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Minnie Skwarek Nature Preserve, Spring Lake, MI
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Minnie Skwarek Nature Preserve

A 24-acre Ottawa County preserve with a 0.8-mile hiking trail system through hardwood forest and streamside wetlands.

15088 Leonard Road, Spring Lake, MI · Spring Lake, MI

About Minnie Skwarek Nature Preserve

Managed by the Land Conservancy of West Michigan, this preserve near Spring Lake offers a marked trail network over gentle hills, passing tall hardwood stands and a small stream. Early spring brings showy streamside wildflowers. The property protects wetlands that help safeguard water quality in the Grand River, and it hosts migrating songbirds. The land was once a family farm whose owner wished it never be developed, and it was preserved through her will. Visitors should expect no restrooms on site and parking along Leonard Road.

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