Moraine Nature Preserve

This nature preserve is a fine example of the many landforms associated with the Valparaiso Moraine. The Valparaiso Moraine runs for several hundred miles from southern Wisconsin through northern Illinois and northwest Indiana into west-central Michigan. The moraine was formed by the southern edge of the Lake Michigan Lobe of Wisconsinan glaciations. The nature preserve contains a combination of rolling upland ridges, steep hills and numerous shallow ponds. Mature beech-maple forest is found on some of the uplands and ravines. Buttonbush and black willow surround a number of the ponds. Several upland areas are in various stages of succession. The Moraine Nature Preserve is one of the few large, unfragmented blocks of forest left in Northwest Indiana.

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