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August 20, 2008
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Preserves
Seward Bluffs Forest Preserve

Seward Bluffs Forest Preserve is one of the District's most picturesque and most popular. It boasts woodland, stream and dolomite cliffs. It is home to many northern relic species as well as a good spring wildflower display. Seward Bluffs is one of four preserves which offers a campground.
  Seward 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: 636
Access Road: Yes
Restrooms: Yes
Drinking Water: Yes
Pay Phones: Yes
Picnic Tables: 140
Shelterhouses: 2
Grove Creek: Stone shelter on south side of preserve, 50 max. people, 5 tables, 30 seats, No electricity, No vehicle access, Horseshoe pits.
Oak Ridge: Stone shelter on north side of preserve, 80 max. people, 8 tables, 48 seats, No electricity, Vehicle access, Horseshoe pits.
Playground Equipment: Yes
Ball Fields: Yes
Horseback Trails: Yes
Hiking Trails(miles): 8.0
Campground Sites: 60
Boat Launches: 0
Canoe Access: No
18 Hole Golf Course: No
Illinois Nature Preserve: No
Special Facilities: Youth Camp
Donated Land: No
Natural Areas: No
All reservations subject to the GENERAL USE ORDINANCE.
TRAIL MAP
Download a printable trail map here.
PANORAMIC VIEWS LOCATION

SHELTERHOUSES

Grove Creek Shelterhouse
Grove Creek

Oak Ridge Shelterhouse
Oak Ridge


CAMPGROUNDS

Campsite 1
Campsite 1

Campsite 2
Campsite 2

Map 16999 Comly Road <br>Seward, IL 61077

12 miles west of Rockford on Highway 20 to Pecatonica Road, south 1 mile to Comly Road, west 1½ miles.

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