Nachusa Grasslands' Autumn on the Prairie festival and public tours couldn't take place again this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so we invite you to explore the preserve on your own. Here are several resources to enhance your visits to our prairies, woodlands, and wetlands.
Families with children will especially enjoy this challenge to search for plants and critters at Clear Creek Knolls or our other hiking destinations.
Access the web page with a mobile device (Verizon Wireless and US Cellular usually have the best reception at Nachusa), or download a printable PDF and bring it with you. You may submit your findings using the form on the web page.
Use your mobile device for a self-guided hike along the Stone Barn Savanna trail, which starts at the west end of Stone Barn Road. Each of the seven stops is marked by a numbered green sign on a post that corresponds to text on the website. Along the 1.8-mile round trip, you will pass through an oak savanna under restoration, walk around magnificent sandstone rock outcrops, explore prairie plantings, and end up at a large wetland, where you will retrace your steps back to the entrance.
Thank you to all the volunteers, including Mike Adolph, Dee Hudson, Leah Kleiman, and Susan Kleiman, who helped develop our visitor resources.
