I-94 Traffic Crawl - Slow Growth Oak LbNA #17646 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Aug 23, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Hobart |
| County: | Lake |
| State: | Indiana |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Tiptoe & Tonto  |
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| Found by: | J-Walkers |
| Last found: | Feb 24, 2006 |
| Status: | FFFFF |
| Last edited: | Aug 23, 2005 |
I-94 Traffic Crawl “Slow Growth Oak” Letterbox
Cressmoor Prairie Nature Preserve
Hobart, IN
Distance from I-94: Less than 3 miles
Approximate hiking time to and from letterbox: 15 minutes
*****As of April, 2006 - THIS BOX IS MISSING DUE TO PRAIRIE RESTORATION WORK IN THE AREA WILL NOT BE REPLACED
From I-94 Exit 15, go south on Rt. 6/Ripley Ave. through Lake Station until the intersection where Rt. 6 turns back east, you turn west! (right) This becomes 37th Ave. in Hobart. Continue west until the Lake Park Ave. stoplight and turn south (left). Immediately after the golf course on your right, you will turn west (right) into a small parking lot with a sign designating Cressmoor Prairie.
The Cressmoor Prairie is an example of one of the rarest eco-systems in Indiana – the black soil prairie. More than 180 species of native plants have been identified at this site, including a Bur Oak savanna. The Bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa, also known as blue oak, mossy-overcup oak, and scrub oak, has the largest acorns of all native oaks and is very drought resistant. It grows slowly on dry uplands and sandy plains. The Bur oaks bear seed up to an age of 400 years, older than reported for any other American oak. If you think it takes a long time to get through the Illiana corridor on I-94, try waiting to become a mature oak!
Clues: After reading the sign in parking lot (and silently thanking the Shirley Heinze Land Trust for this opportunity), take the trail to the left past the dedication stone. Hike on the wood chip trail past the corner entrance by the apartments with the sign classifying the ground you’re walking as an official Wildlife Habitat. Continue westward on the path until you come to two benches nicely shaded in the old, slow growing bur oaks.
Stand at the north end of “Alice Ridgely” and look back from whence you came. Go back and stand on the little hill a few steps back and face Alice. To your left you will spot an oak with a moss ring at its base. To its left you will see a large downed log. Look in the end closest to the moss for your prairie prize. Please re-hide conscientiously! Let us know if you found the box!
You can continue to enjoy the prairie loop or high-tail it back to your car and the madness of I-94!
Cressmoor Prairie Nature Preserve
Hobart, IN
Distance from I-94: Less than 3 miles
Approximate hiking time to and from letterbox: 15 minutes
*****As of April, 2006 - THIS BOX IS MISSING DUE TO PRAIRIE RESTORATION WORK IN THE AREA WILL NOT BE REPLACED
From I-94 Exit 15, go south on Rt. 6/Ripley Ave. through Lake Station until the intersection where Rt. 6 turns back east, you turn west! (right) This becomes 37th Ave. in Hobart. Continue west until the Lake Park Ave. stoplight and turn south (left). Immediately after the golf course on your right, you will turn west (right) into a small parking lot with a sign designating Cressmoor Prairie.
The Cressmoor Prairie is an example of one of the rarest eco-systems in Indiana – the black soil prairie. More than 180 species of native plants have been identified at this site, including a Bur Oak savanna. The Bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa, also known as blue oak, mossy-overcup oak, and scrub oak, has the largest acorns of all native oaks and is very drought resistant. It grows slowly on dry uplands and sandy plains. The Bur oaks bear seed up to an age of 400 years, older than reported for any other American oak. If you think it takes a long time to get through the Illiana corridor on I-94, try waiting to become a mature oak!
Clues: After reading the sign in parking lot (and silently thanking the Shirley Heinze Land Trust for this opportunity), take the trail to the left past the dedication stone. Hike on the wood chip trail past the corner entrance by the apartments with the sign classifying the ground you’re walking as an official Wildlife Habitat. Continue westward on the path until you come to two benches nicely shaded in the old, slow growing bur oaks.
Stand at the north end of “Alice Ridgely” and look back from whence you came. Go back and stand on the little hill a few steps back and face Alice. To your left you will spot an oak with a moss ring at its base. To its left you will see a large downed log. Look in the end closest to the moss for your prairie prize. Please re-hide conscientiously! Let us know if you found the box!
You can continue to enjoy the prairie loop or high-tail it back to your car and the madness of I-94!