Ramsey Railroad Prairie Nature Preserve

Fayette County

Location and Access:

North of Ramsey along an abandoned railroad. Part of Sec. 8, T8N, R1E, 3 PM.

Description:

Dry-mesic and mesic prairie of the Effingham Plain Section of the Southern Till Plain Natural Division.

Owner: Illinois Department of Natural Resources, 1 Natural Resources Way, Springfield, IL 62701 (217/785-8774); Site Superintendent, Ramsey Lake State Park, P.O. Box 97, Ramsey 62080 (618/423-2215)

Dedicated: October 1997

Size: 11.26 acres nature preserve

Topo Map: Ramsey 7.5

1/2009 - R. Heidorn