Directions
Site specific directions
Here are directions to some of the many sites where we work. In the future we will have directions with maps to all the sites, but for now here is a partial list.
Burgner Acres:
To get to Burgner Acres Nature Preserve, Loxa road (CR 1100E) to CR 1100N, turn east and go 0.3 mile to CR 1130 E, turn south and go a little more than a mile to the dead end.
Baber Woods:
From Westfield take the Clarksville Road 4 miles to Cleone Road, turn left and go 2 1/2 miles to the woods on the right.
Coneflower Hill Prairie:
To get to Coneflower Hill Prairie, take Ill. Rt.121 west from Mattoon to Coles Station, turn left on the Findlay Road and go about 5 miles to the Coles-Moultrie substation on the right. Turn right and go 2 miles to the “T,” then left one-half mile to the brown pole barn. There is a parking lot there and the hill prairie itself is opposite the parking lot on the other side of the road.
Douglas-Hart Nature Center and the Lincoln Prairie Grass Bike Trail Prairie:
The Douglas-Hart Nature Center is located on the northwest corner of Dewitt Avenue and County Road 13.
Most workdays held at the Lincoln Prairie Grass Bike Trail Prairie will start off by meeting at the Douglas Hart Nature Center. To get to the bike trail prairie just turn off of the Lerna Road right onto road 800N, and proceed until the bike trail is cut in two by the road. Just after that crossing is a farm lane on the left hand side of the road. That marks the beginning of the bike trail prairie where we manage. From there the prairie proceeds on to the east toward Charleston until you come to the next farm lane.
Fox Ridge State Park:
Fox Ridge State Park is 8 miles south of Charleston on Ill. Rt. 130.
James Nance Woods:
Take 6th Street west from the four-way stop in Neoga, go 2.2 miles past the city limits to Shelby County Road 3425E, turn right and go 0.9 mile past two "S" curves to the woods on the right.
Lafferty Nature Center:
Take Reynolds Drive three blocks south from IL Route 16 in Charleston to Carl Sandburg School. Park in back of the school.
Neoga Prairie Remnant:
Take IL Route 45 south about one mile from the four-way stop in Neoga and turn right at the cemetery sign. The prairie is just over the tracks.
Rocky Branch Nature Preserve:
From Clarksville, IL, go about one mile east to 2000 Road, turn left and go about one-half mile to 1300 Road, turn left (north) and go about 1 1/2 miles to the small parking area on the left. NOTE: For conservation days when there will be several cars, please meet at the cafe at the top of the hill in Clarksville for car pooling, since parking at the site is very limited.
Walnut Point:
Walnut Point State Park is 3 miles north of Oakland.
Waterworks Hill Prairie:
Take IL Route 130 six blocks south from the junction with IL Route 16 in Charleston. Turn east on McKinley Avenue and park at the corner of McKinley Avenue and Stoner Drive West.
Woodyard Memorial Conservation Area:
Take IL Route 130 2 miles south from the junction with IL Route 16 in Charleston. The entrance to the site is on the left.