Red Loop

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Features Birding · Fall Colors · River/Creek · Views · Wildlife

The trail runs from gravel to mowed fields. Regardless of the direction you take on the trail it starts with a hill climb and ends with a slope down hill.

Starting with a gravel trail from the parking lot the Red Loop follows the same trail as the Green Loop Yellow Loop along a long gravel trail through open space before changing into woodland (if you turn left on the loop) or wetlands (if you turn right).

The terrain takes you through sunny open meadows and into forests with views of farmland, including a scenic overlook of the preserve. The trail is well marked with color coded signs and connects back up with the Yellow Loop and other trails if you want to take shortcuts back to the parking lot.

The woodlands at Stroud Preserve are dominated by red oak, tuliptree, beech, and maple tree.

Meadows filled with native grasses such as purpletop, switchgrass, and big bluestem, and wildflowers such as ironweed, goldenrod, and milkweed. The preserve also hosts agricultural fields of soybeans and corn, as well as hayfields.

A variety of birds live on or migrate through Stroud Preserve including the Eastern Meadowlark, Bobolink, and Field Sparrow.