Palos Heights Real Estate
Welcome to Palos Heights! Palos Heights is about 25 miles southwest of Chicago. Palos Heights is designated as an official Tree City because of the tree-lined forest preserves that surround the town.
Palos Heights History
Palos Heights was farmland until 1935. It was then purchased by Robert Bartlett Building Corporation for housing. As Bartlett’s development grew, so did talk about incorporating the area. Harlem Heights was incorporated on April 16, 1959 and changed to Palos Heights.
Population: 12, 611
Arts/ Entertainment: Things To Do
Dorothy Menker Theater (Southwest Symphony Orchestra)
First Midwest Bank Amphitheater (outdoor music theater)
Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park
Chicago Ridge Mall
Outdoor
Lake Katherine Nature Center
Local Transit
Railways
Metra Southwest Service station at Southwest Highway (Manhattan to Chicago Union Station)
Roads/ Highways
Harlem Ave (north-south) and College Dr (east-west) runs directly through Palos Heights. Palos Heights is also conveniently close to i-294, which gives commuters easy access to Chicago and other areas.
Palos Heights’ Educational Opportunities
Grades K-8
Palos Heights School District 128
Palos Community Consolidated School District 118
High School
Community High School District 218
Consolidated High School District 230
Higher Education
Moraine Valley Community College
Trinity Christian College
Governors State University
Palos Heights Area Healthcare
Palos Community Hospital
Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers
Advocate Christ Hospital