Almon Underwood Prairie Forest Preserve
2S480 South Lorang Road
Elburn, IL
Elburn, IL
Description
Almon Underwood Prairie has been dedicated as an Illinois State Nature Preserve. The preserve is covered with high quality, remnant, dry hill prairie plants. There are more than 50 types of prairie forbs and shrubs that create an exquisite display of color, throughout the blooming season.
The row-cropped fields surrounding these knolls have been restored with native seed bank, and the degraded wetlands are also on their way to recovery.
Almon Underwood Prairie Forest Preserve is located on S. Lorang Road, approximately 3/4 mile south of Main Street, 1/2 mile north of Seavey Road, in Kaneville Township.
Preserve Map
Preserve Map
Amenities
- Illinois Nature Preserve
- Parking Lot
History
The structure of Almon Underwood Prairie is a series of small, undulating gravel knolls that are part of the Kaneville Esker, Illinois' longest esker, that was deposited here between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago.
It is believed that eskers were formed by glacial debris washing across massive ice sheets, into sinuous cracks or chasms in the ice, which later melted. What remains, is a marvelous, meandering imprint on the landscape.