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=Sodalis Nature Preserve= Hannibal, Missouri 63401 Sodalis Nature Preserve webpage Sodalis Nature Preserve map

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Sodalis Nature Preserve
Coordinates: 39.700931, -91.358749 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Sodalis Nature Preserve
Sodalis Nature Preserve is an 185-acre park property that was given to the city to preserve endangered bats. It is now Hannibal’s second-largest park.

Access to the Nature Preserve will be available off Ely Street, south of the Dempsey Dog Park and Bear Creek, 819 Ely St. A trailhead and parking lot are there, connecting it to the Bear Creek Trail ending at Ely Street.

Only non-motorized recreational activity is allowed, such as hiking, running and biking. The almost 2-mile loop trail is fully paved. Other rustic trails will be developed over time.

The Conservation Fund, a non-profit group that protects properties for wildlife, recreation and/or historic significance, purchased the land through mitigation funds from the Canadian company Enbridge Inc.

About 168,000 federally endangered Indiana bats hibernate in a former limestone mine that closed a half-century ago and in the cave network nearby. The bats that hibernate in Hannibal make up about one-third of all known Indiana bats (their scientific name is Myotis sodalis, hence the preserve name.) From Sodalis Nature Preserve webpage



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