Outdoors: Greider's Woods

Greider's Woods Click to Enlarge Bellwort Click to Enlarge Introduction Greider's Woods lies within the Tri-County Fish and Wildlife Area. There are large trees and excellent spring wildflower displays that include bloodroot, false Solomon=s seal, prairie trillium, and sizeable colonies of large-flowered trillium. Heron Pond lies just north of the preserve; floating logs on its surface are often crowded with snakes and turtles basking in the sun. Trails The Spear Lake Nature Trail is a relatively short loop that begins and end in upland oak-hickory forest, with a middle portion that descends into a broad stream valley. A sporadically available brochure describes numbered stations, though many are somewhat worse for wear. Facilities None. Directions View Larger Map Kosciusko County. From its intersection with IN 5 in Indian Village in western Noble County, go west 0.8 miles on 75 North. Then turn south and go 0.4 miles on 1200 West, then west 0.3 miles to a parking area on the right. North 41 21.366 West 85 39.550 DeLorme 22:G2 Nearby Natural Areas Bender Nature Preserve Merry Lea Spurgeon Nature Preserve References Habeck: Wild Indiana; Page 37 Indiana Department of Natural Resources McPherson: Indiana Best Hikes; Page 65