Truitt Hoff Nature Preserve

DuPage County

Location and Access:

To reach the parking lot from Route 59, turn west on Hawthorn Lane, then south on Industrial Drive. To reach it from Roosevelt Road (Route 38), turn north on Kress Road, then east on Downs Drive, then north on Industruial Drive.

Description:

Truitt-Hoff Nature Preserve is located in the Morainal Section of the Northeastern Illinois Morainal Natural Division. 120.3 acres in size, the preserve encompasses high-quality mesic prairie, wet-mesic prairie, freshwater marsh, mesic silt loam savanna, and wet prairie natural communities.

Ownership: Forest Preserve District of DuPage County and City of West Chicago

Dedicated: 5/26/2006

Size:   289.81 acres with buffer

Topo Map:      West Chicago

 

For more infomation, contact:

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

forest@dupageforest.com

or

(630)933-7200

 

 

 

1/2009 - R. Heidorn