Barton Sommer Woodland

Nature Preserve Area: 
5
County: 
Mason
Location and Access: 
Two miles northwest of Middletown along Salt Creek.

Description: 
This nature preserve contains wet-mesic floodplain forest of the Illinois River Section of the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois River Bottomlands Natural Divisions.

Ownership: 
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Dedicated: 
February 1995
Size: 
52.5 acres
Topographic Quad: 
New Holland
Topo Map: 
Directions: 
For further information: 
Site Superintendent, Sand Ridge State Forest, Box 111, Forest City IL 61532 (309/597-2212) or Illinois Department of Natural Resources, District Natural Heritage Biologist, 700 S. 10th Street, Havana, Illinois 62644 (309-543-3262).