Go .5 mile to Cross Street. The nature preserve is about two blocks north of Haddow on the west side of Cross Street. There is a small parking lot at the access point. The dry mesic prairie has a high forb diversity and low percentage of grass cover.
Dominant species are porcupine grass and Canada blue-joint grass.
A Directory of Illinois Nature Preserves, Vol. Walk to the underpass at the end of the parking lot to cross under St. Charles Road to access the trail leading to the nature preserve. This site includes mesic and dry-mesic upland forest, savanna, sedge meadow, wet prairie and mesic praire. Highlights of the prairie species are eared false foxglove, prairie brome, prairie Indian plantain, still gentian, prairie sundrops, and broad-leaved puccoon. There is a maintained 1-mile trail through the native grassland.