Editing Bolingbrook, Illinois (section)

==Parks and recreation==

===Bolingbrook Park District===
The Bolingbrook Park District was created in 1970, after being approved by referendum. In 1974, the Park District built its first new building, the Deatherage-Drdak Center, constructed only with volunteer labor. In the following three decades the Bolingbrook Park District has grown to include numerous woodlands and parks, several community centers, the Pelican Harbor Indoor/Outdoor Aquatic Complex, and the Bolingbrook Recreation and Aquatic Complex (BRAC). Most recently, the Bolingbrook Park District was one of the four finalists for the National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park Management, Facilities and Programs.<ref>http://www.bolingbrookparks.org/en/about-us/park-district-history/history-timeline/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519033436/http://www.bolingbrookparks.org/en/about-us/park-district-history/history-timeline/ |date=May 19, 2018 }} Accessed May 18, 2018</ref>

In 1982, the Park District opened the first indoor [[wave pool]] in the United States. It was closed shortly after the BRAC and Pelican Harbor opened in 1996, and has since been converted to an [[ice skating]] arena.<ref>{{cite web|title=Park District History|url=http://www.bolingbrookparks.org/About_Us/Park_District_History.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414083939/http://www.bolingbrookparks.org/About_Us/Park_District_History.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 14, 2013|work=Bolingbrook Park District|access-date=October 4, 2012}}</ref>

In 2009, the Park District opened its Hidden Oaks Nature Center, which sits on 80 acres of woodland and river plain habitat. The Nature Center has a Platinum [[LEED]] Rating from the [[U.S. Green Building Council]] and was built from recycled materials. As of 2014, the Nature Center is used to run naturalist programs and summer camps. Animal residents include: [[coyote]]s, deer, [[great horned owl]]s, and other species common to Northern Illinois.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.bolingbrookparks.org/en/facilities/hidden-oaks-conservation-area/ |title = Hidden Oaks Nature Center |access-date = January 25, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140118103044/http://www.bolingbrookparks.org/en/facilities/hidden-oaks-conservation-area/ |archive-date = January 18, 2014 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Golf===
Bolingbrook is home to the Boughton Ridge Golf Course, a nine-hole course owned by the Bolingbrook Park District. In addition, the [[Bolingbrook Golf Club]], a municipal facility which includes an 18-hole course, is in the village. Other Golf Courses within proximity of Bolingbrook include Naperbrook GC, Tamarack GC, Wedgewood GC, and Links at Carillon (all in Plainfield), White Eagle GC and Springbrook GC in Naperville, Village Greens of Woodridge and Seven Bridges GC in Woodridge, [[Cog Hill Golf & Country Club|Cog Hill GC]] in Lemont, and Mistwood GC in Romeoville.

===Aviation===
[[Clow International Airport]] is a small airport off of Boughton-Weber with an estimated {{convert|3362|ft|adj=on}} runway. Clow is a public (non-commercial) airport, owned by the village and operated under a contract with a management company. In 1989, the airport was named the "best privately owned, public use airport in Illinois." Currently, there are 70,000 take-offs and landings at the airport annually.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.bbclowairport.com/about_us.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027074717/http://www.bbclowairport.com/about_us.htm |archive-date=October 27, 2017 |access-date=October 27, 2017 |website=bbclowairport.com}}</ref>

The Illinois Aviation Museum at Bolingbrook was formed in 2004. The museum is staffed by volunteers and is in a remodeled hangar at Clow International Airport, currently donated by the Village of Bolingbrook.