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Kokiwanee

Kokiwanee features bluffs along the Salamonie River as well as streams tumbling down waterfalls into the river. The Kokomo Kiwanis helped purchased what was then primary farmland for the Girl Scouts in 1945, hence the name Kokiwanee. The Girl Scouts operated a camp on the property from 1945 to 1996, turning the former farmland back ...

  • 03/25/2016
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Hanging Rock National Natural Landmark

Hanging Rock is a rare natural feature in the generally level topography of northern Indiana. Situated on the bank of the Wabash River, Hanging Rock contains a portion of a Silurian coral reef and is approximately 420 million years old. It was formed when Indiana and much of the Midwest was covered by a warm, ...

  • 03/25/2016
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Asherwood

Asherwood’s wooded trails take visitors through forest divided by deep ravines. Asher Creek winds through the property which also includes wetlands and three diverse ponds. The preserve features paved trails, wide and flat earthen trails and narrow, winding trails climbing steep grades. In late spring, the ground is covered with Mayapple, wild geranium, blue-eyed Mary ...

  • 03/25/2016
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Hathaway Preserve at Ross Run

Hathaway Preserve at Ross Run features a spectacular gorge with waterfalls, reef fossils, exposed bedrock and vertical cliffs as high as 75 feet. Ross Run gorge is a unique geological feature shaped by the region’s deglaciation. Diverse cliffside micro-habitats line its steep sides. From a trail running along the top of the gorge, visitors can ...

  • 01/26/2016
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ACRES Land Trust is a member-supported nonprofit dedicated to protecting natural and working lands in northeast Indiana, southern Michigan and northwest Ohio. More than 2,000 ACRES members make it possible to protect these areas and offer trail systems for free public use, open dawn to dusk daily.

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© 2023 ACRES Land Trust | Photos: A swirling pattern frozen in Davis Fisher Creek at McNabb-Walter Nature Preserve in Allen County by Jenny Weatherford | A Virginia opossum perched in a tree at Wildwood in Kosciusko County by Ralph Campbell