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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
Kilbuck Bluffs Forest Preserve

Kilbuck Bluffs is 165-acres of woodlands with a beautiful display of spring wildflowers and many mature sycamore trees located along the creek.
  Kilbuck Bluffs
  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: 165
Access Road: Yes
Restrooms: Yes
Drinking Water: Yes
Pay Phones: No
Picnic Tables: 50
Shelterhouses: 2
Edgewood: South on left. Wood shelter, 100 max. people, 16 tables, 72 seats, No electricity, No vehicle access, 1 large grill.
Fort Chartres: South on right. Stone shelter with fireplace, 80 max. people, 8 tables, 48 seats, No electricity, Vehicle access, 1 large grill.
Playground Equipment: No
Ball Fields: Yes
Horseback Trails: No
Hiking Trails(miles): 1.5
Campground Sites: 0
Boat Launches: 0
Canoe Access: No
18 Hole Golf Course: No
Illinois Nature Preserve: No
Special Facilities: No
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

Fort Chartres Shelterhouse
Fort Chartres

Map 3061 & 3020 South Bend Road <br>Rockford, IL 61109

Highway 51 south of New Milford 1½ miles to Baxter Road. 1 mile west.

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