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drewbari Jan 16th, 2006 05:11 AM

Indiana State Parks
 
Heres is all of the State Parks in Indiana, which one do you think is the best? Brown County
Chain O' Lakes
Charlestown
Clifty Falls
Falls of the Ohio
Fort Harrison
Harmonie
Indiana Dunes
Lincoln
McCormick's Creek
Mounds
O'Bannon Woods
Ouabache
Pokagon
Potato Creek
Prophetstown
Shades
Shakamak
Spring Mill
Summit Lake
Tippecanoe River
Turkey Run
Versailles
Whitewater Memorial
White River

drewbari Jan 16th, 2006 05:12 AM

I would say Pokagon.

cd Jan 16th, 2006 06:02 AM

I liked Indiana Dunes because we were boaters on Lake Michigan, Turkey Run for hiking and floating down the river and Brown County because I loved Nashville.

indytravel Jan 16th, 2006 10:53 PM

In no particular order I like:

Brown County 'cause I live here. (In the county not in the park.)

Clifty Falls due to the dramatic falls. (I grew up in flat central Indiana. 60 ft is dramatic to me.)

http://clifty.com/cliftyfallspark.shtml

McCormick's Creek (Nostalgia. My grade school would make field trips there.)

Shades. (Due to its intrigue. It's short for "Shades of Death." I like the legend of the woman settler who buried an axe in her husband's head in the 1800's.)

www.crawfordsville.org/shades.htm

Cargillman Jan 17th, 2006 04:25 AM

My vote is for Turkey Run, but I haven't been to half of these parks.

capxxx Jan 17th, 2006 05:04 AM


First place: Turkey Run

Second place: Shades

As a kid, I took a great canoe ride with my dad from Shades to Turkey Run.

JJ5 Jan 17th, 2006 06:16 AM

I like Indiana Dunes. I've only been to a few of these, though.

I was at Potato Creek Park several times as it was not that far from a lakehouse I had at one time. It's good for kids, but very much like a normal forest preserve/mixed woods/sand/playground area- nothing phenomenal. There are places to picnic and cook out etc.

amwosu Jan 17th, 2006 06:16 AM

We've been to McCormick's Creek, Spring Mill, and Turkey Run. We love the hiking trails at Turkey Run, especially Trail 3. We always go horseback riding and float down the creek on inner tubes while we are there.

astein12 Jan 17th, 2006 06:26 AM

This really depends on what you want to do... for hiking, I like Turkey Run although we had fun at Shades and Mounds.


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