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Todays Sunset
August 20, 2008
7:49 PM

parks open at 7:00 AM and
close 1/2 hour after sunset


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Wind From the Southeast at 8 MPH
Preserves
Kieselburg Forest Preserve

Kieselburg Forest Preserve is primarily a flat and open piece of land with some wooded areas. It is the site of one of the District's largest prairie restoration projects. Other attractions are a model airplane flying field especially for radio controlled model airplanes and two soccer fields.
  Kieselburg
  PRESERVE INFORMATION

Clayton Andrews Atwood Homestead Blackhawk Springs Colored Sands Deer Run Espenscheid Four Lakes Fuller Memorial Hartley Memorial Headquarters Hinchliff Memorial Hononegah Indian Hill J. Norman Jensen Kieselburg Kilbuck Bluffs Kishwaukee Gorge North Kishwaukee Gorge South Kishwaukee River Carl & Lois Klehm Laona Heights Ledges Macktown McKiski Millrace Isle Oak Ridge Roland Olson Pecatonica River Pecatonica Wetlands Rockford Rotary Severson Dells Seward Bluffs Sugar River Alder Sugar River Trailside Trask Bridge Two Rivers
* Top 18 preserves

Acres: 211
Access Road: Yes
Restrooms: Yes
Drinking Water: Yes
Pay Phones: No
Picnic Tables: 77
Shelterhouses: 2
Black Willow Springs: Wood shelter, 200 max. people, 15 tables, 90 seats, No electricity, No vehicle access.
Red Cedar Ridge: Wood shelter, 200 max. people, 20 tables, 120 seats, No electricity, No vehicle access.
Playground Equipment: No
Ball Fields: Yes
Horseback Trails: No
Hiking Trails(miles): 2.9
Campground Sites: 0
Boat Launches: 0
Canoe Access: No
18 Hole Golf Course: No
Illinois Nature Preserve: No
Special Facilities: Soccer Field, Model Airplane Flying Field
Donated Land: No
Natural Areas: Yes
All reservations subject to the GENERAL USE ORDINANCE.
TRAIL MAP
Download a printable trail map here.
PANORAMIC VIEWS LOCATION

SHELTERHOUSES

Black Willow Springs Shelterhouse
Black Willow Springs

Redcedar Ridge Shelterhouse
Red Cedar Ridge

Map 5801 Swanson Road <br>Roscoe, IL 61073

7½ miles north from Rockford on 51 to Swanson Road, east ½ mile.

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