The Hardin County Fiscal Court dedicated 58 acres of county property on September 2, 1987, initiating the Commission’s first land protection partnership with local government. The Commission purchased 109 acres of additional glades and surrounding second-growth forest which were dedicated March 2, 2005. The preserve protects one of the best remaining examples of limestone glades in Kentucky. These glades are dry, rocky openings on otherwise forested south-facing slopes. They provide habitat for several rare plant species, including the barrens silky aster (Symphyotrichum pratense). 

Public access is by guided hike only.