Agencies
Services
Nature Preserve Area
2
County
McHenry
Location And Access
From McHenry at jct. Hwys. 31 & 120, take Hwy 120 east 1.5 miles to Chapel Hill Road, then turn and go north 2.1 miles to Bay Road, then turn and go east 0.4 mile, then take north fork in road to Weingart Road, then turn and go north 0.4 mile to Rolling Lane road, then turn and go east 0.5 mile to Pitzen Road, then north 0.35 mile. The nature preserve is to the west. Special Note: This preserve is closed to the public.
Description
Weingart Road Sedge Meadow is located on a peninsula extending into the southwestern corner of Pistakee Lake, one of the Chain O' Lakes through which the Fox River flows. Weingart Road Sedge Meadow is dominated to a large extent by a high-quality sedge meadow community. Dominant plants of this community include tussock sedge, blue joint grass and marsh shield fern. Other common
Ownership
McHenry County Conservation District
Dedicated
April 1985
Size
48.006 acres with buffer
Topographic Quad
Fox Lake
Topo Map
For Further Information
Contact: McHenry County Conservation District, 6512 Harts Road, Ringwood, IL 60072 (815/678-4431)
03/10 R. Heidorn
