The access road ends at a campground.  From the campground it is possible to walk across the railroad tracks and descend into a bottomland area (about 60 acres), with a willow thicket and a shallow pond and wetland. Water levels here depend on the river level and rainfall. The trail leading northeast about 200 yards through the bottoms to the river is usually mowed.

This site and nearby Seventy-six Conservation Area are notable breeding sites for woodland warblers, particularly American Redstart.

The steep hillsides in this area provide good habitat for Worm-eating Warbler, as well as other woodland species.

The bottomland just east of the campground can be a good spot for passerines as well as waders, occasional shorebirds, and waterfowl. In the summer Prothonotary Warblers are assured. Waterfowl, raptors, and gulls are possible on the river. 

This area can be birded in ways ranging from the sedentary to the adventurous, depending on individual preference. The majority of the area is hardwood forest, but other habitats include an intermittent wetland, several ponds including some natural sinkholes, a rocky glade, a mile of Mississippi River frontage, and half mile on Cinque Hommes Creek. The MDC maintains some mowed upland grass fields and some wildlife food plots.

From a parking area 200 yards southwest of the campground a rather strenuous service road/trail leads east. The path climbs about 150 feet in elevation onto a ridge paralleling the river; after about a mile in the woods, it opens into a small natural rock amphitheater and a rocky glade, home to specialized plants such as native prickly pear cactus and hoary puccoon.

For the birder intrepid enough to reach this spot, it’s worthwhile to continue as the trail curves southwest and down to a small sinkhole pond lined with cattails and willows. This little oasis is often home to various warblers, vireos, and thrushes in appropriate seasons. As the trail curves around to the north, it passes through some wildlife food crops and mowed grassland, and by a dam that forms a sizeable pond. It then loops back southeast and climbs the ridge again, returning to the amphitheater glade.

Other trails lead further south from the glade to the highest elevation in the conservation area, providing exercise and a striking view but not much more diversity of habitat for birders.