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Nature Preserve Area
3
County
Cook
Location And Access
From Glenwood at jct. Glenwood Lansing Road & Cottage Grove Avenue, take Cottage Grove Avenue north 1 mile to 183rd Street. The nature preserve is within the forest preserve and is north of 183rd Street, south of Thornton-Lansing Road, and west of I-94. Special Note: Trails have been developed at this preserve but there is no nearby parking area.
Description
Thorton-Lansing Road Nature Preserve and adjacent Jurgenson Woods Nature Preserve represent some of the last remnants of the natural vegetation of the southern part of the Chicago Lake Plain. Sandy depressions in this preserve support a marsh and bog-like community not found in nearby Jurgenson Woods Nature Preserve. The most common woodland community at this preserve is the sandy flatwoods dominated by pin oak. Like Jurgenson Woods, a number of interesting and unique species well adapted for these sandy, poorly drained soils still persist.
Ownership
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Dedicated
January 1965 as the 12th Illinois Nature Preserve
Size
440 acres
Topographic Quad
Calumet City
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For Further Information
Contact: Forest Preserve District of Cook County, c/o Conservation Department, 536 North Harlem Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305 (708/771-1330)