Welcome to RecPlanet. Visit the contest page for over $4000 in prizes. You can win a prize simply by voting (membership not required to vote). Search our database for info on thousands of parks. Blog for royalties, use the Contact Us link for more information.

World›United States›Illinois›DeKalb›Merritt Prairie Forest Preserve
COUNTY Hiking

Merritt Prairie Forest Preserve

DeKalb, Illinois

Welcome to the beautiful Merritt Prairie Forest Preserve located in DeKalb, Illinois. This land is named for it's previous owners Jim and Helen Merritt who generously donated it to the forest preserve district in 1989. Come out and explore the 2.5 miles of trails this forest and wetland preserve has to offer.

56.00 acresabout 42 football fields
Been here lately? Is this still accurate?
Acreage56.00
Managed byDeKalb County
Address14401 Keslinger Road, DeKalb, IL 60115
Coordinates41.875057, -88.811760
Websitenone on file
Directions Add a photo
Open in atlas
Street View

Photographs from the community

No photos yet
＋Add yours

Every upload here fills a gap and is entered in the running contest.

World4,745,291,286.62United States830,160,726.79Illinois · 4,794 places1,047,202.31DeKalb · 5 places409.00Merritt Prairie Forest Preserve56.00

Also in DeKalb

Afton Forest Preserve316.00P.A. Nehring Forest Preserve28.00County Farm Woods Forest Preserve9.00DeKalb/Sycamore Trail All 5 places in DeKalb →