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SaveJim and Helen Merritt, professors at NIU, donated this 40 acre site in 1989; 16 more acres added a few years later. This preserve is about as hilly as DeKalb County gets. There are 2.5 miles of hiking trails, but it might seem like a lot more with all the up and down included. The old one-room Pierce Town Hall building sits near the preserve entrance. Three quarters of the preserve are still cool-season grass pasture intermingled with patches of shrubs and thin patches of prairie species that were over-seeded in the brome-grass slopes. About ten acres of planted prairie and four acres of wetland mitigation expand the native structure and diversity.
source: Merritt Prairie
google parking directions Activities Click to view
- Hike
8 trails
- Nordic Ski
8 trails
Hike Stats
- State Ranking
- #8,907
- Trails (view details)
- 8
- Trails Hike
- 9
- Trails Trail Running
- 8
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 8
- Total Distance
- 2 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 5,010 ft
- Total Descent
- 144 ft
- Total Vertical
- 59 ft
- Ridden Counter
- 5
Popular Merritt Prairie Hiking Trails
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PlumbBobM | add | poi | activity #40726466 and 2 more | Jun 8, 2023 @ 4:32am Jun 8, 2023 |
| PlumbBobM | add | trail | activity #40726460 and 7 more | Jun 8, 2023 @ 4:32am Jun 8, 2023 |
| PlumbBobM | add | region | activity #40726409 | Jun 8, 2023 @ 4:30am Jun 8, 2023 |
Nearby Riding Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afton and Afton South Prairie Forest Preserve | 4.9 km | ||||
| County Farm Forest Preserve | 2 | 5.8 km | |||
| Lone Grove Forest Preserve | 2 | 5.9 km | |||
| Prairie Park | 5.9 km | ||||
| Mason Park - Larson Lake | 6.2 km |
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hike | 8 | 2 miles | 144 ft | 5,010 ft | 59 ft | #8,907 | 1 | |||||
| Trail Running | 8 | 2 miles | 144 ft | 5,010 ft | 59 ft | |||||||
| Nordic Ski | 8 | 2 miles | 144 ft | 5,010 ft | 59 ft | #1,698 |
- By PlumbBobM
TRAILFORKS HCH & contributors - Admins: DCFP
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- merritt prairie activity log | embed map of Merritt Prairie mountain bike trails | merritt prairie mountain biking points of interest
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