoty Ln, just down from Gardner Ln off Galena Rd. Park on the side of the road just where SanKoty curves. To the south you will see a small break in an old fence. That is the beginning of the trail.
Aerial view of what is officially parcel# 1414100008, via PeoriaGIS:
You can relax, Billy, although I understand your frustration, I’m almost certain that this was never a sanctioned Park District soccer field.
A big thank you to Scott O’Brien for taking these photos and sending me off to a place I previously never knew existed.