White Rock Nature Preserve

• ClipBoard
  
  
  (September 19, 2022, 1:13 pm)

  Super steep at the start but once you make it through the first 1/3 mile you reach the top so it's flat pretty much the rest of the way. Also has plenty of resting benches.

• Robin H
  
  
  (November 29, 2021, 2:00 pm)

  Wonderful place to hike! Very quiet and peaceful. Not a very big parking lot through. You have to park in the lot, then walk up the road to a private drive, no big deal if you enjoy Mother Nature :). Walk some ways till you get to the start of the path. You have a South/North trail to hike. The south trail is much longer than the north. Walk on the top of the hillside and back, you do the same with the north side.

• Aaron Barbee (A-A-Ron)
  
  
  (February 13, 2021, 12:09 pm)

  A little tricky to get to the entrance. HINT: just read the sign at the tiny parking lot. Pretty good haul up the hillside once you get to it, which it also pretty steep coming back down.
  Once you’re up on the bluff, it’s realistically easy sailing. You can get in about 2.5 miles total if you also do the short scenic overlook.

• Erin Austin
  
  
  (January 18, 2021, 8:48 am)

  This was a good hike, but short, which is why I gave it only 4 stars. It is pretty much all uphill but once you get to the top elevation, the views are awesome. The whole trail is about 2-2.5 miles if you do the whole thing, from the car and back. You do have to park down the road a little and walk about half a mile total to get to the actual start of the trail. I would go again in warmer weather for sure.

• Jesse Klitzing
  
  
  (October 22, 2017, 3:31 pm)

  A nice, short and serene hike on a fall day. Either hiking boots or tennis shoes will do on this trail. This hike begins with a relatively steep and rocky quarter-mile that takes you to Madeline’s Rest where you can step inside a shallow cave and take a rest on one of the rock benches. Beyond the Rest, you have another quarter-mile of fairly steep terrain of the White Mine Trail that takes you to a fork in the pathway where you can choose either the quarter-mile North Ridgetop Trail or the mile long South Ridgetop Trail. Both trails are nice with a splendid overlook at the end of each. Along each trial, there are stone benches in strategic locations that give you rest when needed. Though the hike is nice, this may be the oddest location of any parking lot to trailhead proximity. After parking, you have to walk along the side of Bluff road for a block, then down a private drive for another 1000 feet before you even reach the trailhead. The trail should start at the parking lot, or put in a parking lot nearer the trailhead.

Illinois Nature Preserves Commission

White Rock Nature Preserve contains a 2-mile non-looping trail system though dense and healthy woodlands. ... clifftop@htc.net; or HeartLands Conservancy., 6438 Bluff Road, Valmeyer, IL 62295, (618) 935-2542 Illinois Nature Preserves Commission. INPC Vision and Benefits; INPC Process; Administering INPC Currently selected; Nature Preserve ...

White Rock Nature Preserve - stlmag.com

White Rock Nature Preserve. 6438 Bluff Road, Illinois 62295. Print. Photo by Tom Rollins. Photos; Map; ×. Photo by Tom Rollins. Address 6438 Bluff Road, Illinois 62295. Phone 618-935-2542. Visit Website. Outdoor Activities.

Clifftop expansion at White Rock | Republic-Times | News

The local conservation organization known as Clifftop said it recently completed the purchase of a 100-acre forested addition to the White Rock Nature Preserve off Bluff Road near Valmeyer, which links the nature preserve to the southeast portion of Clifftop's White Rock Land and Water Reserve. Also included in this acquisition was the 54 ...

PDF Bluffviews - clifftopalliance.org

Clifftop volunteers and board members have been very busy at White Rock Nature Preserve, White Rock Land and Water Reserve and Paul Wightman Subterranean Nature Preserve, resulting in the pages of this ... Call 618-935-2542 or email cliffmbr@htc.net for more information or to make a reservation. Clifftop Members Day, Saturday, June 16, ...

Clifftop Detail at White Rock | republic-times - Illionois News

The local conservation organization known as Clifftops said it has recently completed the purchase of 100 acres of forest at White Rock Nature Preserve off Bluff Road near Valmeyer, which will allow nature to be part of the clifftop's White Rock Land and Water Reserve. Connects to the southeast side.

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