Recreation/Events

Calumet-Sag Trail
Open by 2014, the Calumet-Sag Trail will be a multi-use path built almost entirely along the banks of the Calumet-Sag Channel and Calumet River. Along 26 miles of waterway from Lemont in the west to Burnham in the east, the Calumet-Sag Trail will stitch together more than 185,000 people in fourteen communities. It will connect them to regional trails, transit systems, retail areas, parks, forest preserves, marinas, nature centers, and the legacies of Big Steel, immigrant communities and the Underground Railroad. Click here to learn more!

Meadows Golf Club
2802 W 123rd St,
(708) 708-606-3805 Elizabeth Harmeyer, Golf Course Director of Operations
(708) 385-1994/95 For tee times or to speak with Jerry Vidovic, Golf Pro
An 18-hole golf course that is a challenge to even the most experienced golfer. There are full practice facilities, including a lighted driving range and a practice putting green, golf shop, snack shop, and sports bar.

Special Events
The City of Blue Island hosts special events each summer, including our popular TGIF picnics with MetroSouth Medical Center. For more info about special events contact Mary Poulsen at (708) 396-7035

Blue Island Park District
The Blue Island Park District manages 10 public parks on 112 acres that are host to many summer and winter recreation programs.

The Blue Islanders
The Blue Islanders are our local amateur hockey team, which plays in the South Suburban Adult Hockey League (SSAHL). The team consists almost entirely of former pond and high school skaters who have lived, worked, played or are connected with Blue Island. You can cheer them on at the Southwest Ice Arena in Crestwood or the Oak Lawn Ice Arena.