![]() Okehocking Preserve constitutes 180 acres of the 500-acre land grant from William Penn to the Okehocking band of the Lenni Lenape Indians, the first Native American land grant in the American colonies. The conservation easement protects the preserve from residential and commercial development. The easement permits the development of future active recreation, such as ball fields, in the Powwow Field adjacent to Garrett Mill Park, a nature/education center may be constructed in the barn ruins by the Garrett Farmhouse, and a dog park in the field on the northeast corner of Toure 3 and Delchester Road. ![]() The property is owned by Willistown Township and protected in perpetuity by a conservation easement held by Willistown Conservation Trust, a 501c3 nonprofit land trust based in Willistown Township. The 180 acre Okehocking Preserve contains meadows, uplands, wetlands, Ridley Creek riparian areas, and mature woods, and provides passive recreation and over 7 miles of mown and wooded natural surface trails.
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