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 This page contains links to all our parks, trails and nature areas.  Just click on the name to get more details including directions to each.

+These conservation areas are currently open to the public +

Anderson Bend Conservation Area*

7421 Distillery Road - Belvidere, IL  61008

540 acres.  Combined with Distillery & Nelson Ford Conservation Area

Beaver Bluffs

897 Bus. Rt. 20 - Belvidere, IL  61008

79.1 acres.  Only NORTH of the river is open to the public.

Distillery Conservation Area*

PLEASE NOTE!!!  The Distillery Road canoe launch is open, but the road leading to the launch is closed, so canoeists must portage their canoes to the launch area.

7421 Distillery Road - Belvidere, IL  61008

540 acres.  Combined with Anderson Bend & Nelson Ford Conservation Area

Edward's Park and Conservation Area

15339 Rt. 76 - Poplar Grove, IL  61065

21 acres. 

Elmhurst Chicago Stone Wetland

802 Ipsen Rd. - Belvidere, IL  61008

12.7 acres.  Limited access.

Flora Prairie Nature Preserve

498 Poole Rd. - Cherry Valley, IL  61016

10 acres.

Green Giant Prairie

1886 Bridgewater Dr. - Belvidere, IL  61008

13 acres.  Limited access.

Kinnikinnick Creek Conservation Area

18388 Caledonia Rd. - Caledonia, IL  61011

429 acres.  Includes nature preserve.

Kishwaukee Bottoms

 

LIB Conservation Area*

5601 Newburg Rd. - Belvidere, IL  61008

200 acres. 

Long Prairie Trail

Runs East-West; Parking lots in Caledonia, Poplar Grove and     County Line Rd. in Capron

14.2 miles (172.7 acres).

Nelson Ford*

739 Distillery Road - Belvidere, IL  61008

540 acres.  Combined with Anderson Bend & Distillery Conservation Area

O. O. Stimes Memorial Park

114897 Mill Rd. - Capron, IL  61012

26 acres.

Sewell

10683 Fruit Farm Rd. - Garden Prairie, IL  61038

200 acres.  Limited access.

Spencer Conservation Area

1318 N. Appleton Rd. - Belvidere, IL  61008

353.72 acres.  Roger D. Gustafson Nature Center located at the north end of Spencer.

Tuttle Clarksen Natural Area

7300 Rt. 173 - Poplar Grove, IL  61065

28.63 acres.

Wagner

11310 Station St. - Garden Prairie, IL  61038

8.2 acres.  Limited access.

*Asterisk indicates the Conservation Area is part of Kishwaukee Bottoms

 

Other Conservation Areas will be open to the public.  Check back often!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boone County Conservation District - 603 N. Appleton Road - Belvidere, IL  61008 - Phone (815) 547-7935 - Fax (815) 547-7939