Join us on a beautiful, scenic 1.7-mile looped hiking trail that runs through restored prairie and woodlands around a pond. In the early nineteenth century, this area, known locally as Bailey's Grove, was 1,000 acres of nearly continuous woodland. As European American settlers built farms and homesteads in northern Illinois, groves such as this provided fuel, lumber, and fence posts. Hike and learn some local history of the Winding Creek Conservation area and all its inhabitants, including the fox, beaver, muskrat, skunks, ducks, fish, turtles, and more!
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