Sauer Family Prairie Kane Forest Preserve

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This preserve is named after the Sauer family, longtime residents and public servants of Sugar Grove. It's an isolated landmark sentinel overlooking the extensive outwashed plains to the southwest. It is a prairie covered, assorted gravel pile around 30' high, situated on the leading edge of the great glaciers that moved through and retreated from this area some 12,000 years ago. It is visited by science classes, for it is regarded as one of the best examples remaining of this glacial form.
The view from the top southwest is one of the best the county has to offer. A few Indian relics found on the top indicated that native Americans lived here before us, and must also have thought that this was a good place to look out over the flat countryside for buffalo and other wild game. 159 acres with Lasher Rd. as its northern boundary and Harter Rd. (County Hwy 4) as its eastern boundary. A Forest Preserve District of Kane County property.
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