Cedar Creek Timber & Wetlands

Cedar Creek Timber is located halfway between Fairfield and Libertyville, just north of Libertyville Road. The public parking lot for Cedar Creek is on 223rd Street.

The original 94 acres of Cedar Creek Timber was purchased in 1975 to be used for public hunting. Since then 21 acres of land-locked farmland has been sold but an addItional 31 acres of abandoned railroad right-of way was purchased resulting in an area 104 acres in size.

Near the end of 2006 we took over ownership of the wetlands that are adjacent to Cedar View Trail and Cedar Creek Timber. This 170-acre addition is the result of a DOT mitigation project that replaces wetlands that were destroyed at other locations because of road construction. In the future, the county may receive even more adjacent land that would increase the size of this wetland complex. After the completion of the bypass, the JCCB will set policy on the permitted uses of this area which may include hunting, trapping, wildlife observation and, of course, trail hiking and biking.

Cedar View Bridge, which is part of the Cedar View Trail, is located within Cedar Creek Timber. The trail itself is not open to public hunting but the area southwest of Cedar Creek is. No target shooting is allowed in any area of Cedar Creek Timber.

The area has excellent populations of deer, turkey, squirrels and other woodland species.

The pictured marsh lands are east of Cedar Creek, but are not Conservation Board property.

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