• Source: Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve

Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve is a county park of 900 acres (360 ha) in size, located adjacent to Lake of the Woods, Illinois, USA. It is operated by the Champaign County Forest Preserve District, a governmental agency of Champaign County, Illinois, and the forest preserve district has built their headquarters in the park.




History


The forest preserve opened its first park in 1948.




Features






= Museum

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The forest preserve is the host site of the Museum of the Grand Prairie, a living history facility that specializes in the human ecology of the former tallgrass prairie townships of eastern Illinois. The museum features an exhibit on the 1850s-era law practice of Abraham Lincoln, a reconstructed blacksmith shop, and children's museum installations. As a private-sector lawyer, Lincoln's practice encompassed a circuit of Illinois counties that included Champaign County.




= Botanical garden

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The forest preserve is also the host site of the 8 acres (3.2 ha) Mabery Gelvin Botanical Garden, a botanical garden located south of the Museum of the Grand Prairie and featuring displays of bedding plants. In addition, a parcel of forest preserve land has been replanted as the Buffalo Trace Prairie, a replanted tallgrass prairie matching the ecosystem that is celebrated in the museum located immediately to the east.




= Facility rentals

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Lake of the Woods allows visitors to rent 7 different facilities as well as wedding rentals at the Mabery Gelvin Botanical Garden. These facilities are available for partial day and full day rentals.




= Carillon

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The 100 foot (30 m)-tall HI-Tower Bell Carillon, which can be climbed by visitors, and a reconstructed covered bridge round out the list of forest preserve attractions.




Access


The nearest limited-access highway exit to the park is Exit #172 on Interstate 74, near Mahomet.




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