Moeller Woods is a “surprise” preserve. The District had long sought to acquire this property, but had not been successful. In 2003, the District learned that the late Adeline Moeller had left the District a right of first refusal to purchase the parcel on Exchange Street in unincorporated Crete Township from the church to which she had willed her larger estate. This 90-acre purchase in 2003 became the core of the 450-acre Moeller Woods.

There are currently no recreational facilities or public access at the heavily wooded site.  Resource inventory studies are underway or planned to assist in future resource management. The District is exploring the potential for a trail linkage southward to Plum Valley Preserve and a short greenway connection north to Plum Valley Ravines.

Photograph Courtesy of Ron Molk