Douglas Woods

 

 

Location: From I-69 and US 6, go east on 6 about a mile and a half to SR 427. Turn left and take 427 to Hamilton, then turn right on SR 1. Follow SR 1 two miles to CR 4A and turn left. A quarter of a mile further on CR 4A is a bridge across Fish Creek; park on the left on the far side of the bridge. The preserve is on your left.

Description: Not Visited. 351 acres altogether, 200 of it in old growth forest. Worth a visit just to see what the forest parts of Indiana looked like before before.

Nearby Points of Interest: Chain o' Lakes State Park; all the stuff in Steuben County (the preserve straddles the DeKalb/Steuben County border)--see Pokagon State Park

Cautions: Watch those maples in spring--they shed branches.

Ownership: The Nature Conservancy

 

National Forest