Picnicking
Each picnic area has several picnic tables as well as a portable toilet. No hand-washing stations or running water are available.
Hoff Rd Trailhead offers a picnic area within a short walking distance from your car. This spot also provides the most shade at any given point of the day.
Iron Bridge Trailhead provides a secluded picnic area set back from the main road and also has tables that are only a short distance from the parking area. This location has less shade than others but provides a great display of butterfly gardens and restored prairie.
River Rd Seedbed is a unique place to picnic among the native seed beds. The picnic area is a short walk from the River Rd. Trailhead parking area and has two shade trees to provide a little extra comfort from the sun.
Turtle Pond picnic area is a 1.5-mile hike from the Hoff Rd. Trailhead. This location provides peaceful area to picnic, sit next to the pond, or walk through the Chicago Rd native seedbed. Shade is limited at this site.
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Hoff Road Trailhead
Iron Bridge Trailhead
River Road Seedbeds
River Road Trailhead
Turtle Pond