Northwest Illinois Public Natural Areas
Stephenson County
Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park (closed for 2020, expected open summer 2021)
Indian Gardens (Jane Addams Parkland Foundation) Lamm and Walnut, Freeport
Freeport Prairie – a small remnant prairie surrounded by a small restored buffer
Oakdale Nature Preserve (Freeport Park District)
Wetlands Preserve (FPD)
Jane Addams Trail
Hide-a-way park (Pearl City Park District) 8701 W Block Rd, Pearl City – a small neglected woodland and river park
Mill Pond (PCPD) Goldmine Rd, Pearl City – wetland actively being restored
Espenscheid Forest (JAPF) Rock city, IL
Butterfly Farm (JAPF) along Jane Addams Trail, south of Orangeville
Wohlford Woods (JAPF) along Jane Addams Trail, in Buena Vista
Jo Davies County
Wards Grove Nature Preserve
Apple River Canyon State Park
Mississippi Palisaides SP
Buehler Preserve (JDCF)
Casper Bluff (JDCF)
Galena Gateway Park (JDCF)
Hanover Bluff (NIPE)
Horseshoe mounds (JDCF)
Schurmieir Teaching Forest (JDCF)
Valley of Eden Bird Sanctuary (JDCF)
Wapello Land and Water Preserve (JDCF)
Ogle County
Elkhorn Creek Audubon Preserve (NWIA) southwest of Forreston at the intersection of West Grove and Freeport Roads on the southeast corner. The parking area is accessed from West Grove Road.
Silver Creek Audubon Preserve directly south of Leaf River on the southwestern corner of the intersection of Leaf River and West Grove Roads.
White Pines SP
Castle Rock SP
Lowden SP
Lowden-Miller SP
Carroll County
Ayers Sand Prairie
Brookville Lutheran Cemetery Prairie
Sentinel
South West Wisconsin
Cadiz Springs State Rec Area (Browntown)
