Hajji Hollow was donated to CILTI by Dr. Rainer Zangerl, a paleontologist who wanted to protect this rugged 65-acre forest that he and his wife had come to know and love.  They named it Hajji Hollow due to its location near the small town of Mecca in Parke County.  A "Hajj" is a person who makes a mecca or pilgrimage, which the Zangerls made to Hajji Hollow over the years.

Hajji Hollow is an upland forest with beech, tulip, sugar maple, oak, and hickory trees.  The forest, which has mostly been undisturbed, contains Virginia bluebells, trillium, tiger lillies, wood poppies, and phlox.  Sycamores are common along the small creek that runs through the property, as are firepink wildflowers, pictured above. 

Hajji Hollow is not open to the public at this time.

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