Author Ray Bradbury, born in Waukegan, Illinois, is renowned as one of the most celebrated fiction writers of modern times and one of the most important figures in science fiction and fantasy. As a child, he played in this park and frequently walked through it to get downtown. Located on the Waukegan River Ravine System and not far from the Bradbury family home, it appears in several of his Green Town/Waukegan books, most notably as the "113 steps" of the "Dandelion Trail" in his semiautobiographical "Dandelion Wine."
