Shoe Factory Road Prairie

Part of a larger 4,366 acre preserve, Shoe Factory Road Prairie and Nature Preserve offers rare expansive views over a beautiful prairie populated with a large variety of prairie wildflowers native to Illinois and the Midwest.

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Early morning light on wildflowers growing on the slope of a glacial deposit at Shoe Factory Prairie, Cook County, Illinois.

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Early morning light on wildflowers growing on the slope of a glacial deposit at Shoe Factory Prairie, Cook County, Illinois.

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Nature of Things Photography

photography by Mark Baldwin

Shoe Factory Road Prairie