The lovely village of Winnetka is located just 19 miles north of downtown Chicago and is easily accessible via the Metra train line. It's a small town with about 12,500 residents and the housing stock is mostly older but with much new construction having been built in the past decade. The average price of a home here is $1,397,240 (2008 sales.)
Winnetka has award winning schools with 3 elementary, one middle, one junior high school and one high school:
Hubbard Wood School (K-4) -1110 Chatfield Road
Greeley School (K-4) - 275 Fairview Ave
Crow Island (K-4) - 1112 Willow Road
Skokie School (5-6) - 520 Glendale Ave
Washburn (7-8) - 515 Hibbard Road
New Trier High School (Freshman Campus) - 7 Happ Road, Northfield
New Trier High School (10-12 grades) - 385 Winnetka Ave.
Winnetka's Childrens Fair is held every year on the Village Green usually in early June.
There are many parks throughout Winnetka including this one on Elm Street next to the post office.
Beautiful Tower Road Beach, one of three beaches in Winnetka
