I made a visit to a place this past week that I have grown to love: Cedar Bluffs Nature Preserve. The preserve is known for the 75-foot-high bluff covered in Eastern red cedar trees that overlook ...

The Cedar Bluffs Nature Preserve sign is visible on the left side of the road, just past a power line right-of-way. Park on the north side of the road (the same side as the preserve sign).

Community members take a look at the map of the nature preserve land during a grand opening Friday of Phase 2. The second phase of the preserve west of Cedar Rapids brings the open land to 140 acres.