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Nature Preserve Area
4
County
Henderson
Location And Access
The site is located five miles southeast of Burlington, Iowa, four miles southeast of Gulfport, Illinois, and six miles northwest of Stronghurst, Illinois, within the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 13, Township 9 North, Range 7 West of the 4th Principal Meridian, situated in Henderson County. The property is surrounded by private land and is north of County Road 900N. It is currently not open to the public.
Description
Ellison Creek Sand Prairie Nature Preserve is in the Mississippi River Section of the Illinois River and Mississippi River Sand Area Natural Division in central Henderson County 2.5 miles east of the Mississippi River within the Upper Mississippi River Conservation Opportunity Area. It manages and protects sand prairie and savanna remnants recognized as part of Ellison Creek Illinois Natural Areas Inventory (INAI #357).
Ownership
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Dedicated
December 2019
Size
40 acres
Topographic Quad
Burlington
For Further Information
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702
217-785-8686