Pennock Property (81.0 km)
Pennock is a 156-acre site with aspen forests, grasslands, and wetlands formed by receding glaciers. It is home to wildlife including White-tailed and Mule Deer, porcupine, wood and chorus frogs, northern pocket gophers, muskrats, and red foxes. Bird species found here include the Blue-winged Teal, Sora, Least Sandpiper, Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers, Least Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Tree Swallow, Cedar Waxwing, American Goldfinch, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Ruffed Grouse, Red-eyed Vireo, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. The site also features plants like willows, buckbrush, dogwood, snowberry, silverberry, saskatoon, chokecherry, buffaloberry, beaked hazelnut, blue lettuce, sage, meadow rue, and harebell. Access is by booking through NCC (https://connect2nature.ca), and although there are no official trails, cattle paths lead to key areas.
Access: Head north from Elnora on Range Road 232, then east on Highway 590. The site is 11 km ahead on your right, marked by signage.
Partners: DUC & NCC
Alberta Discover Guide: No
Pennock is a 156-acre site with aspen forests, grasslands, and wetlands formed by receding glaciers. It is home to wildlife including White-tailed and Mule Deer, porcupine, wood and chorus frogs, northern pocket gophers, muskrats, and red foxes. Bird species found here include the Blue-winged Teal, Sora, Least Sandpiper, Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers, Least Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Tree Swallow, Cedar Waxwing, American Goldfinch, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Ruffed Grouse, Red-eyed Vireo, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. The site also features plants like willows, buckbrush, dogwood, snowberry, silverberry, saskatoon, chokecherry, buffaloberry, beaked hazelnut, blue lettuce, sage, meadow rue, and harebell. Access is by booking through NCC (https://connect2nature.ca), and although there are no official trails, cattle paths lead to key areas.
Access: Head north from Elnora on Range Road 232, then east on Highway 590. The site is 11 km ahead on your right, marked by signage.
Partners: DUC & NCC
Alberta Discover Guide: No
