Southern Indiana Trails

Canal's Gronauer Lock could be reburied 25 years after it was first resurrected New Haven Utilities Superintendent Dave Jones said the wooden remnants of the 175-year-old Gronauer Lock, unearthed during road work in 1991 and stored in holding tanks at the city's old sewage treatment plant since 2003, will be reburied soon in nearby Havenhurst Park at a cost of about $8,000 -- with only a plaque left to alert passersby to the unseen presence of a key piece of the area's canal-days heritage. Concrete weights were placed on the timbers to keep them from floating to the surface and drying out. (Photo by Kevin Leininger of The News-Sentinel) By Kevin Leininger, kleininger@news-sentinel.com Tuesday, April 05, 2016 6:01 AM You could say it was both appropriate and prophetic that a significant artifact from northeast Indiana’s Wabash and Erie Canal heyday has spent the past 13 years immersed in tanks that used to treat human waste at New Haven’s long-dormant ...

Enjoy local, naturalist-guided canoe trips for groups and individuals: Late April through October Public trips scheduled most weekends Customized trips also available, click here to learn more Canoe Evansville Website

Find the best places to Hike in Indiana, read Hiking Trail reviews, and view hiking photos. We've ranked the best places to hike in Indiana using our unique hiking trail popularity algorithm that accounts for the average rating and number of reviews for a trail, the number of people who have hiked or wish they could hike at that hiking trail. Sign up for a  free account  and vote for your favorite hiking trails by submitting a trail review or creating a hiking wishlist today!  1. Turkey Run State Park Marshall, Indiana 2. Hemlock cliffs English, Indiana 3. Potato Creek State Park North Liberty, Indiana 4. Shades State Park Waveland, Indiana 5. Scales Lake Park Trails Boonville, Indiana 6. McCormick Spencer, Indiana 7. Fox Island Fort Wayne, Indiana 8. Adventure Trail Corydon, Indiana 9. Town Run Trail Park Indianapolis, Indiana 10. Lincoln State Park Lincoln City, Indiana 11. France Park Logansport, Indiana 12. Versailles State Park Versilles, I...

Celebrate the maple sugar harvest from the trees of Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve at our 39th Annual Maple Sugarbush Festival! Bring the family to enjoy a hearty breakfast, including sausage, all-you-can-eat pancakes with pure maple syrup, and juice, milk, and/or coffee. After breakfast, families can take a guided tour through the woods to observe how sap is harvested from the sugar maple trees, and then visit the sugar shack to witness the process of boiling the sap into pure, delicious maple syrup. Family-friendly activities add to the festivities. Maple confections will be for sale as well. You and your family will have an opportunity to sample some of our home grown maple syrup from Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve during the event. We welcome you to join us for this local tradition of discovery and fun in the Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve! Time 7:00 am - 1:00 pm Saturday & Sunday Admission $8.00 for adults $5.00 per child (ages 4-12) Children 3 and under ar...

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