SHALOM WOODS
Morgan County's 14 acre Shalom Woods is a gift from Dr. and Mrs. Irving Cohen. Its name, Hebrew, means "Peace". This central Indiana woodland in Central Indiana Land Trust's "protection portfolio" is representative of more southern affinities. Found growing on the dry, deeply dissected uplands of Shalom Woods is an oak-hickory dominated forest characteristic of the unglaciated hill country of southern Indiana and Kentucky. High, dry ridges underlain by near-surface bedrock deposits of siltstone, shale, and sandstone are interspersed with moister ravines. Plants characteristic of the acidic, sharply-drained, poor soil of the ridges are chestnut oak, black oak, pignut hickory, greenbriar, cleft phlox, and star chickweed. American beech, red oak, white ash, painted sedge, yellow trout lily, and bloodroot are found in the more protected ravines.
Directions to Shalom Woods from Mooresville: Head South on State Road 67 for about 5 miles. Turn Right (West) on Observatory Road and head up the hill. Parking is available at a small pull-off next to a double gate on your right side. The property starts on the other side of the gate. there are no maintained trails on this property. Click here for an aerial map of the property.
Central Indiana Land Trust is a member of The Land Trust Alliance, the national organization of land trusts.