Orland Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois; it also extends slightly into Will County.
Located 25 miles southwest of Chicago's Loop Orland Park has easy access to O'hare and Midway airports
and many attractions and amenities in the Chicago area.
In 2006, Orland Park was awarded the title of "45th Best Place to Live In America" by Money magazine. Orland Park, along with neighboring Tinley Park, boasts the 159th Street Strip, one of the largest strips of Automobile Dealerships (all within a 3-mile stretch) in the country.
Orland Park has three lakes: Lake Sedgewick, McGinnis Slough (also referred to as 'Orland Lake') and Tampier Lake.
Orland Park is also home to a large amount of commercial and retail development, and can be considered the major regional retail center.
The north end of the village is the location of the new high-end Orland Park Crossing lifestyle center and many other specialty stores.
In all, Orland Park has over 5,000,000 square feet of retail area within its borders and is the seventh highest retail sales tax generator (in dollars) in the state of Illinois.
You will find housing styles that range from quaint turn-of-the-century painted ladies to essential
condominiums, town homes and rental units. The market combines affordable, pleasant single-family subdivisions with impressive neighborhoods of executive homes and corporate residences.
Orland Park is home to Carl Sandburg High School (9-12), and various middle and elememtary schools, including St. Michael School (K-8), Centennial Elementary (K-3), Center Elementary (K-3), Park Elementary (K-3), Prairie Elementary (K-3), High Point Elementary (3-5), Liberty Elementary (3-5), Meadow Ridge Elementary (3-5), Century Junior High School (6-8), Jerling Junior High School (6-8), and Orland Junior High School (6-8).
Orland Park has three stops on Metra's SouthWest Service, which provides daily rail service between Manhattan, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois (at Union Station): 143rd Street, 153rd Street, and 179th Street.
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