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Northeast of Kendallville in Noble County. From Fort Wayne travel north on I-69 to exit 134 (SR 6/Waterloo). Turn left (west) on SR 6 and drive about 9-½ miles to the edge of Kendallville. Turn right onto Allen Chapel Road (1000E). After you cross Kammerer Road (700N) look for the ACRES preserve parking on you left. Driving distance from I-69/I-469 to the preserve is 29-½ miles. Isaac and Nora Lawson gifted these 25 acres in 1979. It has a loop trail of over a mile in length. All 25 acres have been dedicated through IDNR's Division of Nature Preserves. In Indian lore, Potawatomi Chief Simon
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Pokagon and his
wife, Lonidaw, built their home near a legendary crystal clear lake in
northern Indiana. Lonidaw is said to mean "Spirit Queen of the
Woods" and is a fitting name for the preserve. Stately beech and
maple trees grow on the upland ridges with a rich wildflower display,
including wild columbine and celandine poppy. The reserve protects
three-fourths fo a five acre, kettle-hole lake called Little Whitford.
Growing in the low ground near the lake is skunk cabbage and marsh
marigolds, with a mature woods of sugar maple, red elm, walnut and
hackberry. One of the largest hackberry, or "Witch's broom," trees
in the state grows in Lonidaw.