Androne Woods
7355 Cleophas Rd.
Beloit, WI 53511
P: (608) 752-8342
Visit Website
Androne Woods is 16 acres of partially restored oak woodland. There is 1.5 miles of trials with interpretive signs. The woods is home to native birds and various plants, including yellow ladyslipper, showy orchis, jack-in-the-pulpit, May apple, and Solomon's plume. There is a small parking area and no restroom facilities. It is located south of Cleophas Road, just east of Smythe School Road.
Cleophas Reserve
6690 W. Cleophas Rd.
Beloit, WI 53511
P: (608) 752-8342
Visit Website
Cleophas Reserve is a 36 acre wetland along the East Branch Raccoon Creek, north of Cleophas road and east of Barnam Road. The area is being restored to native habitat. There are 3 miles of trails. Parking is across the Cleophas Road at the Gabower Reilly Wetland. There are no restroom facilities.
Double B Farm Country Store & Café
2777 S. Brostuen Rd.
Beloit, WI 53511
P: (608) 921-0293
Visit Website
Gabower-Reilly Reserve
6690 W. Cleophas Rd.
Beloit, WI 53511
P: (608) 752-8342
Visit Website
Gabower Reilly is 28 acres of wetland, prairie and oak savanna. East Branch Raccoon Creek flows through the area - a naturally reproducing trout stream. There are 2 miles of trails and numerous native plants, including asters, compass plants and prairie dock. There is a small parking area and no restroom facilities. It is located south of Cleophas Road, at the intersection with Barnam Road.
Nature at the Confluence Learning Center
306 Dickop Street
South Beloit, IL 61080
P: (815) 200-6910
Visit Website
Nygren Wetland Preserve
3109 W Rockton Rd.
Rockton, IL 61072
P: (815) 964-6666
Nygren Wetland Preserve is a natural area owned and managed by Natural Land Institute with over 721 acres of prairies, wetlands, bottomland forest and Raccoon Creek that runs through it. The 2.5 mile Dianne Nora Nature Trail circles the large wetland.
Ridgewood Orchard
6420 S. Emerson Rd.
Beloit, WI 53511
P: (608) 879-2849
Spring Creek Reserve
3488 W. Spring Creek Rd.
Beloit, WI 53511
P: (608) 752-8342
Visit Website
Spring Creek reserve is a 33 acre prairie along Spring Creek just west of Beloit. There are 2.5 miles of trails. It is home to many native plants, including cup plants and coneflowers and much big bluestem. There is a small parking area and no restroom facilities.
Turtle Island Playground
1160 Riverside Dr.
Beloit, WI 53511
P: (608) 364-2929
Village Green Park
100 E. Chapel St.
Rockton, IL 61072
P: (815) 624-7910
Welty Environmental Center
1201 Big Hill Ct.
Beloit, WI 53511
P: (608) 361-1377
Visit Website
Welty offers year round enviromental education for all ages. It is a place where both children and adults have hands-on encounters with nature.
Williams Tree Farm
4661 Yale Bridge Rd.
Rockton, IL 61072
P: (815) 624-7579
Visit Website
Family owned cut-your-own and pre-cut trees, gift shop, cabin cafe, homemade treats, wreaths, horse drawn hayrides, reindeer, camel and other animals!
Beloit, Wisconsin's Convention and Visitor Bureau
500 Public Ave
Beloit, WI 53511
P: (608) 365-4838
Temporary Office:
25 Eclipse Center #1
