Location
Daviess County

Ecoregion
Interior Low Plateau

Size
943 Acres

Dedicated
State Nature Preserve, 2001

Owned & Managed By
The Nature Conservancy

How to Prepare for Your Visit
The relatively flat terrain will make for an easy hike despite the lack of developed trails at the preserve. Be wary of mosquitoes and poison ivy as they thrive here on the hot summer months. For more information, please read the Conservany's Preserve Visitation Guidlines

Directions
From Washington, travel north on S.R. 57 approximately 4 miles to C.R. 400 N. Turn right on C.R. 400 N to C.R. 75 E (the first road on the right). Turning right, travel 0.5 mile to C.R. 350 N and turn left. Continue traveling until the "T" intersection with C.R. 250 E and turn left. C.R. 250 E becomes C.R. 450 N. Travel 0.5 mile and turn left on C.R. 300 E. Continue one mile to the preserve on the left side of the road. There is no parking lot at the time; please take care of where you leave your car.

What to See: Plants and Animals
Green and black ash, sweet gum, sycamore, cottonwood, American elm and silver, red and ash-leafed oak dominate the forest along side smaller populations of black willow, hackberry, red elm, basswood, mulberry and sugarberry. The understory is composed of buttonbush, Virgina and trumpet creeper, sensitive and ostrich fern, spicebush, elderberry and sumhaw, a native deciduous holly found in only a few sites in Indiana. The spring flooding with provide essential habitat for mud turtles, crayfish frogs and various species of fish.  

What The Nature Conservancy is Doing/has Done
The stewardship activities at Thousand Acre Woods include eradication of non-native Johnson grass, boundary marking and the general protection of one of the largest continuous remnants of floodplain forest community.