Gordon & Faith Greiner Nature Preserve is located southwest of the intersection of Liverpool Road and Old Ridge Road in Hobart, behind Ridgeview Elementary School. The 73-acre property is characterized by an ecotone (a transitional landscape) that ranges from black oak savanna, to wet prairie to swamp. The southern portion of the property was formerly used for agriculture and is currently being restored to prairie. Fens – wetlands fed year-round by groundwater – occur in the north end of the property and support a rich plant community that includes several sedges, wildflowers, and rare plants such as poison sumac. Gordon & Faith Greiner Nature Preserve is a part of the Hobart Marsh complex, and its wetlands help supply water to this diverse ecosystem.

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From I-94, take I-65 south to Ridge Road / E.37th Ave. Drive east on Ridge Road to Liverpool Road. Take Liverpool Road south about 3/4 mile to a gravel driveway on the right (west) side of the road. (Look for the radio towers.) If you cross the tracks you've gone too far. The trail leads from the driveway north through the preserve.