North Branch North Branch 12 47 14 173 High Point Lange Rd. High Point 173 Alden Gap Alden Gap Winding Creek Winding Creek 31 O’Brien Rd. 12 V ande W. Solon Rd. rkar 173 r Rd. Pioneer Rd. Pioneer Rd. Landing Landing Queen Anne Rd. 12 173 Keystone Rd. Keystone Rd. Landing Landing Streit Rd. 23 Community Community 14 Research Forest Research Forest Raycraft Rd. 47 31 Bunker Hill Rd. 120 Boone Creek Boone Creek 120 Brookdale Rd. Queen Anne Rd.120 120 Rd. alley V Cherry Mason Hill Rd. Boger Bog 31 Zim Boger Bog m e Kishwaukee rm M Kishwaukee a cCo n nn e Headwaters R ll R Headwaters d. d alley Rd. Cherry V 176 23 14 47 Ridgeeld T race 176 20 176 176 31 14 FIND A SITE Lake in the Hills Fen Lake in the Hills Fen 22 47 14 90 20 23 62 31 Brookdale Administrative O昀케ce Prairieview Education Center McHenry County Conservation District manages over 25,800 acres 18410 US Highway 14 2112 Behan Rd., Crystal Lake, IL 60014 of open space graced with woodlands, wetlands and prairies. Woodstock, IL 60098 September–May: Tues. & Thurs., 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Trails and other outdoor recreational amenities exist within June–August: Mon.–Thurs., 9 a.m.–4 p.m. 35 conservation areas where the public can enjoy hiking, biking, Lost Valley Visitor Center fishing, paddling, camping, picnicking, horseback riding, cross- Route 31 and Harts Rd., Ringwood, IL Wildlife Resource Center country skiing, snowmobiling, wildlife viewing and hundreds of April–October: Daily, 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Wonder Lake, IL 60097 opportunities to attend environmental educational programs. November–March: Daily, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Phone Directory Main O昀케ce: 815.338.6223 Police: 815.338.6223 Wildlife Resource Center: 815.728.8307 Police after hours: 815.338.2144 LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT To many Indigenous groups and Tribal Nations, including the Ho-Chunk, Kickapoo, Lakota Dakota, Mascouten, Miami, Peoria, Potawatomi, Sauk and Meskwaki, McHenry County is part of their traditional homeland. We invite you to join us in o昀昀ering respect to the Indigenous peoples living here today, and their ancestors’ stewardship of the land. Together, we celebrate these special places, seek to learn and honor the history of those who came before us, and strive to forge meaningful relationships with Indigenous communities to deepen our collective connection to the land.

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