Location
Harrison County

Ecoregion
Interior Low Plateau

Size
1,025 Acres (Mosquito Creek)
80 Acres (Teeple Glade)
38 Acres (Buena Vista Glade)

Dedicated
State Nature Preserve, 1988 (Teeple Glade), 1992 (Mosquito Creek)

Owned & Managed By
The Nature Conservancy & Division of Nature Preserves

Partners 
Indiana Heritage Trust & Division of Nature Preserves

How to Prepare for Your Visit
The rugged terrain can be trouble when venturing to Mosquito Creek where no trails have been established but adventuresome when heading to Teeple Glade where a trail exists. Please take the time to read, then follow, the Conservancy's Preserve Visitation Guidelines.

Directions
To Teeple Glade: From New Albany, travel west on I-64 to the Georgetown exit. Turn left (south) on S.R. 62 and continue to S.R. 11, turning left (south). After traveling through Elizabeth, S.R. 11 turns at a 90-degree angle and intersects with Rosewood Road. Turn south on Rosewood Road to Rabbit Hash Road and turn right (south) to Keen Hill Road. Turn left (southeast) and travel .25 mile to the preserve and parking aread on the right side.

To Mosquito Creek & Klinstiver Glade: From Corydon, travel south on S.R. 337 approximately 10 miles and turn right (west) on S.R. 11. Continue traveling roughly 3.5 miles to Laconia. Turn left on East Laconia Road at the four-way stop. Travel 2 miles to the "T" intersection and turn right on Kintner Bottom Road. Proceed 0.5 mil and turn left (east) on Mosquito Creek Road. Continue until you cross over the bridge above Mosquito Creek and park along the road.

What to See: Plants and Animals
The glades boasts waterfalls, interesting flora and abundant wildlife. Plant species you may cross include angle pod, axe-shaped St. John's-wort, black-stem spleenwort, Carolina buckthorn, Crawe sedge, crested coralroot, devil's bit, Eastern milk-pea, Eggleston's violent, false aloe, fringed greenbrier, ginseng, glade heliotrope, golden Alexanders, goldenseal, green milkweed, grooved yellow flax and hoary pucoon. You may also catch a glimpse of the rare Hooded warbler, rough green snake and the spadefoot frog.

What The Nature Conservancy is Doing/has Done
Fire suppression is the largest threat to a glade for without the element the glade will lose its native species to a mix of red cedar and eastern redbud. Not only will fire maintain the open feel of a glade but it will also allow the native oak species to regenerate. Therefore, TNC and its partners utilize prescribed burns to improve and maintain the glades the way they would want to naturally. Cave communities, streams, forest interior breeding birds and endangered species like the Indiana bat and Allegheny woodrat are other conservation concerns.

For More Information
Division of Nature Preserves