Messenger Woods Nature Preserve

Will County

Location and Access:

3.5 miles north of New Lenox

Description:

Dry-mesic upland forest and mesic upland forest of the Morainal Section of the Northeastern Morainal Natural Division.

Ownership: Forest Preserve District of Will County

Dedicated: December 1994

Size: 180.0 acres of nature preserve and 227.0 acres of nature preserve buffer

Topo Map: Mokena 7.5

For Further Information Contact: Forest Preserve District of Will County, 22606 S. Cherry Hill Rd., Joliet IL 60433 (815/727-8700)

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