Preserve Guide here

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Preserve Guide here

Preserve Guide
Preserving Natural Areas Since 1960
acreslandtrust.org
Land: a community to which we belong
In the foreword to his A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold wrote,
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.
When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to
use it with love and respect.” That deep sense of land as a community
led a small group of people in 1960 to form and nourish ACRES.
Service
Area
Service Area
ACRES, Inc., 1802 Chapman Road, Huntertown, Indiana 46748
phone/fax: (260) 637-ACRE
email: [email protected]
www.acreslandtrust.org
That spirit continues in ACRES to this day.
In acquiring its areas, ACRES has been honored with gifts of both land
and funds. The areas exemplify the best of the region’s available natural
areas. They offer the opportunity to renew contact with the earth, if only to
escape the stress of daily living. They also remind us of the natural heritage
that nourished our ancestors.
It is their beauty that often leads us to seek a better understanding of the
interplay of the complex processes at work in them. Scientific research has
led to a richer understanding of these processes and to a growing public
awareness of their potential benefits for us. In our most aware and sensitive
moments, we may be fortunate enough to be moved by the spiritual values
we find in them. Land and its life have made our lives on earth possible.
Hartford
VAN BUREN
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CALHOUN
KALAMAZOO
Jackson
WASHTENAW
JACKSON
Saline
I-69
Dowagiac
BERRIEN
Coldwater
CASS
Niles
I-80
Elkhart
South Bend
Michigan
Indiana
Adrian
HILLSDALE
Sturgis
Lagrange
Michigan
Ohio
Angola
STEUBEN
LAGRANGE
ELKHART
ST JOSEPH
LENAWEE
Hillsdale
BRANCH
ST JOSEPH
I-80
WILLIAMS
FULTON
Wauseon
Bryan
Albion
MARSHALL
Napoleon
DEKALB
NOBLE
Plymouth
Auburn
DEFIANCE
Defiance
I-69
KOSCIUSKO
HENRY
ACRES
Office
Warsaw
Visit the preserves and celebrate their life with us.
ACRES holds them for all people.
I-94
Marshall
Portage
I-94
Columbia City
Rochester
Paulding
Fort Wayne
WHITLEY
PAULDING
ALLEN
PUTNAM
FULTON
Ottawa
469
Huntington
WABASH
MIAMI
CASS
Logansport
Wabash
Decatur
HUNTINGTON
WELLS
Peru
Ohio
Indiana
— Jim Barrett (1924 – 2011), a founding member of ACRES
Van Wert
VAN WERT
ALLEN
ADAMS
Bluffton
Lima
I-75
I-69
Celina
Marion
Kokomo
BLACKFORD
HOWARD
CLINTON
Hartford City
HAMILTON
AUGLAIZE
JAY
Portland
SHELBY
TIPTON
Tipton
BOONE
MERCER
GRANT
Wapakoneta
Sidney
MADISON
DELAWARE
Muncie
Anderson
RANDOLPH
Winchester
ACRES manages and protects more than
85 nature
preserves,
totaling over 5,000 acres.
Service
Area
DARKE
Greenville
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MIAMI
20
Miles
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Spurgeon sign posting in 1961
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Cover photo by Jarrid Spicer at Barrett Oakhill Nature Preserve
Back cover photo by Shane Perfect at Wing Haven Nature Preserve
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Introduction to ACRES
How to Enjoy ACRES Nature Preserves
ACRESLandTrustisdedicatedtopreservingsignificantnaturalareasinnortheast
Indiana,northwestOhioandsouthernMichigan.Foundedin1960,ACRESmakes
thesenaturalareasavailabletothepublicforhiking,environmentaleducation,
scientificandculturalstudy,eventsandgeneralenjoyment.
• Preservesareopendailyfromdawntodusk.
ACRESisamembership-basedorganizationsupportedbypeoplewhovaluenature
andliketoseeitprotected.SupportershaveenabledACREStoacquireover5,000
acreswithin85naturepreserves,mostofwhichareopentothepublic.
ACREScontinuestoacquireadditionalnaturepreservesatarapidrate,basedon
asimpleformula:themoresupportwereceive,themorelandwepreserve.Please
helpusincreaseoursupportbybecomingamember,tellingafriendaboutyourvisits,
askingsomeonetojoinyouonyournextexcursionandpostingpicturesandfield
observationsonourwebsite.
• Takenothingbutpicturesandmemories.Leavenothingbutfootprints.
• Stayonthetrails.Theyarewell-maintainedforyourhikingexperienceand
carefullyplacedtoprotectsensitiveareas.
• Petsarewelcomeinthepreservesbutmustbeonaleashatalltimes.
• Nocamping,fires,hunting,trapping,fishing,horses,bikes,motorizedvehicles
orcollectingofplantsoranimalswithinthepreserves.
• Recordyourvisittothepreservesothatwecanbetterserveyourpreserve
experience.Thisdocumentationhelpsuswithboththepreservationandthe
fundingofthepreserves.Sign-inboxesarelocatedattrailheads.
Participateinthemanyeventsheldinthepreserves.Currenteventsarelistedin
the Quarterly(anACRESpublication),withadditionaleventspostedonourwebsite.
Visitfrequently— the preserves are constantly changing, and new discoveries
arewaiting!
ACRES is incorporated in Indiana as a non-proﬁt 501(c)(3) organization.
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Photo by Jerry McCoy at Kokiwanee, Wabash County
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Legend
Open Nature Preserves
ADAMS
Munro .......................................................... 10
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
VERY EASY (mainly level)
EASY (uneven ground)
MODERATE (hilly terrain)
DIFFICULT (some steep grades)
VERY DIFFICULT (strenuous hiking)
MAP KEY
ALLEN
Bicentennial Woods ..............................14
Blue Cast Springs ..................................16
Cypress Meadow ...................................18
Tom and Jane Dustin.............................20
Fogwell Forest .......................................22
Fox Fire Woods ......................................24
Robert C. and Rosella C. Johnson .......... 20
Herman F. Hammer Wald ......................26
Little Cedar Creek
Wildlife Sanctuary ..................................28
Little Wabash River ................................30
Maumee River Overlook ......................32
McNabb-Walter .....................................34
Mengerson Reserve...............................36
Vandolah.................................................38
Whitehurst .................................................. 20
Roads
Parking Lot
Trails
Property Boundary
FULTON
Ruth Kern Woodland Preserve .............42
Forest
Contours (5' intervals)
Shrub/Grassland
Body of Water
HUNTINGTON
Pehkokia Woods ....................................46
Tel-Hy ......................................................48
Wetland
Waterway
State Dedicated Nature Preserve
Indicates protection under the Indiana Nature Preserves Act
(1967) as a State Dedicated Nature Preserve with the Indiana
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Nature Preserves.
ACRES was instrumental in the creation of the Nature Preserves Act
Each preserve has a unique QR code. Scan with your smartphone
or mobile device to download the preserve information.
JAY
Bibler.......................................................52
Madison Township School ....................54
KOSCIUSKO
Bock ........................................................58
Glennwood.............................................60
Wildwood ...............................................62
LAGRANGE
Richard G. and Mary H. Culp ................66
Fawn River ..............................................68
Maple Wood ..........................................70
Marsh Wren ............................................72
Stark ........................................................74
by county
MIAMI
Seven Pillars and Seven Pillars
of the Mississinewa Landmark ..............78
NOBLE
Florence Badger ........................................ 82
Lloyd W. Bender Memorial Forest .......... 84
Detering .................................................86
Art Hammer Wetlands ..........................88
Lonidaw ..................................................90
Edna W. Spurgeon
Woodland Reserve ................................92
PAULDING (OHIO)
Flat Rock Creek ......................................96
STEUBEN
Ball Lake ...............................................100
Beechwood ..........................................102
Brammall ..............................................104
Richard Bruner .....................................104
Foster ...................................................102
Majneri ..................................................102
Marion’s Woods ...................................106
Robb Hidden Canyon..........................108
Ropchan Memorial ..............................110
Ropchan Wildlife Refuge ....................112
Wing Haven..........................................114
Woodland Bog.....................................116
WABASH
Asherwood ...........................................120
Hanging Rock.......................................122
Hathaway Preserve at Ross Run..........124
Kokiwanee ............................................126
Mary Thornton .....................................128
WELLS
Acres Along the Wabash.....................132
Anna Brand Hammer Reserve ............134
WHITLEY
Evelyn and Wendell Dygert ................138
In addition to the nature preserves listed above, ACRES owns 28 others that are
currentlyclosedtothepublic.
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ADAMS COUNTY
The St. Mary’s and Wabash Rivers flow across the county from southeast
to northwest. The St. Mary’s River drains most of the northern part of the
county and flows into the Maumee River. The Wabash River drains much of
the southern part of the county and eventually flows into the Ohio River.
The county’s largest natural feature, the Limberlost Swamp, once covered
13,000 acres of Adams and Jay Counties.
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Munro Nature Preserve
TRAIL LENGTH ~ 0.5 MILES
ADAMS
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Munro Nature Preserve
3957 W. 1100 S, Geneva, IN 46740
3957 W. 1100 S, Geneva, IN 46740
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1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
From
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takeIndiana
SR46748
116 west 2.75
miles
Grassland
(260) 637-ACRE --- [email protected]
Contours to 400 W and turn leftForest
(south). Travel
Wetland5' Interval
0.5 miles to the preserve
on the left, at
Shrub /
Waterbody
the corner of 1100 S. Grassland
1802 Chapman Road, Huntertown, Indiana 46748
Wetland
Waterway
Property
Boundary
Contours 5' Interval
W 1100 S
State Road 116
Waterbody
W 1100
Waterway
W 950 S
State Road 116
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S 300 W
Parking Lot
Forest
Parking Lot
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W 950 S
S 300 W
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S 400 W
Roads
Trails
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Roads
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Directions: From Geneva take SR 116 west 2.75 miles to 400 W and turn left (south).
Travel 0.5 mile to the preserve on the left at the corner of 1100 S.
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W 1100 S
E 900 N
E 900 N
Geneva
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DIRECTIONS:
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N 125 W
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Directions: From Geneva take SR 116 west 2.75 miles to 400 W and turn left (south).
Travel 0.5 mile to the preserve on the left at the corner of 1100 S.
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W 1100 S
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S 400 W
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S 400 W
W 1100 S
ACREAGE: 25.6 | YEAR ACQUIRED: 1994
Originally part of the 13,000-acre Limberlost Swamp
and forest made famous by naturalist and author
Gene Stratton-Porter, this preserve is the site of
Brushwood School House, mentioned in StrattonPorter’s Girl of the Limberlost. On this property,
visitors can look for and find the birds, trees and
wildflowers described in Stratton-Porter’s books.
W 1100 S
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S 400 W
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ALLEN COUNTY
The county’s surface features are characteristic of a glaciated region,
varying from low-lying, level and depressed areas (the sites of ancient lakes)
to the rolling and hilly features of moraines. In the eastern portion of the
county, the Maumee Lake Bottom, once known as the Great Black Swamp,
encompasses over 100 square miles. The county’s only natural lake
is Lake Everett, in the northwest corner.
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Shoaff Rd
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TRAIL DIFFICULTY
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Bicentennial Woods
ALLEN
5
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Bicentennial Woods Nature Preserve
340 E. Shoaff Road, Huntertown, IN 46748
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West
Coldwater
Cedar Canyons
Whitehurst NP
Coldwater
Dunton
Huntertown
Huntertown
Whitehurst NP
Johnson
NP Chapman
Dustin NP
Gump
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Griffin
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SR 3, to the preserve on
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1802 Chapman Road, Huntertown, IndianaTrails
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old State Highway
Grassland
Contours (Lima www.acreslandtrust.org
Rd.) north 1.0 mile
to
Shoaff
Rd.
Wetland and
Forest
5' Interval
Johnson NP Chapman
Dustin NP
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Forest
County Line
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DIRECTIONS:
Trails
CR
800
70
Auburn
Directions: From Huntertown take old State Highway 3 (Lima Rd.) north 1.0 mile to Shoaff
Rd. and turn right (east). Travel 2.0 miles, crossing SR 3, to the preserve on the right.
Roads
Parking Lot
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From Huntertown take old State Highway 3 (Lima Rd.) north
Rd. and turn right (east). Travel 2.0 miles, crossing SR 3, to the preserve on the right.
Feet
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800
Griffin Griffin
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This is hill country, carved by the
glaciers and covered with towering oaks,
hickories and sycamores, some more than
200 years old. A variety of woodland birds
can be seen and heard in spring and summer.
Spring wildflowers include wild blue phlox, wild
geranium, bloodroot and Jack-in-the-pulpit.
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Directions:
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TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Blue Cast Springs Nature Preserve
21412 Bluecast Road, Woodburn, IN 46797
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Woodburn take 46748
SR 101 (Fahlsing
Rd.)
Shrub /
1802 Chapman Road, Huntertown, Indiana Trails
Doty
Boundary Waterbody
Doehrman
Grassland
north
2.0 miles to old US 24 and turn
left (west).
24
Contours
Maumee CenterOld US
Waterway
Wetland
Travelwww.acreslandtrust.org
0.7 miles to theForest
curved intersection
5' Intervalof
Shrub
/ Continue west
old Indiana
US 24
and Bluecast
Rd.
1802 Chapman Road, Huntertown,
46748
Doty
Waterbody
Grassland
onto Bluecast Rd., leaving
old US 24, to the
Maumee Center
Waterway
preserve on the right.Wetland
Butt
State Road 101
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Directions:
left (west). Travel 0.7 mile to the curved intersection of old US 24 and Bluecast Rd. Continue west
onto Bluecast Rd., leaving old US 24, to the preserve on the right.
Roads
Parking Lot
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Blue Cast Springs protects over 3,000 feet of the
Maumee River bank and is the site of a natural spring
once thought to have healthful properties. Bluffs
30-feet high offer vistas of the Maumee River and
one of its islands. Native Americans likely used these
bluffs to overlook the river’s canoe traffic. A number
of ravines running through the upland forest feed into
the river.
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From Woodburn take SR 101 (Fahlsing Rd.) north 2.0 miles0to old US 24 and turn
left (west). Travel 0.7 mile to the curved intersection of old US 24 and Bluecast Rd. Continue west
onto
Bluecast
Rd.,
leaving
old US Rd.)
24, to north
the preserve
on theto
right.
From Woodburn take SR 101
(Fahlsing
2.0 miles
old US 24 and turn
Directions:
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Cypress Meadow Nature Preserve
14502 Zubrick Road, Roanoke, IN 46783
Zubrick Rd
Cypress Meadow
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14502 Zubrick Road, Roanoke, IN 46783
Zubrick Rd
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County Line
Property
Trails
Shrub /Boundary
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
Indiana
46748N (Lafayette
From
Roanoke
take
900
Grassland
Center Rd.) east, crossing
3.55'Contours
miles
Forest US 24, Wetland
Interval
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Lafayette Center
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Forest
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DIRECTIONS:
Vine
County Line
Directions: From Roanoke take 900 N (Lafayette Center Rd.) east, crossing US 24, 3.5 miles
to Zubrick Rd. and turn right (south). Travel 1.0 mile to the preserve on the right.
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to Zubrick Rd. and turn
right
(south).
Shrub
/
Waterbody
Travel 1.0 miles to theGrassland
preserve on the
right.
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Hamilton Rd
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Hamilton Rd
Hamilton Rd
805
Cypress trees stand on low land surrounding
the water of a pond. There are also willow and
cottonwood trees. Northern white oak, ash and black
walnut have been planted in the land around the
pond. The varied habitat provides for a variety of
wildflowers and birds.
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Hamilton Rd
Zubrick Rd
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Chapman Rd
Tom and Jane Dustin, Robert C. and Rosella C. Johnson
and Whitehurst Nature Preserves
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TRAIL DIFFICULTY
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855
Tom
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Jane Dustin Nature Preserve / ACRES Office
Johnson
NP
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ChapmanRoad,
Road, Huntertown,
IN 46748
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Huntertown,
IN 46748
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Dustin NP
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Hollopeter
Auburn
Bicentennial
Woods NP
Griffin
West
Shoaff
Waterbody
Waterway
Little SCedar
hoaff Creek NP
Griffin
Property
Trails
From
Huntertown
old SR 3 (Lima
Shrub / Rd.)
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,take
Indiana
46748
Boundary
Grassland
north 1.0 miles to Shoaff Rd. and turn
Contours Wetland
Forest
5' Interval
right (east). Travel 2.25 miles, crossing
Shrub
/ turn left (north).
Indiana
SR 3,
to 46748
Coldwater Rd.
and
Waterbody
Grassland
Immediately turn right (east) onto Chapman
Waterway
Wetland
Rd. and travel 0.75 miles to the preserves
on the right.
Little Cedar
Creek NP Line
County
Bicentennial
Woods NP
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Parking Lot
Forest
Property
Boundary
West
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Dunton
Roads
Parking Lot
1,200
County Line
Griffin
DIRECTIONS:
Trails
800
Fitch
Auburn
Rd. and turn right (east). Travel 2.25 miles, crossing SR 3, to Coldwater Rd. and turn left (north).
Immediately
turnState
right (east)
onto Chapman
Rd.Rd.)
and travel
theShoaff
preserve on the right.
Huntertown
take old
Highway
3 (Lima
north0.75
1.0mile
miletoto
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1,200
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800
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Directions: From
Immediately turn right (east) onto Chapman Rd. and travel 0.75 mile to the preserve
on the right.
Roads
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Kell
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Kell
The ACRES office is located in this preserve.
Built of cedar and stone on a bluff high
over Cedar Creek, the office was originally
the home of Tom and Jane Dustin, two of the
founding members of the organization. Trails
wind through meadows and woodlands, one leading
to a wetland filled in springtime with horned bladderwort
and the call of spring peepers. Another trail climbs a
steep hill along the preserve’s southern boundary formed
by Cedar Creek, one of only three designated Indiana
Natural, Scenic and Recreational Rivers.
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Glacier R
idge Rd
Dunton
Glacier R
idge Rd
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ACREAGE: 88.3 | YEAR ACQUIRED: 1991, 2004, 2005
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Hollopeter
Vandolah NP
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Fogwell Forest Nature Preserve
9630 Whippoorwill Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46809
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Fort Wayne (I-69Trails
exit 299) take
Shrub /Boundary
Grassland
Airport
Expressway east 0.25 miles
and
Contours Forest
Wetland
5' Interval
turn left
(north) onto Lower
Huntington
Rd.
Shrub /
Indiana
46748
Travel
1.3
miles to Whippoorwill
Dr. and
Waterbody
Grassland
turn right (south). The preserve is at the end
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DIRECTIONS:
Trails
4
2
US
From
24
left (north) onto Lower Huntington Rd. Travel 1.3 miles to Whippoorwill Dr. and turn right (south)
US
to the preserve at the end of Whippoorwill Dr.
Parking Lot
Roads
P
Feet
1,350
900
Smith
450
From Fort Wayne (I-69 exit 299) take Airport Expressway east 0.25 mile and turn
left (north) onto Lower Huntington Rd. Travel 1.3 miles to Whippoorwill Dr. and turn right (south)
to the preserve
at the299)
end of
Whippoorwill
Dr.
Fort Wayne
(I-69 exit
take
Airport Expressway
east 0.25 mile and turn
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Directions:
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Coverdale
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ACREAGE: 61.5 | YEAR ACQUIRED: 1976, 2002
Fogwell Forest is in a lowland area
southwest of Fort Wayne. It's a bit of
old-growth forest, with giant oak and beech
trees. In the shade beneath the giants are
flowering dogwood and pawpaw and an
impressive display of wildflowers in spring.
The preserve is the year-round home of squirrels,
raccoons and great horned owls.
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Fox Fire Woods
TRAIL
LENGTH ~ 0.5 MILES
35
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ALLEN
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Fox Fire Woods Nature Preserve
17868 Hull Road, Leo, IN 46765
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Leo, IN 46765
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Garman
Property
Boundary
Garman
From Leo at SR 1 and Hosler Rd.,Forest
go west on
Property
Hosler
Rd. 0.4 miles toTrails
Amstutz Rd.
turn
Shruband
/
Boundary
Schlatter
Waterbody
Grassland
Hollopeter
right
(north). Travel 1.0 miles to Schlatter
Rd.
Contours
Forest
Waterway
Wetland
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Hosle
5' Interval
and turn
left (west). Travel 0.5 miles to
Shrub /(north). Travel
Indiana Rd.
46748 and turn right
Schlatter
Painter
Waterbody
Grassland
0.5 miles to Hollopeter Rd. and turn left (west).
Waterway
Wetland
Hosler
Travel 0.5 miles to Hull Rd. and turn right
(north). Travel 0.5 miles to the preserve
on the right.
Painter
Viberg
Viberg
Hollopeter
11.28.2012
11.28.2012
1,200
Hull
Trails
800
N County Line
Directions:
DIRECTIONS:
Feet
1,200
Feet
800
S
400
and turn right
Rd. and turn right (north). Travel 0.5 mile to Hollopeter Rd. and turn left (west). Travel 0.5 mile to
Roads
Parking Lot
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Hull Rd. and turn right (north). Travel 0.5 mile to the preserve on the right.
Honeybees
24
400
Directions: From Leo at SR 1 and Hosler Rd. go east on Hosler Rd. 0.4 mile to Amstutz Rd.
and turn right (north). Travel 1.0 mile to Schlatter Rd. and turn left (west). Travel 0.5 mile to Painter
turn Hosler
right (north).
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to Hollopeter
Rd.mile
and turn
left (west).Rd.
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From Leo at Rd.
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Rd. Travel
go east
Hosler
Rd. 0.4
to Amstutz
Hullmile
Rd. and
turn right (north).
Travel
0.5left
mile(west).
to the preserve
themile
right.to Painter
(north). Travel 1.0
to Schlatter
Rd. and
turn
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Fox Fire Woods is high, well-drained land producing
a woodland where the dominant trees are oak and
hickory. Along the west side are wild plum and
hawthorn trees. The Fox Fire name is from a fungus
that grows on decaying vegetation on the woodland
floor and glows eerily in the dark.
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Herman F. Hammer Wald Nature Preserve
ALLEN
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Herman F. Hammer Wald Nature Preserve
16905 Rupert Road, Grabill, IN 46741
16905 Rupert Road, Grabill,
IN 46741
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Grabill take Grabill
2.6Property
/ miles
Boundary
Grassland
to Spencerville Rd. and turn left (north).
Contours Forest
5' Interval
Travelwww.acreslandtrust.org
2.1 miles to Hurshtown Rd.Wetland
and
turn
/ to Rupert Rd.
Indiana
46748 Travel 1.2Shrub
right
(east).
miles
Waterbody
Grassland
and turn left (north). Travel 0.3 miles to the
Waterway
Wetland
preserve on the left.
Hurshtown
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Forest
Property
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Trails
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Parking Lot
11.28.2012
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Directions: From
Travel 2.0 miles to Hurshtown Rd. and turn right (east). Travel 3.0 miles to Rupert Rd. and turn
left (north). Travel 0.3 mile to the preserve on the left.
Roads
P
Hammer Wald is in various stages of forest
succession. There’s a field that was cultivated and now
has scattered ash, red maple, hawthorn, basswood,
elm, black walnut and hop hornbeam — trees of early
succession. There’s a mature forest of beech, hickory,
sugar maple, tulip, cherry and oak trees. The variety
of trees and stages of tree growth are matched by the
variety of birds and wildflowers.
Feet
1,200
Feet
800
Rupert
Directions: From Grabill take Grabill Rd. east 1.3 miles to Cuba Rd. and turn left (north).
Travel 2.0 miles to Hurshtown Rd. and turn right (east). Travel 3.0 miles to Rupert Rd. and turn
(north).
Travel
0.3east
mile 1.3
to the
preserve
on the left.
Grabillleft
take
Grabill
Rd.
miles
to Cuba
Rd. and turn left (north).
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ALLEN
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
84
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Little Cedar Creek Wildlife Sanctuary
Fitch Rd18925 Sunlight Lane, Huntertown, IN 46748
18925 Sunlight Lane, Huntertown, IN 46748
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Woods NP
Woods NP
CR 17 CR 17
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County Line
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From Huntertown take
old SR 3 (Lima
Rd.)
Trails
Shrub Boundary
/
(260) 637-ACRE
--- [email protected]
north
1.0 miles
to Shoaff Rd. andGrassland
turn right
Contours Forest
(east).www.acreslandtrust.org
Travel 2.25 miles,
crossing Wetland
SR 5'3,Interval
to
Coldwater
left
Shrub
/ (north). Travel
Indiana 46748Rd. and turn
Waterbody
0.7 miles to Fitch Rd. Grassland
and turn left (west).
Wetland Lane andWaterway
Travel 0.5 miles to Sunlight
turn
left (south). The preserve is at the end of
Sunlight Lane.
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Directions:
Rd. and turn
Travel 0.7 mile to Fitch Rd. and turn left (west). Travel 0.5 mile to Sunlight Lane and turn left
Roads
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(south). Preserve is at the end of Sunlight Lane.
DIRECTIONS:
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840
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Travel 0.7
mile
to State
Fitch Rd.
and turn 3
left(Lima
(west).Rd.)
Travelnorth
0.5 mile
Sunlight
Lane and turn left
From Huntertown
take
old
Highway
1.0tomile
to Shoaff
(south).
is at the end
of 3,
Sunlight
Lane.
right (east). Travel
2.25 Preserve
miles, crossing
SR
to Coldwater
Rd. and turn left (north).
This is a floodplain forest where the drainage
divides among the Eel, Wabash, St. Joseph
and Maumee Rivers. There are wet areas,
except during periods of drought, and old
stream meanders. Jack-in-the-pulpit and ferns
are common, and an unusual wildflower growing
here is green dragon.
28
810
840
840
840
Johnson NP Chapman
Dustin NP
Whitehurst NP
Johnson NP Chapman
Cedar Canyons
Dustin NP
Whitehurst NP
Cedar Canyons
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Little Wabash River Nature Preserve
ALLEN
Little Wabash River Nature Preserve
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13310 Ernst Road, Roanoke, IN 46783
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785
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January 31 due to permitted hunting.
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Wetland
11.28.2012
Redding
Powell
Zubrick
Forest
Property
From Roanoke take 900
Center
TrailsN (Lafayette
Shrub Boundary
/
Grassland
(260)east,
637-ACREcrossing
Rd.)
US 24, 2.7 miles
to
AboiteWaterbody
Contours Forest
Waterway 1
Wetland
Rd. and
turn left (north). Travel 2.25 5'miles
Interval
10
0
Shrub
/
to
Ernst
Rd.
and
turn
right
(east).
Travel
Waterbody
Grassland
0.25 miles to the preserve on the left.
Aboite
Parking Lot
County Line
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DIRECTIONS:
Redding
US Highway 24
dy
to Aboite Rd.
mile to the preserve on the left. The preserve is closed each winter from November 1 through
Roads
P
Aboite
Directions:
The Little Wabash River Nature Preserve is a place
of trees. The land donor constructed a pond and
planted cedar, cottonwood and willow trees around
it. River birch grow along the trail, as well as
scattered northern white oak and red maple on the
higher ground. Interspersed are spruce, basswood,
hickory, beech, elm, tulip, black cherry, sweetgum,
dogwood, sumac and bald cypress — some growing
adventitiously from planted specimens.
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US Highway 24
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to Aboite Rd. and turn left (north). Travel 2.25 miles to Ernst Rd. and turn right (east). Travel 0.25
miletake
to the900
preserve
on the left. Center
The preserve
closed
each winter
From Roanoke
N (Lafayette
Rd.) iseast,
crossing
USfrom
24, November
2.7 miles1 through
January
31 due2.25
to permitted
hunting.
and turn left (north).
Travel
miles to
Ernst Rd. and turn right (east). Travel 0.25
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Maumee River Overlook
20605 E. (old) US 24, Woodburn, IN 46797
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Travel 0.3 miles to theShrub
preserve
on the right,
/
Waterbody
Grassland
just past the cemetery.
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Forest
Property
/ north
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
Indiana 46748
From
Woodburn
take
Bull RapidsShrub
Rd.Boundary
Grassland
Contours 2.0 miles to old US 24Forest
and turn left
(west).
Wetland
5' Interval
Trails
Ehle
Property
Boundary
11.28.2012
Parking Lot
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Butt
DIRECTIONS:
Roads
800
Ward
Brush College
Directions: From Woodburn take Bull Rapids Rd. north 2.0 miles to old US 24 and turn left
(west). Travel 0.3 mile to the preserve on the right just past the cemetery.
Roads
P
Feet
1,200
Feet
800
400
Directions: From Woodburn take Bull Rapids Rd. north 2.0 miles to old US 24 and turn left
(west). Travel 0.3 mile to the preserve on the right just past the cemetery.
Black Swallowtail Caterpillar
32
400
Brush College
The Maumee River Overlook is a high forested
embankment overlooking the Maumee River.
A water-powered sawmill was once located nearby
on an outcrop of rocks in the river. Lumber from
the mill was used in the Wabash & Erie Canal,
which ran along the south border of the preserve.
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TRAIL DIFFICULTY
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McNabb-Walter Nature Preserve
5
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McNabb-Walter Nature Preserve
16138 Davis Road, Spencerville, IN 46788
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N County Line Rd
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Property
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From
Spencerville take
SR 1 south
0.1
Shrub
/ miles
Boundary
Grassland
to Mill St. (CR 68) and turn left (east).Contours
Travel
Forest
5' Interval
0.5 miles
to CR 57 and turn right Wetland
(south).
Shrub /
Indiana
46748
Travel
1.0
miles to Davis
Rd. and turnWaterbody
right
Grassland
(west). Travel 1.3 miles to the preserve on
Waterway
Wetland
the left.
CR 68
Spencerville
N -County Line
Contours
12.02.2012
Trails
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2,100
CR 68
Spencerville
N County Line
McNabb
Roads
CR 68
Parking Lot
Feet
2,100
Feet
1,400
CR 68
eR
Directions: From
(east). Travel 0.5 mile to CR 57 and turn right (south). Travel 1.0 mile to Davis Rd. and turn right
(west). Travel 1.3 miles to the preserve on the left.
Roads
P
700
815
1,400
Cuba
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N0
Directions: From Spencerville take SR 1 south 0.10 mile to Mill St. (CR 68) and turn left
(east). Travel 0.5 mile to CR 57 and turn right (south). Travel 1.0 mile to Davis Rd. and turn right
(west). Travel
1.3 miles
to the
preserve
left.St. (CR 68) and turn left
Spencerville
take SR
1 south
0.10
mileontothe
Mill
DIRECTIONS:
810
815
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810
810
810
815
This preserve protects a picturesque high
south bank of the St. Joseph River, ravines
of Davis Fisher Creek and an old-growth
maple woods where a maple sugar camp
operated for many years. There are still
remnants of the sugar camp. The woods have
sugar maple, tulip, red and white oak, beech, ash
and sycamore. Spring brings a carpet of wildflowers
beneath the trees — spring beauty, large-flowered
trillium, cut-leafed toothwort and many more.
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Hammer
Wald NP
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TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Forest Grove Dr
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Bohde Trl
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810
800
80
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05.30.2013
New York Ironweed
Wetland
Trier
Trier
E State
Goeglein
Property
From
Fort Wayne at theTrails
I-69/I-469 interchange,
EC
Shrub Boundary
/
olis
Waterbody
eum
Grassland
take
I-469 east to Maplecrest Rd. (exit
29B) Contours
horn Vance
Stell
Waterway
Forest
Wetland
and turn right (south). Travel 2.5 miles 5'toInterval
SR 37
EC
Shrub
/
Indiana 46748
(Stellhorn
Rd.) and turn
right
(west). Travel
olis
Waterbody
eum
Grassland
0.3 miles to the preserve on the right.
Vance
Goeglein
Hazlett
Lahmeyer
Lahmeyer
Property
Forest
St Joe Center
Maplecrest
Trails
P
800
Maplecrest
Roads
Eva
rd
Parking Lot
Reed
DIRECTIONS:
Eva
rd
Reed
Directions: From
(exit 29B) and turn right (south). Travel 2.5 miles to SR 37 (Stellhorn Rd.) and turn right (west).
Travel 0.3 miles to the preserve on the right.
Roads
P
Feet
tion
Planta1,200
Feet
1,200n
Plantatio
800
Hazlett
Directions: From Fort Wayne at the I-69/ I-469 interchange take I-469 east to Maplecrest Rd.
(exit 29B) and turn right (south). Travel 2.5 miles to SR 37 (Stellhorn Rd.) and turn right (west).
Travel at
0.3the
miles
to theI-469
preserve
on the right.take I-469 east to Maplecrest Rd.
Fort Wayne
I-69/
interchange
Bullerman Ditch
805
810
805
810
mucker Dr
hess Ln
DutcSch
815
Eicher Dr
810
815
Dutchess Ln
Leeds Ln
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At this reserve, you will see three stages
of forest succession. First, there is an open
meadow with stands of hawthorn and gray
dogwood. Then, there are early-stage woods
of elm, shagbark hickory and maple, plus a
mature forest of sugar maple, beech, oak and
shagbark and shellbark hickory. Finally, there is
a beech/maple forest. The three habitats and
their variety of trees also mean a variety of birds
and wildflowers.
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Pheasant
805
Scepter Ct
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Christian Ave
Upton
Groveland Dr
Manchester Dr
Royal Dr
Schmucker Dr
805
Leeds Ln
Butterfield Dr
Midwood Dr
London Ln London Ln
810
Royal Dr
Eicher Dr
Mamie Dr
Schmucker Dr
810
Eicher Dr
Mamie Dr
Woodlea Ave
Christian Ave
Ct
80
5
5895 Stellhorn Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46815
5895 Stellhorn Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46815
Glenridge Dr
Scepter Ct
nd Dr
GrovelaALLEN
Mengerson Nature Reserve
Woodlea Ave
Upton
Run
Forest Grove Dr
Mengerson Nature Reserve
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Vandolah Nature Preserve
16151 Tother Road, Leo, IN 46765
810
835
Griffin Rd
ALLEN
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Vandolah Rd
5
83
835
840
850
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810
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Griffin Rd
850
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16151 Tother Road, Leo, IN 46765
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Vandolah Nature Preserve
5
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Directions: From Leo at SR 1 and Hosler Rd. go east on Hosler Rd. 0.4 mile to Amstutz Rd.
Johnson NP
Chapman
and turn right (north). Travel 1.0 mile to Schlatter Rd. and turn left (west). Travel 3.0 miles to SR
Rd.). Continue
west
on on
Vandolah
Rd.Rd.
0.8 0.4
milemile
to Tother
Rd. and turn
From Leo at427
SR(Tonkel
1 and Hosler
Rd. go
east
Hosler
to Amstutz
Rd.left (south).
Dustin NP
Johnson NP
Chapman
Preserve
is
at
the
end
of
Tother
Rd.
Whitehurst NP
(north). Travel 1.0 mile to Schlatter Rd. and turn left (west). Travel 3.0 miles to SR
800
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From Leo at SR 1 and Trails
Hosler Rd.,Shrub
goProperty
west on
/
Boundary
Grassland
(260) 637-ACRE
Hosler
Rd. 0.4
miles to Amstutz Rd.
and turn Waterbody
Contours GumpPion
Wetland
right (north).
Travel 1.0Forest
miles to Schlatter
Rd. Waterway
5' Interval
Shrub / 3.0 miles to SR 427
andIndiana
turn46748
left (west). Travel
Waterbody
(Tonkel Rd.). ContinueGrassland
west on Vandolah Rd.
Pion
Waterway
0.8 miles to Tother Rd.Wetland
and turn left (south).
The preserve is at the end of Tother Rd.
rn
Forest
Coldwater
P
Whitehurst NP Cedar Canyons
Property
Boundary
Contours 5' Interval Cedar
800
Tonkel
Roads
Parking Lot
Dustin NP
Griffin
DIRECTIONS:
Trails
Griffin
and turn right
427 (Tonkel Rd.). Continue west on Vandolah Rd. 0.8 mile to Tother Rd. and turn left (south).
Roads
P
Preserve is at the end of Tother Rd.
Coldwater
Directions:
This preserve is nature adjacent to the
modern world in the form of Interstate 69,
and the sound of traffic is ever-present. Yet
the visitor who can ignore the traffic noise
can enjoy the view of Cedar Creek from a high
escarpment, as well as trails through old fields,
by a marsh and across ravines. Beneath the trees,
twinleaf, hepatica, Dutchman’s breeches, bloodroot
and rue anemone bloom in spring, and in the wetland,
wood ducks and great blue and green herons are
frequently seen.
Feet
1,200
Feet
800
Crawford
Schlatter
Hollopeter
Viberg
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Run
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Dutchman’s Breeches
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39
FULTON COUNTY
The north-central part of the county is a rolling morainic area dissected
by streams and tributaries of the Tippecanoe River. The southwest part
of the county consists of nearly level to strongly sloping areas, with numerous
small lakes and wetlands. The Tippecanoe River, flowing from east to west
across the county, is considered the “river of lakes” because it is fed by
88 natural lakes, swamps, streams and springs. These water sources
provide a continuous flow of clean, fresh water.
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41
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770
FULTON
750
Ruth Kern Woodland Preserve
76
5
76
0
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Ruth Kern Woodland Preserve
W 450 N
3681 W. 450 N, Rochester, IN 46975
780
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76
0
750
76
5
0
76
3681 W. 450 N, Rochester, IN 46975
770
5
74
755
W 450 N
735
P
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5
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755
735
755
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745
745
N 375 W
755
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745
N 375 W
745
750
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750
735
745
5
73
735
735
5
73
735
745
750
35
0
W
W
500
Preserve is closed from October 15 through
Red-tailed Hawk
N 500 W
01.16.2013
450 N and turn left (west).
Travel 4.4 miles,
Shrub /
Grassland
crossing over US 31, to
the preserve Waterbody
on
the
left.
Waterway
Wetland
W 500 N
W 450
W
500NN
W 450 N
Olson
Olson
N 200 W
N 375 W
N 375 W
Contours -
N 400 W
Forest
5' Interval
Property
/ 31
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
From
Rochester
atIndiana
SR 46748
14 and oldShrub
USBoundary
Waterbody
Grassland
Contoursto
(Main St.), take old USForest
31 north 4.0
miles
Waterway
Wetland
5' Interval
Trails
1,500
N 200 W
Property
Parking Lot Boundary W 475 N
N 500 W
Trails
P
W 475 N
01.16.2013
DIRECTIONS:
Roads
N 425 W
Directions: From Rochester at SR 14 and old US 31 (Main St.) take old US 31 north 4.0 miles
to 450 N and turn left (west). Travel 4.4 miles, crossing over US 31, to the preserve on the left.
Parking Lot
Roads
P
1,000
N 325 W
500
to 450 N and turn left (west). Travel 4.4 miles, crossing over US 31, to the preserve on the left.
The Ruth Kern Woodland Preserve is another
property of varied habitat, with the Tippecanoe
River flowing on its southern boundary. There is
an older-growth bottom-land forest, an upland
secondary-growth forest, a former Christmas tree
farm and approximately five acres of wetlands. The
forested areas include hardwoods and pines. In the
Tippecanoe River are several endangered species,
including two species of mussels and four species
of fish.
Feet
1,500
Feet
1,000
N 325 W
N0
Directions: From Rochester at SR 14 and old US 31 (Main St.) take old US 31 north 4.0 miles
N 300 W
N0
740
W 375 N
W 375 N
N 300 W
0
N
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43
HUNTINGTON
COUNTY
The Wabash River, Little River, Salamonie River and their tributaries all flow
through the county. The Little River drains into the Wabash River in Huntington
at the Historic Forks of the Wabash. The topography along these rivers is strongly
sloping to very steep, providing excellent opportunities to view exposed bedrock,
ancient reef remnants and unique plant habitats typically associated with the
limestone bluffs of southern Indiana landscapes.
44
45
810
780
Pehkokia Woods
805
Hauenstein Rd
Pehkokia Woods Nature Preserve
790
78
5
HUNTINGTON
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
1570 Flaxmill Road, Huntington, IN 46750
1570 Flaxmill Road, Huntington, IN 46750
805
815
Hauenstein Rd
81
0
790
800
5
79
805
780
0
81
815
78
5
770
810
805
780
81
0
800
770
5
79
780
0
81
805
815
805
815
790
815
790
815
815
815
805
805
810
810
820 820
Flaxmill Rd
W 200 N
Fruit St
Fruit St
1st St 1st St
Henry St
State
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State R
Property
From
Huntington at the
intersection
of
US 24
Trails
Shrub /Boundary
Grassland Rd.
(260)SR
637-ACRE
and
5, go
west 1.0 miles to Flaxmill
Contours Wetland
5' Interval
(400 N)
and turn rightForest
(west). Immediately
Shrub
takeIndiana
the46748
first left to stay
on/ Flaxmill Rd.
and
Waterbody
Grassland
travel 0.4 miles to the preserve on the right.
Hwy 24
4
2Huntington
wy
E
wy
Parking Lot
Forest
Flaxmill Rd
River Rd
4
22
P
Property
Boundary
US
w
H
US
Roads
Flaxmill Rd
US Hwy 24
Parking Lot
wy
DIRECTIONS:
Trails
Hauenstein Rd
1,200
4
y2
H
US
Directions: From
Flaxmill Rd. (400 N) and turn right (west). Immediately take the first left to stay on Flaxmill Rd.
and travel 0.4 mile to the preserve on the right.
Roads
P
d
State R
This preserve takes its name from the Miami
word for “peace.” A small pond near the entrance
mirrors surrounding trees and shrubs, giving you
a feeling of peace just before you enter the forested
area. Rolling upland woods are dominated by oak
and hickory trees, with some maple, beech and black
cherry. This upland forest is dissected by a number
of 20-foot-deep ravines brought about by natural
erosion. The mixture of wide and narrow trails makes
this preserve a pleasure to hike.
800 Rd
Hauenstein
Engle St
400
Directions: From Huntington at the intersection of US 24 and SR 5 go west 1.0 mile to
Flaxmill Rd. (400 N) and turn right (west). Immediately take the first left to stay on Flaxmill Rd.
and travel
0.4 mile
to the preserve
on the
Huntington
at the
intersection
of US
24 right.
and SR 5 go west 1.0 mile to
Feet
1,200
Feet
800
Av
e
400
US
H
N0
N0
US
H
Flaxmill Rd
46
P
Engle St
P
Tel-Hy NP
47
710
72
0
770
750
Tel-Hy
HUNTINGTON
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Tel-Hy Nature Preserve
785
78
0
72
0
750
75
0
78
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75
0
735
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Rd
800
75
5
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785
730
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725
710
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71
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Rd
770
0
75
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77
1429 N. 300 W, Huntington, IN 46750
1429 N. 300 W, Huntington, IN 46750
735
0
71
775
710
0
79
760
800
5
80
760
815
N
30
0
W
81
0
800
770
81
0
0
72
800
770
790
71
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810
W
5
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0
810
30
71
0
5
80
5
76
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815
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0
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780
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780
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810
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State St
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Taylor St
22
4
5
NE
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Engle St
US
24
US
24
N 500 W
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NE
US
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State R
N 500 W
Grant St
State St
Sabine St
5
05.28.2013
W 200 N
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1,200
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State R
lia
Wil
oad 9
Celandine Poppy
oad 9
Shrub /
turn right (south). Travel
0.25 miles toWaterbody
300 W
Grassland
and turn left (south). Travel 0.35 miles to the
Waterway
Wetland
Waterbody
Waterway
State R
Property
Trails
From
Huntington
US
24 and SRShrub
9,/Boundary
take
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,at
Indiana
46748
Grassland
SR 9 south 1.3 miles to 200 N and turn
left Contours
Forest
Wetland
Interval
(east).www.acreslandtrust.org
Travel 1.25 miles to Etna Ave. 5'and
24
24
Parking Lot
Forest
24
P
2
US
Roads
l
Wil
Dr
Park Grant
St St
State R
DIRECTIONS:
Property
US
Boundary
Feet
1,200
Feet
Sabine St
1st St
2
US
800
Flaxmill Rd
Pehkokia NP
Huntington
Directions: From
Flaxmill Rd k Dr
left (east). Travel 1.25 miles to Etna Ave. and turn right (south). Travel 0.25 mile to 300 W and turn
Pehkokia NP US
24
Par
St
left (south). Travel 0.35 mile to the preserve on the left.
Roads
Parking Lot
P
Huntington
iam
Trails
80 8
0 0
800
400
Directions: From Huntington at US 24 and SR 9 take SR 9 south 1.3 miles to 200 N and turn
left (east). Travel 1.25 miles to Etna Ave. and turn right (south). Travel 0.25 mile to 300 W and turn
left (south).
Travel
0.35 SR
mile9totake
the preserve
on the 1.3
left. miles to 200 N and turn
Huntington
at US
24 and
SR 9 south
In Hebrew, Tel means “high” and Hy means “life,”
and the names, individually or together, are
appropriate. From a bluff high above, visitors have a
splendid view of the winding Wabash River. There is
life along the river and on the land above — beech and
maple trees, sycamores and willows, and a variety
of birds and wildflowers, including wood ducks on
the river; scarlet tanagers and wood thrushes in the
trees; and wild ginger, celandine poppy and
rue anemone blooming in season on the ground.
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49
JAY COUNTY
The county is characterized by a nearly level glacial till plain between
three concentric moraines with gentle to moderately sloping relief.
The northern region is drained by two branches of the Loblolly Creek and
a small stretch of the Wabash River. This area is a glacial outwash valley
known as Magic Valley, which extends through the Salamonie Moraine.
The central and southern portions are drained by the Salamonie River and
its tributaries, flowing from southeast to northwest, ultimately discharging
into the Wabash River. The northern portion of the county was once part of
the Limberlost Swamp, which also extended into Adams County.
50
51
975
965
Bibler Nature Preserve
9
75
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Bibler Nature Preserve
5504 S. 400 E, Portland, IN 47371
970
5504 S. 400 E, Portland, IN 47371
960
98
0
975
965
JAY
980
975
965
975
Little Salamonie River
970
980
980
5
96
970
960
98
0
975
965
975
Little Salamonie River
975
970
970
980
5
96
P
975
975
970
P
400 E
98
0
980
98
0
S 400 ES
980
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985
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985
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500
S 550 ES 550 E
S 475 E
S 400 E
S 475 E
S 500 E
S 300 E
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E 600 S
E 700 S
S 500 E
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Trails
From
Portland
at US
27
and MainShrub
St.,/Boundary
take Waterbody
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
Indiana
46748
E 650 S
Grassland
US 27 south 3.5 miles to 400 S and turn
left- Waterway
Contours
S
575
E
Wetland
Forest
5' Interval
(east). Travel 4.0 miles to 400 E and turn
right
Shrub /
Waterbody
(south). Travel 1.5 miles
to the preserve
on
E 650 S
Grassland
the right.
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eat
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E 600 S
S 400 E
Property
E 500 S
E 500 S
und
Forest
Parking Lot
E 400 S
S 400 E
Trails
P
Property
BoundaryAntioch
Bo
DIRECTIONS:
Roads
Antioch
Parking Lot
S 200 E
Directions: From
turn left (east). Travel 4.0 miles to 400 E and turn right (south). Travel 1.5 miles to the preserve
Roads
P
on the right.
Feet
1,500
1,000
E 400 S
S 400 E
500
From Portland at US 27 and Main St. take US 27 south 3.5 miles to 400 S and
turn left (east). Travel 4.0 miles to 400 E and turn right (south). Travel 1.5 miles to the preserve
on the
right.27 and Main St. take US 27 south 3.5 miles to 400 S and
Portland
at US
Feet
1,500
1,000
S 300 E
N0
Directions:
N0
S 300 E
S 300 E
995
Once part of a homestead called Spring Brook Farm,
this preserve has abandoned farm fields, as well as
grasslands and second-growth woods of oak, hickory
and maple. Rocky streams form the north and west
boundaries. Louis A. Bibler grew up here and wrote
Back Home Again, the story of his childhood at
Spring Brook. Where he once played, visitors may
see birds of field and forest, and wildflowers such
as twinleaf and false Solomon’s seal.
99
0
995
98
5
98
5
995
99
0
E 700 S
False Solomon’s Seal
52
53
1
10
5
Madison Township School Nature Preserve
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
5
101
Madison Township School Nature Preserve
JAY
6076 S. 700 E, Portland, IN 47371
5
0
10
6076 S. 700 E, Portland, IN 47371
15
10
1
10
0
2
10
10
2
1
10
10
1
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10
10
0
0
0
2
10
10
2
E 600 S
P
McLaughlin Ditch
10
1
0
10
2
0
P
S 700 E
5
1
10
5
10
1
10
2
0
S 700 E
McLaughlin Ditch
0
0
5
101
10
10
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0
10
5
10
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5
1
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5
101
5
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E 600 S
E 600 S
E 700 S
State LineState Line
S 750 E
S 650 E
1,200
E 550 S
E 700 S
Feet
1,200
Feet
S 800 E
Trails
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
Indiana
46748
From
Portland
at US
27
and MainShrub
St.,/Boundary
take Waterbody
Grassland
Contours
US 27 south 0.1 miles Forest
to SR 26 (Water
St.) Wetland
5' Interval Waterway
and turn left (east). Travel
7.0
miles
to
700
E
Shrub /
Waterbody
and turn right (south).Grassland
Travel 5.6 miles
to the
preserve on the right,Wetland
just past 600 S.Waterway
E 500 S
S 700 E
Property
E 500 S
S 700 E
Forest
Property
S 600 E
Trails
P
S 500 E
DIRECTIONS:
Roads
Parking Lot
800
S 550 E
Directions: From
(Water St.) and turn left (east). Travel 7.0 miles to 700 E and turn right (south). Travel 5.6 mile
Roads
P
to the preserve on the right, just past 600 S.
400
5
2
10
800
E
Directions: From Portland at US 27 and Main St. take US 27 south 0.1 miles to SR 26
(Water St.) and turn left (east). Travel 7.0 miles to 700 E and turn right (south). Travel 5.6 mile
to the
right, St.
just take
past 600
Portland
at preserve
US 27 on
andtheMain
USS.27 south 0.1 miles to SR 26
400
S 600
E
S 650
N0
5
2
10
N0
S 500 E
1
10
02.26.2013
From 1854 to 1975, students attended school at this
site, first in a log cabin, then in a “modern” school
built in 1923. Today, a boulder with an inscription
commemorates the school, and sugar maple,
ash, hickory and oak trees grow where students
once played. There’s an understory of smaller
trees, shrubs and wildflowers. Slowly the trees are
maturing, and through natural succession, the other
vegetation is changing.
5
1
10
S 550 E
5
02.26.2013
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55
KOSCIUSKO
COUNTY
The terrain varies from nearly level till plains and old lakebeds in
the northwest to highly dissected moraines and alluvial bottom land in the
southeast. The county is drained by three major river basins: the northwest
part by the Illinois River, the north-central and northeast parts by the
St. Joseph River and the rest of the county by the Wabash River.
56
57
885
Bock Nature Preserve
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
KOSCIUSKO
870
Bock Nature Preserve
875
11630
S. SR 14, Akron, IN 46910
11630 S. SR 14, Akron, IN 46910
885
870
865
875
865
885
885
880
P
870
875
State Road 14
State Road 14
880
870
875
P
870
870
860
865
860
865
5
86
5
86
Black-eyed Susan
Waterway
SR 1
14
S 775 W S 775 W
S 880 W
S 750 W
W 1150 S
W 1175
S S
W 1250
S 1400 E
SR 1
14
S 750 W
S 750 W
S 850 W
S 925 W
N 1200 E
S 925 W
N 1200 E
W 1150 S
SR 14
W 1175 S
W 1200 S W 1275 S
S 890 W
SR 19
S 1075 E
05.31.2013
S 1075
E
Akron
SR 14
SR 14
W 1250 S
W 1275 S
S 750 W
Wetland
1,200
S 1400 E
Forest
05.31.2013
Parking Lot
E Division
E 50 N
Property
Trails
Shrub /Boundary
1802 Chapman
Road, take
Huntertown,
Indiana
46748east 0.5 miles
From
Akron
SR
114
to
Waterbody E Division
Grassland
Contours SR 14 (1000 W) and turn
left
(north).
Akron
Wetland
www.acreslandtrust.orgForest
SR 14
preserve
on
the
right.
/
Waterbody
Grassland
DIRECTIONS:
W 1200 S
S 880 W
P
E 50 N
0
87
S 925 W
SR 14
S 900SW
925 W
S 900 W
S 890 W
E 100 N
Property
Boundary
Trails
SR 19
Roads
E 100 N
Parking Lot
N 1075 E
Directions: From Akron take SR 114 east 0.5 mile to SR 14 (1000 W) and turn left (north).
Roads
P
800
SR 14
400
0 Feet
87
1,200
Feet
800
S 850 W
400
From Akron take SR 114 east 0.5 mile to SR 14 (1000 W) and turn left (north).
Sap was once harvested from the maples here and
boiled down into syrup. This beech/maple woods
also includes tulip, sycamore, black cherry and blue
ash — an unusual tree in the area. The grinding of
glaciers over the area left several depressions that are
now small ponds, the largest approximately an acre
and a half. Flowering trillium blooms abundantly
here in spring, and tall-grass prairie plants have been
established in a field.
58
N0
N0
SR 19
Directions:
870
SR 19
870
875
875
870
N 1075 E
0
86
0
86
870
59
85
5
835
Glennwood Nature Preserve
KOSCIUSKO
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
0
84
Glennwood Nature Preserve
7008 W. 650 N, Etna Green, IN 46524
0
84
7008 W. 650 N, Etna Green, IN 46524
85
5
835
850
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0
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0
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85
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850
855
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0
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84
0
850
845
845
850
840
845
840
840
0
85
840
855
Nodding Lady’s Tresses
Wetland
Waterway
01.23.2013
N 600 W
625 W
N 600 W
625N W
W 650 N
W 640 N
N 625 W
N 900 W
W 600 N
01.23.2013
Byrer
Trails
/Boundary
From
EtnaRoad,Green
US 30 eastShrub
3.75
miles Waterbody
1802 Chapman
Huntertown,take
Indiana 46748
Grassland
Contours
to 700 W and turn leftForest
(north). Travel 4.2
miles
Wetland
to its end at 650 N. The preserve is straight
Shrub /
W 600 N
ahead on the north side
of 650 N. Waterbody
Grassland
Summy
W 650 N
W 640 N
Summy
W 600 N
W 550 N
N 600 W
Property
N
N
Parking Lot
1,200
W 600 N
W 550 N
N 600 W
Forest
750800
NN
W
W W7700
50 N N
N 625 W
Trails
P
W
N 750 W
Roads
800
W 800 N
Byrer
DIRECTIONS:
Property
Boundary
Contours
W 700
5' Interval
400
N 700 W
Directions: From Etna Green take US 30 east 3.75 miles to 700 W and turn left (north). Travel
4.2 miles to its end at 650 N. The preserve is straight ahead on the north side of 650 N.
Roads
Parking Lot
P
Feet
1,200
Feet
800
N 500 W N 500 W
400
Directions: From Etna Green take US 30 east 3.75 miles to 700 W and turn left (north). Travel
4.2 miles to its end at 650 N. The preserve is straight ahead on the north side of 650 N.
Glennwood contains a circumneutral bog, one of
only 15 in Indiana. The bog once was a lake, but it is
now nearly filled with a springy mat of mosses, ferns
and sedges resting on a bed of peat. Poison sumac,
pin oak, willow and red maple surround the bog
area. In the forest around the bog grow Canadian
mayflower, shiny club moss and sarsaparilla,
as well as cinnamon, crested shield and royal ferns.
The preserve is noted for spectacular fall color.
W 650 N
N 700 W
N0
N0
N 750 W N 800 W
W 650 N
N 900 W
W 650 N
W 650 N
P
P
N 800 W
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855
85
0
85
0
0
85
61
915
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
KOSCIUSKO
90
0
Wildwood
8
State Road 14
905
880
900
Wildwood Nature Preserve
409 E. SR 14, Silver Lake, IN 46982
900
885
895
State Road 14
905
880
890
0
91
409 E. SR 14, Silver
Lake, IN 46982
90
0
915
89
0
890
0
91
880
895
890
900
5
90
905
P
900
885
905
905
895
900
900
County Farm Rd
County Farm Rd
900
885
905
0
89
900
89
5
905
910
895
0
89
895
891
95 0
0
89
895
895
89
5
0
89
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5
88
5
0
89
905
89
5
890
89
0
5
90
885
900
880
900
905
P
0
89
905
880
89
0
880
5
89
870
87
5
Shrub /
Grassland
Waterbody
Wetland
Waterway
Property
Boundary
Waterbody
Waterway
SR 14
SR 14
W 1200 S
W 1200 S
E 1200 S
S 200 ES 200 E
Packerton Packerton
Parking Lot
Property
Trails
Shrub /Boundary
From
Silver---Lake
take SR 14 east Grassland
3.4 miles
(260) 637-ACRE
[email protected]
Contours Wetland
to thewww.acreslandtrust.org
preserve on theForest
right.
5' Interval
E 1000 S
W 1050 S
S 100 E
P
Forest
DIRECTIONS:
W 1050 S
W 1000 S
Parking Lot
County Farm
Roads
Trails
P
S 100 W
Roads
S 100 E
From Silver Lake take SR 14 east 3.4 miles to the preserve on the right.
1,800
E 1000 S
S 100 W
Directions:
1,200
W 1000 S
Feet
0
891,800
Feet
1,200
600
From Silver Lake take SR 14 east 3.4 miles to the preserve on the right.
12.10.2012
This preserve has a small pond surrounded
by forest, vernal pools scattered beneath the
trees, a pine planting, numerous wetlands
and a prairie. There are oak and hickory
and many more species of trees as well as
numerous species of wildflowers. Various birds
can be seen at Wildwood, from wood ducks on the
pond, to several species of woodpeckers in the woods,
including red-headed and pileated.
600
County Farm
87
0
N0
87
0
Directions:
0
89
N0
12.10.2012
87
5
89
5
890
89
5
87
0
87
0
89
0
870
890
5
89
E 1200 S
Salamander Larvae
62
63
LAGRANGE
COUNTY
Although the terrain of the county is relatively level, the countryside is
comprised of numerous lakes, bogs and marshes. It is home to a rare geological
formation called The Knobs, a high ridge extending north of U.S. Highway 20
from the village of Plato. The largest natural feature in LaGrange County
is the Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife Area, encompassing more than
12,000 acres along a meandering 16-mile stretch of the Pigeon River.
64
65
5
92
910
0
90
Richard G. and Mary H. Culp Nature Preserve
875
TRAIL LENGTH
~ 0.5 MILES
0
90
LAGRANGE
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Richard and Mary Culp Nature Preserve
915 0020 N. 900 W, Shipshewana, IN 46565
0.1 miles south of
880
940
880
960
5
92
910
N 900 W
0
90
875
0
90
900
960
880
940
940
88
5
880
0
89
0
90
N 900 W
915
P
900
950
920
0
89
905
895
0
90
890
940
5
93
5
87
88
5
0
92
P
905
950
920
895
890
0
92
880
5
93
910
5
87
0
94
880
910
0
89
0
94
0
89
925
900
890
900
925
87
0
890
900
0
88
88
0
88
0
0
91
0
92
800
W 100 S
S 700 W S 700 W
N 675 W
N 675 W
N 850 W
W 050 N
W 050 N
S 725 W
W 050 S
W 050 S
S 725 W
W 100 S
1,200
State Road 5
S 1000 W
W 050 N
S 900 W
S 1100 W
S 1075 W
Travel 1.0 miles to the Shrub
preserve
on the left.
/
Waterbody
Parking area is 0.1 miles
south of
Grassland
0020
N.
900
W,
Shipshewana,
IN
46565.
Waterway
Wetland
12.13.2012
Property
Trails
Shrub
/Boundary
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
46748 and SR 9,
From
LaGrange
at Indiana
US 20
take
US 20Waterbody
Grassland
west 9.75 miles to 900Forest
W and turnWetland
leftContours
(south).
S 1100 W
Parking Lot
Forest
S 1075 W
P
S 1000 W
Roads
W 050 N
Property
Boundary
12.13.2012
DIRECTIONS:
Trails
S 850 W
US Hwy 20
From LaGrange at US 20 and SR 9 take US 20 west 9.75 miles to 900 W and turn
Roads
Parking Lot
P
US Hwy 20
N 850 W
800
N 925 W
400
From LaGrange at US 20 and SR 9 take US 20 west 9.75 miles to 900 W and turn
Feet
1,200
Feet
W
S 850 Road
5
State
400
S 900 W
N0
0
92
N0
N 925 W
890
890
Directions:
90
08
89
870
Directions:
This is a woodland noted for its varied topography
and great variety of wildflowers. Visitors may
see blossoms of puttyroot, blue cohosh, creeping
euonymous or heart’s-a-busting, sharp-lobed
hepatica, wild ginger, Jack-in-the-pulpit and
wild leeks. There are also sensitive fern and
at least five varieties of sedge.
0
91
5
91
900
S 900 W
S 900 W
0
88
870
5
91
87
0
Blue Cohosh
66
67
Rd
Hurle
Fawn River Nature Preserve
920
92
5
LAGRANGE
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Fawn River Nature Preserve
920
915
0
91
just west of 10100 E. 800 N, Orland, IN 46776
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920
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5
915
920
920
900
915
0
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920
P
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915
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92
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900
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915
920
910
I-80
920
I-80
5
92
5
92
920
925
920
935
93
5
925
750
Beery
Whipple
N 950 E
N 1100 E N 1100 E
N 900 E
N 850 E
N 900 E
E 700 N
Greenfield
I 80
Greenfield
E 700 N
E 750 N
N 950 E
N 800 E
I8
0
Bawden
Bawden
Beery
George
Hurley
Whipple
E 750 N
N 850 E
GeorgeHurley
Trayer
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Waterway
Trayer
2,250
N 1060 E
0
E 75
Binkley
0N
E 75
WaterbodyN
1,500
N 1060 E
Roads
Parking Lot
P
From Orland at SR 327
and SR 120,
take
Forest
Property
SR1802
327
north
for
2.0
miles
to
the
state
line
Trails
Shrub /
Chapman Road, Huntertown, Indiana 46748
Boundary
(260) 637-ACRE ---Rd.).
[email protected]
(Greenfield
Turn left (north) Grassland
and travel
Contours Forest to theWetland
8.0 miles,
through Orland,
state
line
5' Interval
(Greenfield
left /(west) and Waterbody
travel
Indiana 46748 Rd.). Turn Shrub
Grassland
3.0 miles to where Greenfield
Rd. turns
north. At this junctionWetland
there is a laneWaterway
that
continues due west approximately 800' to
the parking area. Parking area is just west
of 10100 E. 800 N, Orland, IN 46776.
Property
Boundary
I8
0
Trails
12.15.2012
DIRECTIONS:
Feet
2,250
Feet
1,500
750
Directions: From LaGrange at US 20 and SR 9 take US 20 east for 12.5 miles to SR 327.
Turn left (north) and travel 8.0 miles, through Orland, to the state line (Greenfield Rd.). Turn left
(west)atand
3.0 miles
whereUS
Greenfield
At this
junction
From LaGrange
UStravel
20 and
SR 9to take
20 eastRd.
forturns
12.5north.
miles
to SR
327.there is a lane that
due west approximately
800’state
to theline
parking
area.
and travel 8.0continues
miles, through
Orland, to the
(Greenfield
Rd.). Turn left
Gunthorpe
N0
N0
N 800 E
930
Turn left (north)
(west) and travel 3.0 miles to where Greenfield Rd. turns north. At this junction there is a lane that
Bink
ley
Roads
Parking
Lot
P
continues due west approximately 800’ to the parking area.
Ice Formation
68
930
925
Directions:
The centerpiece of this preserve is the
Fawn River, which winds back and forth
across the Michigan/Indiana line. Woods
along the river are second-growth, with
small pockets of older trees where there
has been no clearing. This is a floodplain
forest with trees and other plants that survive
periodic flooding.
925
930
930
E 750 N
Gunthorpe
N 900 E
N 900 E
E 750 N
I 80
E 650 N
E 650 N
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0
93
Maple Wood Nature Preserve
E 100 S
LAGRANGE
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Maplewood Nature Preserve
4550 E. 100 S, LaGrange, IN 46761
940
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4550 E. 100 S, LaGrange,
IN 46761
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County NP
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Maplewood NP
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LaGrange
County NP
Maplewood NP
945
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975
S 460 E
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5
15
950
950
35
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45
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Lake
Fish
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25
S 460 E
945
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94
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Lake
955
955
E 150 S
E 150 S
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S S
E 160E 160
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N0
500
1,000
Waterway
E 200 S
S 400 E
S 400 E
E 200 S
S 300 E
Wetland
12.13.2012
E 100 S
S 300 E
Property
/Boundary
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
Indiana20
46748and SR 9,Shrub
From
LaGrange
at US
take
US 20 Waterbody
Grassland
Contours
east 3.5 miles to 400 EForest
and turn right
(south).
Wetland
Travel 1.0 miles to 100Shrub
S and
turn
left
(east).
/
Waterbody
Travel 0.5 miles to theGrassland
preserve on the
right.
Wild Turkey
S 300 E
S 300 E
Forest
E 25 S
E 100 S
05.03.2013
Trails
Property
E 025 NE 25 S
5E
S 52
DIRECTIONS:
Trails
P
1,500
E 025 N
US Highway 20
Directions: From LaGrange at US 20 and SR 9 take US 20 east 3.5 miles to 400 E and turn
US Highway 20
right (south). Travel 1.0 mile to 100S and turn left (east). Travel 0.5 mile to the preserve on the right.
Roads
Parking Lot
P
Roads
Feet
1,500
Feet
1,000
5 E
S 52
70
500
945
945E and turn
Directions: From LaGrange at US 20 and SR 9 take US 20 east 3.5 miles to 400
right (south). Travel 1.0 mile to 100S and turn left (east). Travel 0.5 mile to the preserve on the right.
0
Two adjacent preserves serve as one: ACRES
Maple Wood Nature Preserve and the LaGrange
County Parks Nature Preserve. The county preserve
has a visitor center, a maple syrup camp and a variety
of year-round programs. Visitors may hike trails
in both preserves. Common species of trees include
sugar maple and butternut, and a variety of birds
and wildflowers abound, the latter including cranefly,
puttyroot and a display of white trillium that nearly
covers the ground in spring.
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E 100 S
E 200 S
E 275 S
S 600 E
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E 160 S
E 200 S
E 275 S
S 600 E
E 160 S
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Marsh Wren Nature Preserve
TRAIL LENGTH ~ 0.4 MILES TRAIL DIFFICULTY
LAGRANGE
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Marsh Wren Nature Preserve
5
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0
900
0.25 miles west of 0250
E. 550 S, Wolcottville, IN 46795
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E 550 S
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Massasauga Rattlesnake
E 650 S
W 625 S
S
E 650 S
E 680
S
E 600 S
S 150 E
E 680
S 150 E
E 600 S
S 200 E
S 100 E
S 200 SE 200 E
E 500 S
S 125 E
E 550 S
S 125 E
S 75 W
SW 625 S
E 550 S
E 500 S
S 200 E
S 50 E
W EW
S S5000
S 50 W
S 100 W
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S 75 W
12.17.2012
to 125 E and turn rightShrub
(north).
Travel 0.5 miles
/
Waterbody
to 550 S and turn left (west).
GrasslandTravel 1.2 miles
to
the
preserve
on
the
right.
Parking
area
is
Waterway
Wetland
0.25 miles west of 0250 E. 550 S,
Wolcottville, IN 46795.
W 525
E 450 S
9
Contours -
5' Interval
Property
Trails
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,take
Indiana 46748
From
Wolcottville
SR 9 northShrub
2.0/Boundary
miles Waterbody W 550 S
Grassland
Contours
to 600 S and turn left (west).
Travel
1.7
milesWetland
E 450 S
SR
Forest
1,200
9
DIRECTIONS:
S 100 E
800
SR
W
Directions: From
1
S
right (west). Travel 1.7 miles to 125 E and turn right (north). Travel 0.5 mile to 550 S and turn left
W 450 S
W
0
Roads
Parking
Lot
P
(west). Travel 1.2 miles to the preserve on the right.
15
S
Property
Trails
W 450 S
W 550 S W 525 S
Roads
P
50
S 50 E
400
Feet
1,200
Feet
800
S 00 EW
N0
400
Directions: From LaGrange at SR 9 and US 20 take SR 9 south 6.7 miles to 600 S and turn
right (west). Travel 1.7 miles to 125 E and turn right (north). Travel 0.5 mile to 550 S and turn left
(west).atTravel
miles
thetake
preserve
the right.
LaGrange
SR 91.2
and
USto20
SR on
9 south
6.7 miles to 600 S and turn
This is a high-quality wetland complex
comprised of marsh, shrub swamp, forested
swamp, sedge meadow and a fen system.
This preserve provides habitat for the
massasauga rattlesnake and the marsh wren.
72
N0
S 100 W
90
5
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091
91
73
855
Stark Nature Preserve
845
LAGRANGE
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Jack L. Stark Nature Preserve
840
0.2 miles west of 2210 W. SR 120, Howe, IN 46746
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W
860
845
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ge
Pi
0
State Hwy 12
N
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State Hwy 120
W 400 N
N 300 W
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N 150 W
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W 650
N 300 W
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W 600
N 250 W
Waterway
State Hwy 120
1,200
W 650 N
W 60N0210
N
N 250 W
in the highway just before
crossing the
Shrub /
Waterbody
Pigeon River. ParkingGrassland
area is 0.2 miles
west
of
2210
W.
SR
120,
Howe,
IN
46746.
Waterway
Wetland
Waterbody
N
Hwy 120
Feet
1,200
Feet
800
800
N
W
Forest
Property
Shrub
/Boundary
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
Indiana
46748 west 2.5
From
Howe
take SR
120
miles.
Grassland
Contours The preserve is on theForest
left at theWetland
curve
5' Interval
Trails
650
650
N2
N90
Parking Lot
W
N 450 W
P
Property
Boundary
Contours
State5' Interval
N 450 W
DIRECTIONS:
Roads
Trails
W
Parking Lot
12.17.2012
Directions: From Howe take SR 120 west 2.5 miles. The preserve is on the left at the curve
in the highway just before crossing Pigeon River.
Roads
P
400
N 400 W
74
Directions: From Howe take SR 120 west 2.5 miles. The preserve is on the left at the curve
in the highway just before crossing Pigeon River.
400
N 400 W
Stark borders and protects part of the Pigeon River,
one of the few unaltered and undredged rivers in
northern Indiana. A walk on the trail near the river
reveals that the water is tea-colored from the tannin
found in the surrounding wetlands. A prominent
feature of the property is an oxbow of the Pigeon
River. This oxbow usually contains water. The
resulting u-shaped pond is used by wood ducks
for feeding, breeding and raising their young.
If you don’t see these ducks, you may hear their
“meep-meep-meep” call.
N0
N
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860
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855
855
860
W 400 N
Pawpaw Fruit
75
MIAMI COUNTY
The county is defined by four physiographic divisions: upland till plain,
the Packerton Moraine, outwash terraces and bottom lands. The upland till
plain is nearly level, except along major stream valleys, where it grades from
gently sloping to very steep. The Packerton Moraine, which extends over much
of the northern third of the county, is characterized by frequent and abrupt
changes in slope and surface texture. Outwash terraces are most extensive
along the Eel, Wabash and Mississinewa Rivers. The bottom lands are
nearly level and occur along the rivers and creeks.
76
77
655
680
Seven Pillars Nature Preserve and
Seven Pillars of the Mississinewa Landmark
690
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TRAIL DIFFICULTY
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Seven Pillars Nature Preserve
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Waterway
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CR 300
CR
CR 550
Property
CR 250
Boundary
19
SR
From Peru take Broadway south 0.3
miles
Forest
Property
to 1802
Riverside
Dr./SR 124Trails
and turn left
(east).
Shrub /Boundary
Chapman Road, Huntertown, Indiana 46748
Grassland
(260) 637-ACRE
Travel
2.5 miles
to Mississinewa Rd.
(300
E)
Contours Wetland
and turn
right (south).Forest
Travel 1.3 miles
to
5' Interval
Shruband
/
46748
200Indiana
S (Mississinewa
Rd.)
turn leftWaterbody
(east).
Grassland
Travel 0.75 miles to the preserve on the
Wetland
right. Parking area is 0.1
miles east ofWaterway
3555 E. Mississinewa Road, Peru, IN 46970.
For a view of the Seven Pillars Landmark,
continue east 0.5 miles to 400 E.
CR 200
a
Parking Lot
SR 124
ew
Trails
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1,650
CR 200
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DIRECTIONS:
1,100
s
CR 250
Parking Lot
Feet
1,650
Feet
1,100
550
Directions: From Peru take Broadway south 0.3 mile to Riverside Dr. / SR 124 and turn left
(east). Travel 2.5 miles to Mississinewa Rd. (300 E) and turn right (south). Travel 1.3 miles 200 S
(Mississinewa
Rd.)south
and turn
(east).
0.75 mile
the preserve
the right.
From Peru take
Broadway
0.3left
mile
to Travel
Riverside
Dr. to
/ SR
124 andonturn
left For a view
of the Seven Pillars
Landmark
continue
east 0.5
mile to Travel
400 E. 1.3 miles 200 S
2.5 miles to Mississinewa
Rd. (300
E) and
turn right
(south).
(east). Travel
(Mississinewa Rd.) and turn left (east). Travel 0.75 mile to the preserve on the right. For a view
Roads
P
of the Seven Pillars Landmark continue east 0.5 mile to 400 E.
Nautilus Fossil
78
75
Directions:
This preserve on the south side of the Mississinewa
River is named after the landmark 25-foot limestone
pillars, also owned by ACRES, which are located on
the north side of the river. On top of the bluff grow
red cedar, Juneberry and shadbush. In the preserve
are beech, maple and other trees, as well as open
meadow. The Miami Nation continues to gather
at the pillars.
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730
730
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785
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5
775
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720
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705
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5
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760
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765
County Road 400
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685
765
770
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680
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710
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Peru, IN
46970
650 east of 3555 E. Mississinewa Road,
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79
NOBLE COUNTY
Located in the northern lakes natural region, Noble County has more lakes
than any other county in Indiana. The topography in the outwash plains of
the northwestern part of the county ranges from level to gently sloping, with
stronger relief around the lakes, stream banks and kettle lakes near the rivers.
Noble County is primarily drained by the north and south branches of
the Elkhart River and their tributaries. The Elkhart River flows west to
the St. Joseph River and drains into Lake Michigan.
80
81
Florence Badger Nature Preserve
Swan Rd
Swan Rd
NOBLE
TRAIL LENGTH ~ 0.4 MILES TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Florence Badger Nature Preserve
9091 E. 300 S, Laotto, IN 46763
9091 E. 300 S, Laotto, IN 46763
910
Swan Rd
905
Swan Rd
90
0
5
89
905
910
90
0
5
89
890
905
890
Hill Rd
905
905
910
90
0
Hill Rd
905
910
900
90
0
900
900
900
890
890
890
890
895
895
S 950 E
S 875 E
S 800 E
S 875 E
S 950 E
S 825 E
S 775 E
S 775 E
S 700 E
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3
S 800 E
E 300 S
Swan
SR
S 700 E
Swan
E 200 S
Old
E 400 S
SR
Waterway
3
3
SR 3
Waterbody
E 400 S
Old
Wetland
5' Interval
Property
Shrub /Boundary
1.2
miles to Waterbody
Grassland
Contours
2.2
miles Wetland
E 200 S
E 300 S
E 400 S
S 1000 E
Grassland
Contours -
Forest
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
Indiana SR
46748 3 north
From
Laotto
take old
300 S and turn left (west).
Travel
to the preserve on theShrub
right.
/
Property
1,200
S 1000 E
Trails
Trails
P
800
SR
DIRECTIONS:
Roads
Parking Lot
Feet
1,200
Feet
800
400
Directions: From Laotto take old SR 3 north 1.2 miles to 300 S and turn left (west). Travel
Directions: From Laotto take old SR 3 north 1.2 miles to 300 S and turn left (west). Travel
Roads
P
88
5
88
5
400
S 825 E
N0
N0
Hill
82
E 300 S
Hill
This little gem’s level trails meander through a
beautiful upland woods dominated by beech trees
ranging from saplings to mature trees. The larger
trees with smooth gray bark are reminiscent of
columns rising toward the canopy. In late fall, you
can recognize the beech saplings because they hold
their light-tan leaves well into winter. Some of the
property’s largest trees are oaks, and common
woodland birds are abundant. Even though this
preserve is named for its donor, Florence Badger,
it is possible that a badger could be observed.
E 300 S
E 300 S
E 300 S
P
P
12.18.2012
895
895
E 400 S
Red Maple
83
N Long Lake Rd
NOBLE
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
905
910
895
905
930
885
915
91
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925
905
5
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880
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885
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930
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905
930
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900
880
905
89
5
915
885
915
905
N Long Lake Rd
925
895
88
5
5
91
1891 N. River Road W, Albion, IN 46701
88
5
915
Lloyd W. Bender Memorial Forest Nature Preserve
1891 N. River Road West, Albion, IN 46701
88
5
Lloyd W. Bender Memorial Forest
930
945
895
910
910
South Branch Elkhart River
900
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910
895
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900
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920
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Tiger Swallowtail
Grassland
Wetland
Waterbody
Waterway
Waterway
W 200 N
W 200 N
W 100 N
900
WA
WA
885
1,350
lbion
Albion
lW
bioMain
n
W River
W Main
Albion
W River
W 175 N
W 100 N
W 175 N
State RoadState
9 Road 9
Waterbody
0N
N 50 W
Property
Shrub /
Boundary
From
Albion take SR 9 south 0.5 miles
Grassland
Contours to River
Rd.
(250
N)
and
turn
right
(west).
Wetland
5' Interval
preserve
on
the
right.
/
Property
Boundary
N Long Lake
Forest
Parking Lot
12.19.2012
Trails
Trails
P
12.19.2012
Roads
N 350 W
Directions: From Albion take SR 9 south 0.5 mile to River Rd. (250 N) and turn right (west).
W 33
0N
Roads
Parking Lot
P
W 33
N 50 W
450
N River
Directions: From Albion take SR 9 south 0.5 mile to River Rd. (250 N)0and turn right (west).
885
Feet
1,350
Feet
900
N 250 W
450
W 100 N
N River
N
N0
N 250 W
5
89
5
89
84
930
DIRECTIONS:
P
P
930
Enter this preserve on a short boardwalk
in a wetland, then go uphill and downhill,
traversing a wetland forest, an upland forest,
an area of forested floodplain of the Elkhart
River called The Spreads and a brushy section
of sedge meadow. The variety of habitats is matched
by the variety of trees, birds and wildflowers. There
are burr oaks, white oaks, hickories, swamp white
oaks, red elms, black willows, green and black ash,
cottonwoods and red maples. Plants include royal
and cinnamon fern.
940
N Long Lake
940
N 350 W
89
0
89
0
W 100 N
85
55
97
0
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1421 Kammerer Road, Kendallville, IN 46755
1421 Kammerer Road, Kendallville, IN 46755
985
45
40
35
30
990
965
975
97
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Round Lake
965
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30
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10
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960
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50
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975
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5
960
NOBLE
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Detering Nature Preserve
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5
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Detering Nature Preserve
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Arcadia Ct
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RdRd (E(E700
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400
SR 3
1,200
Appleman
SR 3
Wakeville
US Highway 6
CR 1000 E
Airport
Wakeville Appleman
Stonebaker Village
Ohio
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Lima
12.19.2012
Lima
12.19.2012
Drake
Strater
Lonidaw NP
Kammerer
Strater
LonidawNorth
NP
Allen
Chapel
Waterway
E 850 N
E 850 N
Kammerer
Allen
Chapel
Northern Junco
Wetland
Main
Main
ShrubSt.,
/Boundary
Stonebaker Village
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,at
Indiana
46748
From
Kendallville
US
6 and Main
take Waterbody
Kendallville
Grassland
US 6 east 1.0 miles toForest
Kammerer Wetland
Rd.Contours
(700 N)
Highway 6
USDrake
Ohio
and turn left (north). The
preserve is
Shrub /
Waterbody
Kendallville
immediately
on
the
left.
Grassland
Trails
CR 1000 E
Property
Feet
1,200
Feet
800
Airport
Wayne
Center
Forest
Parking Lot
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DIRECTIONS:
Trails
Property
Boundary
995
800
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gli
An
Directions: From Kendallville at US 6 and Main St. take US 6 east 1.0 mile to Kammerer Rd.
(700N) and turn left (north). Preserve is immediately on the left.
Roads
Parking Lot
P
P
995
N0
Directions: From Kendallville at US 6 and Main St. take US 6 east 1.0 mile to Kammerer Rd.
(700N) and turn left (north). Preserve is immediately on the left.
Roads
99
Ril
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Nort
h St
Nort
h St
Wayne
Center
Fairv
iew
980
1000
Blv
way 6
980
This was a “Green Grocer” farm where vegetables
were grown and sold to the residents of Kendallville
and the surrounding area. Now trees, including
many redbuds, grow where corn and beans and other
produce once grew. Round Lake forms a wetland
boundary along the northeast part of the preserve.
Plants include shrubby cinquefoil, red osier dogwood,
cattails and sedges. Birds are as varied as the plants,
and deer are frequently seen.
86
US High
P
Fairv
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985
985
way 6
1000
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985
North St
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North St
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North
Marion
87
W
Art Hammer Wetlands
10
105
900
0N
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
15
10
5
NOBLE
5
90
Art Hammer Wetlands Nature Preserve
10277 N. Eagle Island Road, Rome City, IN 46784
890
East Trailhead: 10277895N. Eagle Island Road, Rome City, IN 46784
West Trailhead: 9706 N. 125 W, Wawaka, IN 46794
900
895
W
105
15
10
5
5
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10
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N 125 W
Rd
P
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35 40
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885
905
895
895
910
910
885
88
950
Shrub / Island Rd. Travel
and turn left (south) onto Eagle
Waterbody
Grassland
Wetland
Waterway
01.13.2013
West Trailhead: Continue on 1050 N for 1.75 miles
Blue Flag Iris
and turn left (south) onto 125 W. Travel 0.75 miles
to the preserve on the left. Park at the IDNR
public access on the right.
E 1000 N
N 150 E
N 150 E
N 15 W
W 900 N
W 900 N
hport
E 1000 N
N 100 E
Wetland
W 1050 N
N 100 E
Contours Waterway
-
5' Interval
East Trailhead:
Continue onForest
1050 N for 1.0
miles
hport
E Nort
Baseline
N 275 W
Roads1000 N
P (Front St.)
From Rome City on SR 9, take
Forest
west for 2.0 miles. 1000 N will
curve
to theProperty
right
Shrub /
1802 Chapman Road, Huntertown, Indiana 46748 Trails
Waterbody
Grassland Boundary
637-ACRE
[email protected]
and(260)turn
into--- 1050
N.
E Nort
N 15 W
Property
Boundary
Parking Lot
N 250 W
Trails
Feet
2,850
Feet
2,850
W 1050 N
01.13.2013
DIRECTIONS:
915
915
1,900
Baseline
will curve to the right and turn into 1050 N. Continue on 1050 N for 1.0 mile and turn left (south)
onto Eagle Island Rd. Travel 0.15 mile to the preserve on the right.
Roads
Parking Lot
P
895
89
5
1,900
N 125 W
Directions:
950
N 100 W
From Rome City on SR 9 take 1000 N (Front Street) west for 2.00miles. 1000 N
will curve to the right and turn into 1050 N. Continue on 1050 N for 1.0 mile and turn left (south)
onto
EagleCity
Island
0.15
mileNto(Front
the preserve
on west
the right.
From
Rome
onRd.
SRTravel
9 take
1000
Street)
for 2.0 miles. 1000 N
Directions:
The Art Hammer Wetlands is the largest
ACRES preserve. It has a variety of habitats:
swamp forest with cottonwood and sycamore
trees, upland forest with oaks and hickories,
a small lake, portions of the Elkhart River and
areas of low wetlands. Birds and wildflowers are
diverse. Wood ducks, mallards, other ducks and coots
are seen on the water. Woodland birds fly among the
trees, and great blue and green herons walk along the
shores. Cardinal flowers, marsh marigolds, blue flag
iris and marsh mallow are a few of the flowers that
bloom here.
910
N 100 W
N
N0
910
N 225 W
910
900
N 125 W
ACREAGE: 356.0 | YEAR ACQUIRED: 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995
900
N 200 W
90
0
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890
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90
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90
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W W
N 250
90
5
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890
N 200 W
900
N 275 W
900
N 100 W
N 100 W
885
E 850 N
E 850 N
89
10
0
1015
5
0
1000
1
10
99
5
NOBLE
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
1005
Lonidaw
Lonidaw Nature Preserve
987 N. Allen Chapel Road, Kendallville, IN 46755
975
990
985
Strater Rd
987 N. Allen Chapel Road, Kendallville,
IN 46755
10
05
980
0
917001
1000
990
975
1005
99
5
97
5
1015
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990 Rd
1000
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960
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970
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Whitford
Lake
995
97
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970
980
990
995
P
990
965
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970
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Little
Whitford
Lake
980
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990
960
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99
960
970
970
1000
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98
965
970
995
1000
Allen Chapel Rd
0
99
97
5
Allen Chapel Rd
0
98
0
99
970
0
99
1000
1000
1000
985
McKinley Ln
975
995
995
1005 1005
965
N0
400
400
Parking Lot
Forest
SR 3
Appleman
WakevilleAppleman
Village
SR 3
Trails
P
Airport
Property
Boundary
Contours Wakeville
5' Interval
N
Ri
ley
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Kendallville
Drake
Allen
Chapel
12.20.2012
Detering NP
980
1,200
E 850 N
E 850 N
E Strater
E Kammerer
E Strater
US Highway 6
E Kammerer
Allen
Chapel
and turn left (north). Travel
0.8 miles, past
Shrub /
Detering Nature Preserve,
to 1000 E Waterbody
Grassland
(Allen Chapel Rd.) andWetland
turn left (north).
Waterway
Travel 0.25 miles to the preserve on the left.
Main
orth
Property
ShrubSt.,
/Boundary
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,at
Indiana
46748
From
Kendallville
US
6 and Main
take WaterbodyVillage
Grassland
Kendallville
US 6 east 1.0 miles toForest
Kammerer Wetland
Rd.Contours
(700 N)
NP Nor
5' Interval Waterway Detering
Drake
th
Trails
5
97985
975
Allen Chapel
DIRECTIONS:
Roads
Parking LotAirport
800
Allen Chapel
Directions: From
Rd. (700 N) and turn left (north). Travel past Detering Nature Preserve 0.8 mile to 1000 E (Allen
P
Chapel Rd.) and turn left (north). Travel 0.25 mile to the preserve on the left. Roads
Wayne
Center
Directions: From Kendallville at US 6 and Main St. take US 6 east 1.0 mile to Kammerer
Rd. (700 N) and turn left (north). Travel past Detering Nature Preserve 0.8 mile to 1000 E (Allen
Chapel Rd.)
and6turn
(north).
to the
the left.
Kendallville
at US
andleftMain
St.Travel
take 0.25
US mile
6 east
1.0preserve
mile toon
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Center
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5
96
McKinley Ln
975
Lonidaw is a Native American name
meaning “Spirit Queen of the Woods.” The
wife of Potowatomi Chief Simon Pokagon
bore the name. Perhaps her spirit is still
among the beech and maple trees on the high
ground, or the sugar maple, red elm, walnut and
hackberry standing on the lower ground. Maybe her
spirit is among the wildflowers: wild columbine and
celandine poppy on the higher ground, or the skunk
cabbage and marsh marigold in the low wetland
around the shore of Little Whitford, a five-acre kettle
lake, or with the birds and other wildlife that are seen
in this preserve.
975
0
99
960
5
96
975
0
99
985
960
Marion
US Highway 6
Marion
Marsh Marigold
91
0
95
Edna W. Spurgeon Woodland Reserve
93
5
910
925
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
NOBLE
35
9
Edna W. Spurgeon Woodland Nature Preserve
950
945
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91
9478 N. 600 W, Ligonier, IN 46767
9478 N. 600 W, Ligonier,
IN 46767
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93
5
930
910
925
5
94
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93
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945
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950
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930
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915
950
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950
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950
N 600 W
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96
950
915
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955
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91
N 600 W
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940
5
925
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915
950
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945
935
915
950
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5
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5
0
91
0
91
0
92
400
From Ligonier at SR 6 and SR 5 take SR 6 east 2.6 miles to0600 W and turn
left (north). Travel 2.25 miles to the preserve on the right.
Directions: From Ligonier at SR 6 and SR 5 take SR 6 east 2.6 miles to 600 W and turn
left (north). Travel 2.25 miles to the preserve on the right.
Trails
Trails
P
Forest
Parking Lot
Property
Property
Grassland
Wetland
Waterbody
Waterway
12.21.2012
Shrub /Boundary
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
Indiana
From
Ligonier
at SR
6 46748
and SR 5, take
SR 6 Waterbody
Grassland
Contours
east 2.6
miles
to
600
W
and
turn
left
(north).
Perry
Waterway
Wetland5' Interval
www.acreslandtrust.org Forest
Travel 2.25 miles to the
preserve
on
the
right.
Shrub /
Perry
W 800 N
W 825
W 850 N
W 825
W 1000 N
W 1000 N
W 850 N
W 800 N
Feet
1,200
800
N 700 W
DIRECTIONS:
Roads
P
400
12.21.2012
Roads
Feet
1,200
800
W 900 N
N 600 W
N
0
N
N
N 500 W
N
905
N 500 W
905
5
N 600 W
935
935
5
N 600 W
94
94
N 700 W
0
96
9
Directions:
The Edna W. Spurgeon Woodland Reserve
was the first ACRES property. It’s an area
of low ridges, or kames, left by glaciers and
cut by glacial meltwater. A climax forest of
beech, sugar maple and tulip trees that are
among the largest in the state covers the area.
Beneath the trees grow large-flowered and sessile
trillium (also known as toadshade), blue-eyed Mary,
bloodroot, hepatica, celandine poppy, Dutchman’s
breeches and squirrel corn.
0
91
5
96
91
97
60
5
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0
91
91
5
5
97
96
5
N 600 W
5
920
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93
98
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5
9
920
91
93
50
W 850 N
N 400 W N 400 W
P
955
Smalley Ditch
925
935
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Smalley Ditch
91
925
915
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NN
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900
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W 850 N
W
W 800 N
80
0
N
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PAULDING
COUNTY
Ohio
The physical features of the county were formed during various stages of glacial
lake activity and are located entirely within the Lake Plain section of the Central
Lowlands physiographic division. The uniformity of the landscape is characterized
by broad flats and the dissecting nature of the Auglaize and Maumee Rivers and
their tributaries, as well as dunes and remnants of glacial lake shorelines.
94
95
Flat Rock Creek Nature Preserve
R 500
S
TRAIL
DIFFICULTY
PAULDING
P
Flat Rock Creek Nature Preserve
8654 SR 500, Paulding, OH 45879
0
73
8654 SR 500, Paulding, OH 45879
SR 500
P
730
725
0
73
RD 106
730
725
725
RD 106
725
725
730
725
730
300
Property
ShrubSt.)
/Boundary
From
Paulding
take
SRTrails
111 (Wayne
west
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
Indiana
46748
Grassland
Contours 1.1 miles to SR 500 and
turn
left
(south).
Wetland
5' Interval
Travel 3.75 miles to the preserve on the
left.
Shrub /
Grassland
Waterbody
Wetland
Waterway
Waterbody
Waterway
RD 61
RD 106
SR
500
RD 106
0
SR 5
RD 112
RD 90
SR 613
0
RD 90
RD 98
RD 114
RD 98
RD 87
Parking Lot
RD 114
SR 613
RD 87
Forest
RD 124RD 112
RD 81
Trails
P
RD 61
Roads
12.24.2012
DIRECTIONS:
Property
Boundary
900
RD 124
Parking Lot
RD 59
Directions: From Paulding take SR 111 (Wayne St.) west 1.1 miles to SR 500 and turn left
(south). Travel 3.75 miles to the preserve on the left.
Roads
P
600
RD 93RD 93
300
Directions: From Paulding take SR 111 (Wayne St.) west 1.1 miles to SR 500 and turn left
(south). Travel 3.75 miles to the preserve on the left.
Feet
900Feet
600
RD 81
N0
N0
RD 71
t
eek
Cr
12.24.2012
This preserve contains both upland and floodplain
forest divided by the serpentine flow of Flat Rock
Creek. The creek and mature forest attract abundant
wildlife and provide great scenic vistas. Flat Rock
Creek is one of very few unaltered creeks remaining in
the area. Its meandering course has been directed only
by its own movement through the centuries.
Fla
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Ro
RD 71
eek
Cr
RD 71
tR
Fla
o ck
RD 71
0
73
RD 59
0
73
Marbled Orb Weaver Spider
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97
STEUBEN COUNTY
Glacial activity shaped this area, often referred to as the “land of 101 lakes.”
These lakes are nestled within rolling plains, upland forests and marshy areas
within the northern lakes natural region. Most of the county is drained by
Pigeon Creek and its tributaries. Pigeon Creek begins in the northeast corner of
Steuben County and flows west into the Pigeon River. The southeastern region
of Steuben County is drained by Fish Creek, which flows south along the state line
and into the St. Joseph River in Ohio. The northwestern part of the county
is drained by the Fawn River, Crooked Creek and other tributaries,
which eventually drain into the St. Joseph River in Michigan.
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TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Ball Lake Nature Preserve
e
in
Ball Lake Nature Preserve
Rd
955
180 Lane 101 Ball Lake, Hamilton, IN 46742
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950
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915
945
915
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20
25
30
40
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35
45
50 55 40
60
45
50 55
60
65
900
400
CR 00 (E 800 S)
SR
42
e
CR 00 (E 800 S)
Robb Hidden Canyon NP
7
Hamilton
Way
n
Meridian
S 100 E
Meridian
12.26.2012
Robb Hidden Canyon NP
300 E
CR 43
nSe
12.26.2012
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on
E
Waterway
Waterway
m
Lem
S 175
Wetland
Contours -
5' Interval
Property
Shrub /BoundaryRd.
E 700 S
Bellefontaine
Waterbody
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
Indiana
46748 take
From
Hamilton
at SR
427,
Grassland
Contours
northwest 1.7 miles toForest
Lane 101 and
turn
left
Wetland
5' Interval
to
the
preserve
Shrub /
Waterbody
on the right.
Grassland
E 700 S
E 600
n S
m
Lem
tai
Parking Lot
Forest
Property
Boundary
S 300 E
Trails
P
taine
1,200
E 600 S
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fo
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Be
E
Roads
Belle
fon
800
S 175
DIRECTIONS:
Trails
taine
n
fo
lle
Be
Directions: From Hamilton at SR 427 take Bellefontaine Rd. northwest 1.7 miles to Lane 101
and turn left (south). Travel 0.25 mile to the preserve on the right.
Roads
Parking Lot
P
Belle
fon
Hamilton
SR
7
42
e
400
Directions: From Hamilton at SR 427 take Bellefontaine Rd. northwest 1.7 miles to Lane 101
and turn left (south). Travel 0.25 mile to the preserve on the right.
Feet
1,200
Feet
800
Way
n
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estea H
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201
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Bal
CR 51
Lan
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S 100 E
201
CR 43
Lan
e
65
Ball Lake
Ball Lake
CR 55
35
Located on the north side of Ball Lake, this preserve
includes a low wetland forest. Partridgeberry and
other plants, likely carried here by the glaciers,
grow beneath the trees. Marsh marigold and skunk
cabbage flourish in the wetlands.
Lane
Ball 201A
LanLeak
20e
1A
B
5
30
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5
P
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25
945
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1
930
945
910
La
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940
Ba
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5
94
935
945
910
La
ne
1
930
950
945
La
935
Skunk Cabbage
100
101
25
15
5
Beechwood, Foster and Majneri Nature Preserves
970
970
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
985
Beechwood Nature Preserve
995
STEUBEN
10
0
5
1015
5145 N. SR 127, Fremont, IN 46737
5145 N. SR 127, Fremont, IN 46737
35
25
15
5
970
970
99
5
La
35
Little Otter Lake
970
1000
1005
985
995
98
5
35
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Lar 5
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1k
5e
1060
0
105
1030
1035
1060
20
98
5
tte
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10
0
5
Foster
NP
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5
1000
10
0
5
5
Beechwood10NP
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P
0
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1000
5
2
10
107
0
5
98
0
2
10
0
4
10
15 10
5
995
990
Ot
t
Foster
NP
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104
5
107
0
1020
25
98
0
Majneri NR
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10
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5
101
0
30
995
970
990
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1030
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970
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5
30
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15
0
10
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10
0
35
P
127
0
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1080
1000
W 500 N1075
5
6
10
P
Parking Lot
Forest
1020
1020
SR 120
h er V
a ll e y
Winghaven NP
h er V
a ll e y
E 400 N
Winghaven NP
W 400 N
12 7
N 300 W
N 300 W
E Fe a t
W 400 N
127
Waterway
E Fe a t
SR 727
SR 727
SR 120
I-80
SR
Wetland
I-80 E 66
0N
SR
to the preserve on
Shrub /
Waterbody
the right, at Lane 150.Grassland
Waterbody
Waterway
150 W
Property
Shrub /miles,
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
Boundary
From
Fremont
takeIndiana
SR46748
120 west 3.5
Grassland
Contours
crossing over I-69, to SR
127
and
turn
left Wetland
5' Interval
Trails
150 W
Roads
E 660 N
0
I-8 SR 120
0
SR 120
Property
W 600 N
Boundary
02
1,3505
900
N
DIRECTIONS:
Trails
I-8
W 600 N
Parking Lot
1Feet
02
5
1,350
1Feet
900
450
12.27.2012
From Fremont take SR 120 west 3.5 miles, crossing over I-69, to SR 127 and
turn left (south). Travel 0.9 mile to the preserve on the right at Lane 150.
Roads
P
Swift Long-winged Skimmer on
Cutleaf Coneflower
450
From Fremont take SR 120 west 3.5 miles, crossing over I-69, to SR 127 and
turn left (south). Travel 0.9 mile to the preserve on the right at Lane 150.
N 300 W
Directions:
N0
I-69
N0
Directions:
102
1050
N
Beechwood is adjacent to Pokagon State Park
and has a mixture of habitats, including a
beech/maple forest; yellow birch, red maple,
red elm and blue beech trees; rolling meadows;
thickets with dogwood, poison sumac, elderberry
and spicebush; and a fen. Birds and wildflowers are
as varied as the cover.
100
5
0
102
0
102
1050
12.27.2012
100
5
102
0
N 300 W
5
102
0
I-69
10 0
10 101
108
5
6
10
I-69
1000
W 500 N
I-69
50 W N
50 W
108
5
S
1040
1075
N
1055
1030
1055
1030
1040
1110
N 100 E
1080
1110
N N5050W
W
1075
Sta tat
te e R
Ro oa
ad d
127
1075
N 100 E
1020
Beechwood NP
E 400 N
103
995
Brammall and Richard Bruner Nature Preserves
5
15
10
20
STEUBEN
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Terry and Nancy Brammall Nature Preserve
1015
25
2630 E. US Highway 20, Angola, IN 46703
30
2630 E. US Highway 20, Angola, IN 46703
35
995
00
10
Pigeon Lake
995
5
20
15
10
1015
25
30
Pigeon Creek
35
0
10
Pigeon Lake
995
0
1005
995
990
Pigeon Creek
1005
995
995
990
1005
1010
995
Brammall NP
Pigeon
Pond 5
1005
995
Bruner NP
0
tch
99 Berlien Di
Brammall NP
Pigeon
Pond 5
995
10
0
10
0
0
1010
995
Bruner NP
0
ch
99 Berlien Dit
995
5
10
0
10
0
0
5
5
99
1010
5
99
1010
P
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1
10
S 350 E
S 200 E
20
Me
tz
20
Me
tz
l le r
State Road 1State Road 1
Waterway
US Hw
y
l le r
Wetland
Bill D e
Waterbody
Waterway
Bill D e
Shrub /
Grassland
Waterbody
Maumee
US Hw
y
S 350 E
E 20 N
S 275 E
Property
Shrub /Boundary
(260) 637-ACRE
From
Angola
take US 20 east 3.0Grassland
miles
Contours Forest
Wetland
5' Interval
to thewww.acreslandtrust.org
preserves on the
left.
Maumee
S 100 E
Parking Lot
S 275 E
Trails
Forest
1,650
990
E 20 N
N
E 50 N E 100
Parking Lot
Property
Boundary
S 200 E
DIRECTIONS:
P
P
E
Roads
1,100
Feet
1,650
Feet
990
N
E 50 N E 100
S 100
S E200
Roads
Trails
1,100
550
From Angola take US 20 east 3.0 miles to the preserve on the left.
From Angola take US 20 east 3.0 miles to the preserve on the left.
550
S 200 E
Directions:
These preserves protect all of Pigeon Pond and
portions of Pigeon Lake and Pigeon Creek, reminding
us of a time when wild pigeons visited the area.
Rolling meadows, wetland forests and a kame-like
hill offer opportunities for good viewing of white-tailed
deer and wild turkeys. In the summertime, cardinal
flower, white snakeroot and tall blue bellflower
greet visitors with their respective red, white
and blue blossoms.
N0
990
990
N0
12.31.2012
Directions:
100
5
100
5
S 100 E
1005
S 275 E
1020
S 275 E
1020
1005
1000100
0
N 400 EN 400 E
1010
k
Cree
1010
k
Cree
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ay 20
US Highw
US Highw
n
Pigeo
n
Pigeo
5
0
10
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05
10
0
1
10
S 100 E
P
E 50 S
E 50 S
E 150 S
E 150 S
Bull Frog
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1035
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805 Calvary Lane, Angola, IN 46703
805 Calvary Lane, Angola, IN 46703
Henney St
Roa
Henney St
5
105
0
104
3
10
5
104
Dr
Beckland Dr
Shir
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Dr land
Will
iam
s St
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1040
1045
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1040
1040
He n
1030
1035
1030
P
ri cks Ct
1035
1030
1045
E 50 N
E 50 N
Calvary Ln
1035
1035
N Hickory Ln
N Hickory Ln
Calvary Ln
P
ri cks Ct
Pl on Pl
EastonEast
Shir
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Dr
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1030
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Knauer Ct
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5
104
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Edgewo
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0
104
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7
1035
N Easton Dr
Stat
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1045
Hammel Dr
0
104
1035
5
105
1045
3
10
Will
iam
s St
STEUBEN
1045
Marion's Woods Nature Preserve
1035
Roa
TRAIL
DIFFICULTY
Hammel
Dr
Hammel Dr
1045
Hammel Dr
Marion’s Woods
1030
1030
1045
Black Cherry Bark
W Mill
W Broad
Park
N 200 E
N 200 E
827
E 100
E 20 N
50 N ee
Calvary E Maum
Angola
E 20 N
Wall
Angola
Maumee
N
N
S 200 E
Calvary E 50 N
S 100 E
Wayne
Wohlert
Park
E 100
Woodland Bog NP
S 200 E
Waterway
W Mill
W Broad
E 200 N
Woodland Bog NP
S 100 E
Shrub / Travel 0.2 miles
(50 N) and turn right (east).
Waterbody
Grassland
to the preserve on the left, just past
Waterway
Wetland
Beckland Dr.
Waterbody
N
Wohlert
Property
Trails
From
Angola
take Indiana
US 20
St.)
Shrub
/ east
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
46748(Maumee
Boundary
Grassland
0.25 miles to SR 827 (Williams St.) andContours
turn Wetland
Forest
Interval
left (north).
Travel 1.1 miles
to Calvary5'Ln.
N 200 W
Parking Lot
Forest
N 100 E
Growth
03.28.2013
P
N 200 W
Roads
Property
Boundary
W- 100
Contours
5' Interval
03.28.2013
DIRECTIONS:
Trails
W 200 N
oad
9
Feet
E 200 N1,200
N 100 E
800
W 200 N
and turn left (north). Travel 1.1 miles to Calvary Lane (50 N) and turn right (east). Travel 0.2 mile
9
I-6
to the preserve on the left just past Beckland Drive.
Roads
Parking Lot
P
W 100 N
Growth
106
400
I-6
Feet
1,200
800
Sta Wayne
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27
R
Directions:
400
From Angola take US 20 (Maumee Street) east 0.25 mile to0SR 827 (Williams St.)
and turn left (north). Travel 1.1 miles to Calvary Lane (50 N) and turn right (east). Travel 0.2 mile
the preserve
the left justStreet)
past Beckland
Drive.
From Angolato take
US 20on(Maumee
east 0.25
mile to SR 827 (Williams St.)
Directions:
This woodland, dominated by oak, hickory and cherry,
is located within the city of Angola. A mature woods
with very tall trees and a relatively open understory,
the preserve is most unusual because a forest of this
quality is rare within a city limits. There are some wet
areas, so expect to see a variety of plants and animals.
0
Wayne
Williams
N
N
Wayne
Williams
1045
Wall
107
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L ak
94
0
Ball
Ball
L
lle
A Ball
La k
905
e
920
5
94
Ball Lake
201
910
Bal
l La
ke
900
60
Lan
e
93
5
201
910
905
Bal
l La
5
91
ke
925
905
Cre
900
930
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P
55
45
35
25
15
5
90
0
900
905
90
0
915
5
91
960
920
ek
Fish
930
93
5
Cre
900
Lan 65
e
P
55
45
35
25
15
5
930
Fish
900
60
920
925
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925
201
Lane
201
900
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R
930
930
900
955
Be
Meadow Ln
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940
5
94
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TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Robb Hidden Canyon Nature Preserve
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945
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Lane
955
Be
S 300 E
Robb Hidden Canyon
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CR 4
CR 4
CR 00 (E 800 S)
CR 55
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Waterway
S 300 E
Wetland
CR 00 (E 800 S)
E
ne
Property
Trails
From
Hamilton
at SRIndiana
427,
Rd.Waterbody
Shrub /Boundary
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
46748take Bellefontaine
Grassland
northwest
1.4 miles to Lane 201 and
turn left
Contours
Waterway
Wetland
5' Interval
(south).
Travel 0.25 miles to Lane 201A
and
Shrub /
turn left (east). Travel 0.2
miles to theWaterbody
Grassland
S Ball Lake NP
on
1,800
ne
Parking Lot
n
Stai 300 E
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Property
Boundary
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5' Interval
Lem
E 700 S Ball Lake NP
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DIRECTIONS:
Trails
Parking Lot
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lle
Be
Directions: From
201 and turn left (south). Travel 0.25 mile to Lane 201A and turn left (east). Travel 0.2 mile to
the preserve on the left.
Roads
P
Feet
1,800
Feet
1,200
S 100 E
600
Directions: From Hamilton at SR 427 take Bellefontaine Rd. northwest 1.4 miles to Lane
201 and turn left (south). Travel 0.25 mile to Lane 201A and turn left (east). Travel 0.2 mile to
the preserve
on thetake
left. Bellefontaine Rd. northwest 1.4 miles to Lane
Hamilton
at SR 427
925
1,200
SR 1 SR 1
600
CR 51
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108
930
960
S 175
Robb Hidden Canyon is a steep-sided ravine
with a clear stream running through it.
There are beech and maple trees on the
slopes, and a grassy meadow at the top
from which a visitor has a panoramic view of
Ball Lake. Beneath the trees on the slopes grow
bishop’s cap, jewelweed, rue anemone, wild phlox,
black cohosh, spring beauty, Virginia waterleaf
and large-flowered trillium. In the trees are scarlet
tanagers, indigo buntings, wood thrushes and
rose-breasted grosbeaks.
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Ropchan Memorial
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Ropchan Memorial Nature Preserve
6830 N. 750 W, Orland, IN 46776
5
101
00
10
975
995
6830 N. 750 W, Orland, IN 46776
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1025
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1005
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1005
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N 700 W
N 750 W
N 750 W
970
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State Roa
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400
Grassland
Wetland
Waterbody
Waterway
Orland
N 700 W
N 675 W
N 750 W
N 700 W
N 850 W
N 750 W
I-80
I-80
N 675 W
to the preserve on theShrub
right.
/
Waterbody
Waterway
N 800 W
Property
Trails
Shrub
/Boundary
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
46748 east 2.1
From
Orland
take Indiana
SR 120
miles
to
Grassland
Contours
750 W and turn left (north).
Travel
0.1
miles
Wetland
5' Interval
N 800 W
Parking Lot
Forest
State Road 327
Trails
P
W 700 N
Property
Boundary
Contours W
- 700Orland
N
5' Interval
N 850 W
Roads
W 800 N
Feet
1,200
Feet
1,200
W 800 N
N 900 W01.05.2013
DIRECTIONS:
Parking Lot
State Road 327
Directions: From Orland take SR 120 east 2.1 miles to 750 W and turn left (north). Travel
0.1 mile to the preserve on the right.
Roads
P
800
955
950
800
400
Directions: From Orland take SR 120 east 2.1 miles to 750 W and turn left (north). Travel
0.1 mile to the preserve on the right.
01.05.2013
Here are a ridge moraine, a kettle-hole lake
and boulders from rocky outcrops farther
north, all visible evidence of the passing of
the great glaciers. The low wetland was
once an acidic bog with sphagnum moss
and cranberries. Now tamarack, yellow birch
and red maple grow there along with tussocks of
cinnamon fern, mountain holly and winterberry. On
the drier land is an oak/hickory forest with red, white
and black oak, as well as shagbark hickory, and in
the understory are sassafras, dogwood and hazelnut.
The varied habitat means a variety of birds and
wildflowers are present.
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985
955
950
N 900 W
985
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State Ro ad 12
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State Ro ad 12
Bachelor
Bachelor
N 550 W
5
97
N 750 W
5
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N 750 W
965
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970
120
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State Roa
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N 600 W N 600 W
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5
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985
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N 700 W
985
1005
Immature White Oak Leaf
111
106
4990 N. SR 827, Fremont, IN 46737
5
1025
0
40
10
1030
Gle
5
IDNR Wetland
Conservation Area
n
aso
Gle
0
Cemetery
Lake
IDNR Wetland
Conservation Area
102
1030
827
Cemetery
Lake
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10
102
1050
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25
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Dit
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10
10
25
104
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10
0
40
1040
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10
1030
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N0
1030
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700 1035
From Fremont take SR 827 (Wayne St.) south 1.0 mile to the preserve on the left.
Feet
2,100
Feet
1,400
10
40
106
0
700 1035
1,400
40
106
10
1035
State Road 120
2,100
Toledo
Fremont
E
N 525 N
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7
N 300 E
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0
N 300 E
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N 100 E
Waterway
St
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Wetland
E 400 N
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Waterbody
N 250 E
Shrub /
Grassland
Pe
ac
Pe
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hy
hy
N 450 E
E 400 N
N 250 E
From
Fremont
take SR 827 (Wayne
St.)
south Waterbody
Grassland
(260) 637-ACRE
Contours Foreston the left.
Wetland
1.0 miles
to the preserve
Feather Valley E 550 N
I-8
0
82 Sta
7 te R
Property
Shrub /Boundary
N 100 E
Forest
05.07.2013
Trails
Property
N 450 E
DIRECTIONS:
Trails
P
525 E
Roads
West
West
From Fremont take SR 827 (Wayne St.) south 1.0 mile to the preserve on the left.
Toledo
State Road 120
Roads
Parking Lot
P
E 550 N
Feather Valley
Fremont
ad
Directions:
Glaciers sculpted this country, creating
rolling hills and gravel and sand kames,
as well as a kettle-hole lake, Cemetery Lake.
The preserve has an upland oak/hickory
forest, once-cultivated fields in different stages
of succession and wetlands by the lake. This is a
natural sanctuary for birds, other wildlife and plants.
A platform near the creek is used by visitors looking
for ducks and other water birds, great blue herons,
muskrats and beavers.
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Directions:
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E
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104
40
10
55
10
5
105
5
30
5
10
1045
1040
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R oa d
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5
827
104
103
106
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P
1035
1060
1055
1055
10
5
E Peachy Rd
104
1050
45
10
4990 N. SR 827, Fremont, IN 46737
1025
0
STEUBEN
Ropchan Wildlife Refuge
1060
103
5
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
30
1055
5
10
104
E Peachy Rd
Ropchan Wildlife Refuge
E 400 N
Ra
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E 400 N
Ra
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Wood Duck
112
113
Wing Haven
Lak
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5
103
1015
995
100
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Wing Haven Nature Preserve
180 W. 400 N, Angola, IN 46703
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1020
180 W. 400 N, Angola, IN 46703
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103
1015
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98
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Lak
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STEUBEN
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
0
98
975
10
1
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Failing Lake
98
0
Si
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Seven
98
0
Seven
Failing Lake
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400
Wetland
Waterway
N5
7
82
N 100 E
SR
N5
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E 400 N
W 400WN300 N E 300 N
W 300 N
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W 350 N
E 400 N
82
Waterbody
05.28.2013
Grassland
W 350 N
Feather Valley
W 400 N
SR 127
W 500 N
Feather Valley
0
preserve
on the left.
/
Foster NP
Beechwood NP
SR 727 Foster NP
Beechwood NP
SR 727
Property
Trails
Shrub
/Boundary
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
46748 (Wayne
From
Angola
take Indiana
SR 127
St.)
north Waterbody
Grassland
Contours 4.6 miles to 400 N andForest
turn right Wetland
(east).
W 500 N
I-8
Parking Lot
Forest
Majneri NR
0
Trails
P
Property
Boundary
150 W
Roads
Parking Lot
150 W
DIRECTIONS:
Majneri NR
I-8
(east). Travel 0.4 mile to the preserve on the left.
From Angola take SR 127 (Wayne St.) north 4.6 miles to 400 N and turn right
Roads
P
1,200
Feet
1,200
800
0W
400
N
Directions:
E 400 N
N
E 400 Feet
SR
N 0 N and turn right
Directions: From Angola take SR 127 (Wayne St.) north 4.6 miles to 400
1085
800
I-69
W 400 N
1085
N 75 W
W 400 N
SR 127
0
P
P1060
I-69
0
0
7
10
N 75 W
10
7
10
7
7
10
1030
N
114
0
1030
1060
Glacially carved kettle-hole lakes are bordered
by a wetland fen system. In secluded areas,
sandhill cranes have established nests.
There are rolling meadows and surrounding
uplands covered in an oak, hickory and red
maple forest. In spring, a profusion of wildflowers,
including white trillium, carpet deep ravines near
hundred-year-old log buildings — one now used for
ACRES events and another as the caretaker’s residence.
0
3
10
1055
N 100 E
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1060
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4
10
1040
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10
1055
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1060
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1040
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102
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1025
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1000
1025
1015
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10
35
995
50
10
10
15
1000
5
6
10
10
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3
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980
5
102
975
10
980
10
1
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995
E 300 N
115
1020
Woodland Bog
1020
STEUBEN
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Woodland Bog Nature Preserve
2600 E. 100 N, Angola, IN 46703
2600 E. 100 N, Angola, IN 46703
1030
1030
Goodale Ditch
1025
1025
Goodale Ditch
1020
1025
1025
1020
5
2
10
10
2
5
2
10
5
10
2
5
0
3
10
0
3
10
1030
400
E 100 N
E 20
N
N
E 400 E
N 400 N
N 300 E
E 20
S 400 E
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Waterway
01.06.2013
Wetland
E 100 N
S 400 E
Marions Woods NP
N 350 E
E 200 N
N 200 E
E 200 N
/Boundary
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
From
Angola
take Indiana
US 46748
20 east 1.5Shrub
miles
to
Waterbody
E 50 N
Grassland
Contours
100 E and turn left (north).
Travel
1.3
miles
Wetland
Marions Woods NP
to 100 N and turn rightShrub
(east).
Travel 1.4 miles
/
Waterbody
E 50 N
to
the
preserve
on
the
left.
Grassland
N 300 E
ad
827
ad
Ro
Property
1,200
N 350 E
Forest
Property
N 100 E
Trails
Trails
P
Sta
te
DIRECTIONS:
Roads
800
827
Directions: From Angola take US 20 east 1.5 miles to 100 E and turn left (north). Travel 1.3
miles to 100 N and turn right (east). Travel 1.4 miles to the preserve on the left.
Roads
Parking Lot
P
Beneath the swamp forest of red maple,
red elm, pin oak, swamp white oak and
bigtooth aspen is the peat of a centuries-old
bog. Tamaracks probably once dominated
the forest, and some are still present. There
are stands of cinnamon and royal fern with
fronds as tall as six feet, as well as swamp dewberry
and highbush blueberry. Many of the nesting birds
are elusive denizens of wetlands.
Feet
1,200
Feet
800
400
Directions: From Angola take US 20 east 1.5 miles to 100 E and turn left (north). Travel 1.3
miles to 100 N and turn right (east). Travel 1.4 miles to the preserve on the left.
N 200 E
N0
N0
Ro
1025
P
P
N 100 E
E 100 N
1025
Sta
te
E 100 N
1030
Cinnamon Fern
116
117
WABASH COUNTY
Wabash County has five physiographic divisions: upland till plains, moraines,
outwash terraces, limestone terraces and bottom lands. The relief ranges from
flat plains to gently rolling areas in the eastern part, with knobs, ridges and
kettle lakes north of the Eel River. The Eel River drains the northern parts of
the county; the Wabash River, the central areas; and the Mississinewa River,
the southern portions.
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119
68
730
Asherwood
720
730
760
750
WABASH
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Asherwood
770
7496 W. SR 124, Wabash, IN 46992
685
765
7496680W. SR 124,
735 Wabash, IN 46992
730
730
720
0
71
750
760
725
770
760
690
685
765
735
755
75
5
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71
705
760
725
740
720
690
755
730
770
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705
740
750
720
770
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Bra
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750
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700
715
715
705
Ash
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Bra
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770
750
705
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700
760
770
730
750
730
745
760
730
745
76
0
73
5
750
775
76
0
73
5
750
775
750
120
770
770
765
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Wetland
Waterway
W 500 S
S 500 W
S 550 W
State Road 124
W 700 S
W 700 S
S 550 W
E 290 S
E 290 S
S 650 W
E 100 S
S 650 W
11.28.2012
on the right.
S 700 E
Parking Lot
Property
From Wabash
SR 13 southShrub
1.2
/ miles to
Owned by: take Trails
Boundary
Waterbody
Grassland
its junction with SR 15 and turn right.
Follow
Contours
Waterway
Wetland
Forest
Interval
SR 13 another 3.2 miles to SR 1245'and
turn
Shrub /
Owned by: right (west). Travel 5.4
miles
to
the
preserve
Waterbody
Grassland
tt
W Ellio
W 500 S
tt
W EllioState Road 124
S 750 W
Forest
S 625 E
P
S 625
E
11.28.2012
Roads
E 100 S
Property
Boundary
Peoria
DIRECTIONS:
Trails
S 700 E
E 25 S
Follow SR 13 another 3.2 miles to SR 124 and turn right (west). Travel 5.4 miles to the preserve
Managed by:
on the right.
Roads
Parking Lot
P
Feet
1,200
800
E 25 S
S 700 W
400
Feet
1,200
800
S 500 W
400
S 775 W
N
N0
S 750 W
State Road 124
State Road 124
770
735
735
675 EW
SS 775
765
Peoria
S 675 E
P
745 745
S 700 W
770
From Wabash take SR 13 south 1.2 miles to its junction with0 SR 15 and turn right.
Follow SR 13 another 3.2 miles to SR 124 and turn right (west). Travel 5.4 miles to the preserve
on the
right.
From Wabash
take
SR 13 south 1.2 miles to its junction with SR 15 and turn right.
Managed by:
710
775
Directions:
Directions:
Deep ravines divide beech/maple and
oak/hickory forests on narrow ridge tops.
Over 300 species of woody and herbaceous
plants and 140 species of birds have been
observed. Divided by Asher Creek and flanked
by wetlands, the preserve includes three diverse
ponds and three types of trails: paved; wide and flat
earthen trails; and narrow, winding trails climbing
steep grades. ACRES holds a management lease
with Marion Community Schools and will acquire
ownership in 2024.
780
S 750 W
S 750 W
750
780
P
710
775
121
Hanging Rock National Natural Landmark
700
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
WABASH
720
710
Hanging Rock Nature Preserve
Schmalzried Rd
4552 E. Hanging Rock Road, Lagro, IN 46941
695
4552 E. Hanging Rock Road, Lagro, IN 46941
690
685
720
710
700
680
Schmalzried Rd
695
690
675
685
680
675
675
Hanging Rock
National Natural Landmark
670
670
685
685
Hanging Rock Rd Wabash River
710
690
720
685
690
705
Hanging Rock Rd
690
SE
500
S 500
700
695
700
695
705
715
725
715
N0
400
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Waterway
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Hwy
Blue Star
Old 24 Rock
Division
E Hanging
Schmalzried
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SR 52
Waterbody
ugh
1,200
N 600 E
nba
Dur
5' Interval
hway 24
US Hig
4
SR 52
ContoursLagro
-
Property
N 400 E
E
N 400 E
Wetland
00
Trails(Davis St.)
From
Lagro
SR
524
south
Shrub
/Boundary
1802 Chapman
Road, take
Huntertown,
Indiana
46748
Grassland
0.75 miles. When SR 524 curves to the
east,
Contours
Wetland
5' Interval
continue
east onto Hanging Rock Rd.,
Waterbody
leaving SR 524. TravelShrub
0.7 /miles to the
Grassland
Waterway
N3
Property
E
Forest
00
Trails
P
800
Lagro
N3
DIRECTIONS:
Roads
Parking Lot
Feet
1,200
Feet
800
400
Directions: From Lagro take SR 524 (Davis St.) south 0.75 mile, when SR 524 curves to
the east, continue east onto Hanging Rock Rd. leaving SR 524. Travel 0.7 mile to the preserve
the SR
left. 524 (Davis St.) south 0.75 mile, when SR 524 curves to
Lagroon
take
Directions: From
the east, continue east onto Hanging Rock Rd. leaving SR 524. Travel 0.7 mile to the preserve
Roads
on the left.
P
One of our smaller preserves, Hanging Rock contains
a portion of a Silurian coral reef formed when Indiana
and much of the Midwest was covered by a warm,
shallow sea. When the Wabash River undercut the
rock, the top of the rock was left overhanging its base,
65 feet above the Wabash Valley — thus the preserve’s
name. Native Americans used Hanging Rock as both
an overlook and a landmark.
N0
Rock
E 50 S
Kokiwanee NP Division
E 100 S
E 50 S
Kokiwanee NP
E 100 S
S 650 E
5
S 500S E
500 E
740 72
S 300 E
S 600 E
705
740
Division
Division
730
01.06.2013
730
E
705
685
S 650 E
P
690
670
S 600 E
720
675
Wabash River
Hanging Rock
National Natural Landmark
670
S 500 E
710
S 500 E
P
Ice Formation
122
123
725
730
7
WABASH
30
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
690
Hathaway Preserve at Ross Run
745
Hathaway Preserve at Ross Run
1866 E. Baumbauer Road, Wabash, IN 46992
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725
735
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71
745
740
73
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690
730
745
750
765
735
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740
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71
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775
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740
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Hathaway Preserve at Ross Run is a
spectacular gorge with waterfalls, reef
fossils, exposed bedrock and vertical
cliffs as high as 75 feet. On this terrain are
mature oaks, some with trunks over four feet
in diameter, as well as a diverse understory
beneath the oaks and a spectacular display of spring
wildflowers. The Ross Run gorge is an impressive
natural feature with uncommonly high geological,
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east, continue east onto Hanging Rock Rd. leaving SR 524. Travel 1.2 miles and turn right (south)
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the
east,
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Kokiwanee features bluffs along the Salamonie River
as well as streams tumbling down waterfalls into
the river. This is a place of many species of trees;
wildflowers, including snow trillium; and birds,
from wood ducks and bald eagles on the river to great
blue herons wading in the shallow water.
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Mary Thornton Nature Preserve
WABASH
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
Mary Thornton Nature Preserve
1541 E. 300 N, Wabash, IN 46992
1541 E. 300 N, Wabash, IN 46992
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Indiana
W 300 N
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Property
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DIRECTIONS:
Trails
State Road 13
W 400 N
Directions: From Wabash at SR 13 and US 24 take SR 13 north 2.6 miles to 300 N and turn
right (east). Travel 1.4 miles to the preserve on the right.
Roads
Parking Lot
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W 400 N
This preserve provides a great example of an
oak/hickory forest being converted into a
beech/maple forest. The understory is native and
diverse, and the property contains ephemeral
wetlands that provide amphibian habitat and
breeding areas. Even though the preserve is
relatively small, wildlife is abundant.
Feet
600
400
N 175 E
0 to 300 N and turn
From Wabash at SR 13 and US 24 take SR 13 north 2.6 miles
right (east). Travel 1.4 miles to the preserve on the right.
Directions:
State Road 13
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WELLS COUNTY
Located in the Central Till Plain Natural Region, the county is characterized by
nearly level to gently undulating topography. These irregular “bumpy” contours
are characteristic of morainic topography. Wells County is drained by the
Wabash River, Eight Mile Creek, Six Mile Creek and their tributaries.
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0182 SE SR 116, Bluffton, IN 46714
182 S.E. SR 116, Bluffton, IN 46714
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From
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takeIndiana
SR46748
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north
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SR
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left (west). Travel through
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left.
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W 300 N
Feet
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N 100 E
DIRECTIONS:
Roads
Trails
550
N 100 E
Directions: From Bluffton take SR 1 (Main St.) north 1.0 mile to SR 116 (Dustman Rd.) and
turn left (west). Travel SR 116, thru Murray, 4.6 miles to the preserve on the left.
Roads
Parking Lot
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Here along the Wabash River are sycamore,
hackberry, burr and red oak trees that have
stood along the river since Native Americans
and early explorers paddled down the river.
On the bluffs are sugar and black maple trees
and red elms. In spring, there are warblers
and other migrating birds in the trees. In summer,
there are nesting birds such as the wood thrush and
red-eyed vireo. Woodland wildflowers, including
shooting star and wild hyacinth, decorate the
woodland floor in season.
Feet
1,650
1,100
Meridian
0 (Dustman Rd.) and
From Bluffton take SR 1 (Main St.) north 1.0 mile to SR 116
turn left (west). Travel SR 116, thru Murray, 4.6 miles to the preserve on the left.
Directions:
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Anna Brand Hammer Reserve
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
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Anna Brand Hammer Nature Preserve
0393 W. 800 N, Uniondale, IN 46791
0393 W. 800 N, Uniondale, IN 46791
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Road, Huntertown,
Indiana 100
46748 W (Main
From
Uniondale
take
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Contours
northwww.acreslandtrust.org
2.0 miles to 800Forest
N and turnWetland
right
(east).
Waterway
5' Interval
preserve
on the left.
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Meridian
200 W
700 N
800 N
800 N
150 E
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100 E
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Property
Boundary
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75 E
DIRECTIONS:
Trails
950 N
950 N
Parking Lot
Feet
1,200
800
200 W
From Uniondale take 100 W (Main St.) north 2.0 miles to 800 N and turn right
Roads
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Directions:
400
Feet
1,200
800
700 N
75 E
0 N and turn right
From Uniondale take 100 W (Main St.) north 2.0 miles to 800
Directions:
This is a forest oasis with a stand of mature
red and white oak, hickory, cherry, beech
and maple trees surrounded by cultivated
fields. More trees have been planted on six
adjacent acres to enlarge this oasis. A small
stream, which dries up during periods of drought,
winds through the forest, and several species of
salamander live here. Bloodroot, squirrel corn, spring
beauty, wild phlox, Dutchman’s breeches and many
other wildflowers grow abundantly beneath the trees.
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Meridian
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WHITLEY COUNTY
The Eel River divides the county into two major physiographic regions and
functions to drain two-thirds of the county. North of the river, the landscape
is generally characterized by rolling to steep hills on moraines, with deep
depressions between the moraines. South of the river, the landscape
features nearly level glacial till plains and low moraines.
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WHITLEY
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Wendell and Evelyn Dygert Nature Preserve
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4245 N. 50 W, Columbia City, IN 46725
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From
Columbia
City
take
1802 Chapman
Road, Huntertown,
Indiana
46748
Waterbody
Grassland
W 400 N
north,
crossing US 30, 4.5 miles to
400
N and
Contours
Forest
Waterway
Wetland
5'
Interval
turn left (west). Travel 0.5 miles to 50 W and
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(Line
St.)
/Boundary
State Road 109
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E 500 N
E 500 N
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W 450 N
Property
Boundary
W 500 N
N 50 W
DIRECTIONS:
Trails
Etn
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Parking Lot
1,650
State Road 109
Directions: From
400 N and turn left (west). Travel 0.5 mile to 50 W and turn right (north). Travel 0.25 mile to the
Roads
P
This forested highland cut by ravines has a
long list of trees: beech, maple, oak, hickory,
cherry and many more. There are many
species of birds here, including the red-tailed
hawk, great horned owl, blue jay, cardinal
and red-eyed vireo. Plus, there are downy, hairy
and red-bellied woodpeckers. You’ll also find an
abundance of wildflowers: blue-eyed Mary, Jack-inthe-pulpit, spring beauty and firepink, as well as blue,
white and yellow violets and many others.
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Directions: From Columbia City take SR 109 (Line St.) north, crossing US 30, 4.5 miles to
400 N and turn left (west). Travel 0.5 mile to 50 W and turn right (north). Travel 0.25 mile to the
preserve
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the left.
Columbia
City
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Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
Bloom time: July
Spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana
Bloom time: May – September
Bergamot’s showy masses of lavender flowers are
attractive to a wide range of pollinators, including
hummingbirds and insects. A member of the mint
family, wild bergamot has square stems and leaves
in pairs opposite each other. The crushed leaves and
flowers have a distinctive citrus odor.
The three-petalled lavender-to-purple flowers and the
strap-like leaves are distinctive characteristics of the
spiderwort. The three common spiderwort species
in this region are the Ohio, Virginia and broad-leaf
spiderwort. Close study of the flowers has shown that
they arise from a pair of leaves that are fused to make
a boat-like structure.
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Bloom time: June – August
Trillium Trillium grandiflorum
Bloom time: March – May
What seems to be a single large flower is actually
a head composed of two different types of small
flowers, or florets. The florets in the center of the head
are tiny and brown. They form seeds and are arranged
on a cone-shaped bulge in the center of the head.
The florets around the outside of the head are
non-reproductive and have large, showy petals that
serve as advertising to attract pollinators.
The showy flowers of trillium mark the progress of
spring in our local woodlands. Its large flowers with
three sepals and three petals above a whorl of three
large leaves make it easy to recognize. There are
many trillium species within ACRES preserves,
including prairie, sessile, red, large-flowered,
drooping and snow trillium.
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Bloom time: May – September or later
Blue Phlox Phlox divaricata
Bloom time: April – May
Yarrow, like black-eyed Susan, has florets arranged in
heads. However, yarrow’s ray flowers have much shorter
petals, and the small white heads are arranged into
flat-topped clusters reminiscent of Queen Anne’s lace.
Yarrow leaves are highly divided, and when crushed,
have a unique smoky, medicinal scent.
Blue phlox can be identified by flowers with five petals
that are slightly notched at the tips. The flowers are
supported by a stem with opposite leaves. It often
grows in large masses, and although the petals typically
are blue, many populations have flowers that range
from white to purple, with all the intermediate colors.
Dutchman’s Breeches Dicentra cucullaria
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
This plant occurs in colonies in forests on moist, rich
soil. The shape of the paired flower petals reminds
people of little white Dutch-boy-style pants, leading
to the common name. The leaves are also striking.
They display a bluish-green color and are divided
into many tiny leaflets.
The flower-bearing structure and three-parted leaves
make Jack-in-the-pulpit easy to identify. Also known
as Indian turnip, this plant’s below-ground stem was
used as a food source by some Native Americans,
but it cannot be used without processing. A related
species, green dragon, also occurs in our area.
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Trees
American Beech Fagus grandifolia
Sugar Maple Acer saccharum
The beech tree is easy to identify from its smooth
grey bark that is unfortunately often marred by initials
or other carvings. The buds are also distinctive due
to their slender, sharp-pointed shape, often one inch
in length. Edible nuts mature in October and are
contained within a four-valved spiny bur.
Sugar maple leaves are simple, opposite and not
sharply toothed. The “helicopter” fruits are U-shaped
and mature in the fall. The fall leaves are yellow,
orange or red. Sugar maple trees are well-established
in old-growth forests, due to their ability to reproduce
aggressively under forest canopies. The sap is prized
for making sugar and syrup.
American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
The sycamore is an easy tree to identify by its
white and grey mottled bark and massive spreading
branches. The sycamore is often found in wet areas
and especially along streams and rivers.
White Oak Quercus alba
This large tree has heavy branches and leaves with
rounded lobes, distinguishing it from red and black
oaks. Acorns are produced with the cup covering
¼ of the nut. Like other oaks, the pith of twigs is
star-shaped when viewed in cross section. White oak
acorns are the preferred fall diet of many animals.
Black Walnut Juglans nigra
The inner bark of a black walnut tree is a rich
chocolate brown. Its leaves are compound and long
(often two feet), with 15 – 23 leaflets. The twigs have
a chambered pith with thin partitions, and the wood
has a beautiful dark-brown grain. Edible nuts ripen
in October.
Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera
This is Indiana’s state tree. The leaves make this
tree easy to identify. They have an unusual tulip-like
shape with four lobes. The flowers also resemble
tulips and appear in late spring. The blossoms
provide nectar for bees to make honey, and the fruits
provide food for squirrels in fall and winter.
Black Cherry Prunus serotina
Shagbark Hickory Carya ovata
The light reddish-brown wood has a beautiful smooth
grain. Twigs have a bitter almond scent and taste.
Wilted leaves and twigs contain cyanic acid, which
can be fatal to livestock if eaten in large quantities.
Fruits are clusters of juicy purple-black cherries that
are slightly bitter but eagerly consumed by wildlife.
As its name suggests, the shagbark hickory is easily
recognized by its bark. On mature trees, bark breaks
into very hard thin plates that are free from the trunk at
one or both ends, giving the tree a shaggy appearance.
It is a slow-growing tree, producing hard, tough wood.
Shagbark hickory nuts are edible and delicious.
Hackberry Celtis occidentalis
Red Maple Acer rubrum
Red maple gets its name from the red coloration of
its buds, twigs, flowers, fruits and autumn leaves. Its
leaves are simple, opposite and sharply toothed. The
“helicopter” fruits are V-shaped and mature in the
spring. Red maple is usually one of the first forest
trees to become established in old clearings and
burned areas.
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The bark of hackberry is distinguished by warty or
corky bumps. Its leaves alternate on the twig and are
long and pointy with toothed edges. The tree crown
often has clusters of small disfigured twigs called
“witches’ brooms,” caused by mites. The edible fruits
are pea-sized and dark purple.
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Tracks
Rabbit and Squirrel
Raccoon
Squirrel and rabbit tracks often appear similar. Both
squirrels and rabbits gallop when they move so that
their hind feet land in front of their forefeet. When
identifying these tracks, focus on two features. First,
rabbits place one forefoot behind the other, whereas
squirrels place their forefeet next to each other.
Second, squirrel tracks will often end at trees;
rabbit tracks will go past trees. Looking closely at
cottontail rabbit tracks, you will see four toes, with
claws occasionally showing. A close look at squirrel
tracks reveals five rear toes and four front toes.
Raccoons have five long toes on both the front and
rear feet. The toes have nails that often leave small
dots ahead of the toes on the tracks. The heel pad of
the rear foot is longer and more likely to register on
the tracks than the smaller pad of the front foot.
Rabbit
Squirrel
Skunk
Skunks have five toes on both the front and hind feet.
A distinguishing feature is the presence of long nails
on the forefeet, which leave small dots ahead of the
toe pads.
Deer
Deer tracks show two toes. Sometimes on soft
substrates, the dewclaws will also make impressions
behind the toes. The toes will point in the direction
the deer was walking.
Turkey
Opossum
Both the front and rear feet of the opossum have
five toes. A distinguishing feature of the rear track
is the clawless, opposable, thumb-like fifth toe, which
projects toward the inside of the track. It is typical to
find the rear track partially on top of the front track.
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Wild turkey tracks consist of three long toe
marks, without webbing, spaced around a small
circular pad print. These tracks could be confused
with the great blue heron’s. Turkey tracks, however,
are smaller than the heron’s, and heron tracks have
an extra toe mark pointing backward.
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Children’s Nature Discovery
CAN YOU FIND THESE ON YOUR HIKE?
IDEAS FOR CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES!
Nature Exploration: Prepareindexcardsaheadoftimeandpassthem
outtoeachhiker,instructinghim/herto observe and write down:
Smooth-edged Leaf
Bird
Mammal
• The driest spot and the wettest spot in the preserve. How are they different?
Why? (Think about sun exposure and topography.)
• Places where insects have been active. How do insects travel through
the forest or grassland areas? What are your clues?
• Something rough, something smooth and something decaying.
• Holes that might be homes for animals. What animals might live there?
Alphabet Game: Find nature objects that start with the letters of the alphabet
and write them down in alphabetical order.
Animal Tracks
Insect
Fungus
Bark & Leaf Rubbings: Use paper and crayons or colored pencils
to create textured rubbings for a nature journal.
Nature Journal: Record findings from each visit, including photos or sketches
of interesting items. Compare and contrast findings from different seasons.
Create poems and stories about sights and sensations along the trails.
Share: Email your completed poems, short stories, pictures and journal entries
Wildflower
Pointed-edged Leaf
Bird's Nest
to the ACRES Adventurer Kid’s page: [email protected]
Please note: For safety, only a child’s first name will be posted with submissions
on the website.
Take only pictures, notes and
memories, and leave only footprints!
Poison Ivy*
Seed
Reptile
*Do not touch the poison ivy!
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Land Contribution Options
Get Involved
ACRES acquires the majority of our property through some form of
contribution. If contribution opportunities are not available, ACRES does
consider obtaining properties at market value. The most common land
contribution options are listed below.
One way to get involved with ACRES is to explore the preserves with the
help of this Preserve Guide. There are many other ways to get involved.
DONATION
Donating land for conservation purposes is truly one of the finest legacies a
person can leave. Donating land releases you from the responsibility of managing
the land and can provide substantial income tax deductions and estate tax benefits.
Land can also be donated through your will. ACRES encourages you to discuss land
donations with us to ensure we fully understand your goals for the property.
BARGAIN SALE
If you need to realize some immediate income from your land, yet would like
the property to be preserved, a bargain sale might be the answer. In a bargain
sale, you sell the land to ACRES for less than its fair market value. A bargain sale
entitles you to a charitable income tax deduction based on the difference
between the land’s fair market value and its sale price.
LIFE ESTATE
You can continue to live on the land by donating a remainder interest and
retaining a reserved life estate. In this arrangement, you would donate the
property but continue to live on and use the property. ACRES would receive full
title and control over the property upon your death, or sooner, if you so choose.
CONSERVATION EASEMENT
A conservation easement is a legal agreement between a landowner
and ACRES that permanently limits uses of the land in order to protect its
conservation values. It allows you to continue to own and use your land, and
to sell it or pass it on to heirs. Donated conservation easements can qualify
as tax-deductible charitable donations.
Please contact the ACRES office to further explore any of the contribution
options, or to set a time for us to visit your property. ACRES is a non-profit
organization, and donations are tax deductible as allowed by law. Consult
with your legal and financial advisors to determine specifically how the
options listed here will impact your tax and/or estate circumstances.
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VOLUNTEER
ACRES is able to keep expenses
low because of the generous
support of hundreds of volunteers.
Volunteers provide a variety of
services for ACRES, including
preserve maintenance, professional
advice and services, staffing
information booths, educational
programs, nature photography,
website maintenance, helping with
special events, assisting at the
office, distribution of the Quarterly
and many other tasks and services.
Contact the ACRES office to explore
how your skills and interests can help
ACRES expand our ability to preserve
natural areas.
BECOME A MEMBER
ACRES offers affordable memberships to individuals, families, seniors, students
and corporations. Membership gives you a subscription to the Quarterly, notices of
ACRES events, the right to vote and attend the annual members’ meeting and the
satisfaction of being a part of local land preservation. Contact ACRES to join today!
DONATE
ACRES receives the majority of our income
from private donations. Donations are made
through a variety of ways, including cash
donations, matching gifts from employers,
stock donations, the naming of ACRES as
the beneficiary of life insurance policies or
charitable remainder trusts, the donation of
products or services, the naming of ACRES
in wills and a variety of other means. Please
consider a donation to ACRES as you plan
your charitable giving.
260.637.2273 (ACRE)
260.637.2273 (ACRE)
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Special Thanks
To all the contributors who helped make this Preserve Guide possible:
Heather Baker, Chris Barlow, Neil Case, Norm Cox, Pam George, Brad Greenlee,
Gary Helmke, Trina Herber, Jenna Justice-Biggins, Amy Kissel, Al McSweeney,
Bruce and Gail Montgomery, Ron Patton, Carol Roberts, Joyce Sines, Gary Tieben
Amelia Hanson – wildflower illustrations
Britton Marketing and Design Group – design, editing
IDNR – bathymetric maps
Indiana University Press and Katherine Harrington – tree illustrations
E.P. Dunton & Co. and Carroll Colby – animal tracks
Photographers:
Andy Barrand, Gary Bendig, Steve Brisco, Art Eberhardt, Tony Fleming,
Aaron Fortin, Bob Frantz, Joe Harber, Jon Ingleman, Jason Kissel,
Barbara Knight-Hale, Douglas MacDowall, Paul McAfee, Jerry McCoy, Ron Patton,
Kathleen Perfect, Shane Perfect, Stephen Perfect, Suzanne Rogers, Rachel Sherman,
Jay Solomon, Jarrid Spicer, Jack Stark, Bob Weber
Long term supporters of acquisition projects:
Bicentennial Nature Trust
IDNR Division of Nature Preserves
Indiana Heritage Trust
Olive B. Cole Foundation
Ropchan Foundation
The Nature Conservancy
Wabash River Heritage Corridor Commission
Individuals who donated land and money
Printing of this Preserve Guide was made possible
through the generous support of the
Edward D. and Ione Auer Foundation
M.E. Raker Foundation
PRINTED 2013 ON RECYCLED PAPER
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Come on!
Let’s hike the trails!
Since 1960 ACRES Land Trust has acquired over 5,000 acres of significant natural
areas. We have created preserves large and small, each with a distinct character and
history, from the prairies of Wing Haven to the old-growth forests of Bicentennial
Woods to the waterfalls of Kokiwanee and Hathaway Preserve at Ross Run.
In these pages you will find descriptions of the ACRES preserves, as well as stunning
maps and photographs of each. This Preserve Guide only skims the surface of the
natural beauty and significance of each preserve.
Explore all the discoveries that await you!
ACRES LAND TRUST
1802 Chapman Road
Huntertown, IN 46748
Phone: 260.637.2273 (ACRE)
Email: [email protected]

Preserve Guide here

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