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Nature Preserve Area
10
County
Lee
Location And Access
From the intersection of US Rt 30 and US Rt 52 - travel north on Rt 52 approximately 3/4 mile, then continue northwest on Rt 52 just over 1/2 mile. The nature preserve is south of Rt 52, separated from the highway by private property. Access is by a lane to a house at the northwest corner of the preserve.
Description
This cemetery prairie nature preserve is a portion of Temperance Hill Cemetery. It is a fragment of mesic prairie dominated by big bluestem, Indian grass, and various sedge species - and is representative of the original mesic prairie vegetation of the Grand Prairie Section of the Grand Prairie Natural Division
Ownership
Lee County Board of School Trustees
Dedicated
August 1983
Size
0.8 acres
Topographic Quad
Franklin Grove
Topo Map
For Further Information
Lee County Board of School Trustees, 211 E. Everett, Dixon, IL 61021
Lee County Natural Areas Guardians, c/o Lee County Soil & Water Conservation District, 319 S. Mason, Amboy, IL 61310 (815-857-3223)
