Agencies
Services
Nature Preserve Area
1
County
Winnebago
Location And Access
This wooded preserve is located 3 miles south of Durand on IL Rt 70. A small parking area and preserve entrance is found on the north side of the preserve on Campbell Rd 0.1 mile east of Rt 70.
Description
Hartley Memorial is a dry-mesic upland forest of the Freeport Section of the Rock River Hill Country Natural Division. This mature forest is quite diverse, dominated by basswood and white oak. A dense layer of spring and summer flowering herbaceous species includes wild geranium, sweet cicely, blue cohosh, rue anemone and bellwort.
Ownership
Winnebago County Forest Preserve District
Dedicated
September 1982
Size
40 acres
Topographic Quad
Durand
Topo Map
For Further Information
Winnebago County Forest Preserve District, 5500 Northrock Dr., Rockford, IL 61103 (815/877-6100)
1/2009 - R. Heidorn