Explore Rolling Meadows

Rolling Meadows offers several clearly distinct themes to consider when planning a trip: parks, bike trails, city history, and ice sports. If you are looking for a hotel for a stay in Rolling Meadows, these highlights can help you choose a destination based on the purpose of your trip.

Parks and Open Spaces

Kimball Hill Park is located immediately north of downtown Rolling Meadows. Its pond and the waterfall or fountain there are surrounded by fishing piers, a footpath, and park benches. The water and fishing piers give it a different focus from the wooded natural area of Creekside Woods.

Creekside Woods Park is a 7.3-acre neighborhood park and a nature preserve. It is one of the last remaining undeveloped open spaces in Rolling Meadows. For residents, Creekside Woods offers a nature trail for walking through the wooded area.

The playground at Florey Park is intended for school-age children ages 6 to 12 and is fully accessible. The park also includes a picnic grove, a picnic shelter, and bronze statues of animals native to the creek. Unlike the water-focused Kimball Hill Park, its specific features are the playground, picnic area, and creek-themed sculptures.

Bike Trails in Parks and the Surrounding Area

The trails vary in scope: a bike trail runs through both Kimball Hill Park and Florey Park, and each connects to the Rolling Meadows bike trail system. The Busse Forest Trails pass through Arlington Heights, Elk Grove Village, Rolling Meadows, and Schaumburg. They include a large paved loop around Busse Reservoir, with an estimated total length of 12.9 miles. This means the park trails connected to the local system can be contrasted with a route spanning multiple communities and featuring its own loop.

City History at the Museum

The Rolling Meadows Historical Museum is designed as a replica of the first ranch homes that founder Kimball Hill had built in the community in 1953. The exhibits cover the early development of Kimball Hill Homes, the city of Rolling Meadows, 1950s memorabilia, and selected chapters of the city’s history. The replica provides an architectural connection to the 1953 ranch homes; the exhibits broaden the focus to include the company’s development, memorabilia, and other chapters of the city’s history.

Ice Sports at West Meadows Ice Arena

West Meadows Ice Arena has an NHL-size ice rink. In summer, it offers lunchtime public skating sessions and various hockey camps. The Rolling Meadows Adult Hockey League also plays at the arena. The summer detail specifies when the skating sessions and camps take place; the league is an additional hockey offering at the arena.

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