Johnson's Mound Forest Preserve

Johnson's Mound Forest Preserve is a heavily wooded, classic example of a stratified gravel hill, known as a "kame". The kame was deposited by glacial ice and water some 10,000 years ago. This is a prominent feature on our mid-county landscape, rising 50 feet above the surrounding tributaries of Blackberry Creek and the glacial outwash plain.

Much of the woods here is of nature-preserve quality and there is a serenity in the deep woods that offers a special "get away from it all" feeling for those wanting a quiet walk in the woods. Outside the woods is an open sledding hill, a five-acre mowed recreational area, and a cabin on the edge, which is used for small gatherings.

Johnson's Mound is located on Hughes Road, approximately 1 mile west of Fabyan Parkway. This site is a hill rising some 200 feet above the rolling prairie around it.