Pilcher Park
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- Pilcher Park, located on the east edge of Joliet, contains 420 acres of ravines and forested bottomland braided by trails and streams.
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- Wooded ravines roll through the northern section of the park.
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- Coming down the from the hills and ravines, you’ll enter a flat bottomland forest in the south section of the park. This part of the park contains a couple of creeks that keep the landscape moist.
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- During spring, expect to see wildflowers throughout the park.
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- In 1920 local businessman Robert Pilcher donated this virgin woodland to the City of Joliet with the stipulation that the land be left wild. Pilcher was a self-taught naturalist and a “sturdy pioneer,” according to the inscription on this statue near the park’s nature center.
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