Inwood Skatepark - Joliet, Illinois, U.S.A.

The small footprint of the park and the load of large ramps it boasts makes for a crowded and compact feeling. The park has two levels (all concrete and steel) with small ramps, stairs and ledges leading from the lower level to the upper level. The upper level is bordered on three sides by long grindable (and sit able) benches which embrace a square box/tabletop, a flat grind rail, and an angled ledge which overlooks the halfpipe below. The lower level contains said halfpipe which shouldered by some large flat ramps on one side and a smaller ramp and ledge on the other. The flat ground on the lower level consists of two grind rails (one angled, one level), a large quarter pipe (positioned opposite the flat ramps by the halfpipe,) an angled table top, and a large roll-in. The park is fun to skate as long as you can get speed, because all the ramps are fairly big. The ledges are imposing as most are tall and angled. All the surfaces are polished, so things can get slippery and rain water has a hard time doing anything but pooling in all the most inconvenient places for days. There is a soda machine but water (and bathrooms!) from the recruiting station adjacent is just as good if you can sneak past the soldiers. Overall, it's a nice place. But if it's not for you, the renwick skatepark is right up the road (see plainfield.)

Also: You can probably manage to skate at night due either to football games in the field next to the park or the light pollution from all the business and traffic on Jefferson.