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...

I've added some code on the main page that will detect a mobile user. It will redirect you to a more mobile friendly, scaled down main page. Currently its the only mobile formated page available for now. There is a redirect button on the top of the page if you wish to view the desktop version. Thanks. The mobile site is here http://southernindianatrails.freehostia.com/mobily.html

When I started my page at  http://southernindianatrails.freehostia.com  , Usi only had some rough backwoods trails and the USI- Burdette trail did not exist at all. Things have come a long way over the last 10 years and hopefully there will be more to come. __________________________________________________________________ USI boasts many miles of multi-use trails on its scenic 1,400-acre campus open to the University community and to the public.   The most recent trail is the USI-Burdette Trail, completed in 2012. This three-mile paved trail is the result of a USI/Burdette Park partnership. It is a diverse, interesting, and educational route for hikers, bicyclists, and runners. The scenic trail allows users to witness Southwestern Indiana’s natural beauty while connecting a picturesque park with one of the nation’s most beautiful college campuses. The trail is a key connection to an area of river bottom land, with an additional 37 miles of paved roads current...

When the Henderson County Tourist Commission recently released a video touting the area's assets people were impressed. But they went a little .... well, wild ... over one segment in particular. What caused a stir on social media were scenes of a brand new, still unopened boardwalk sandwiched between Audubon State Park and the Ohio River in a lush wetlands area. What was this cool attraction? How can you get out and experience it first-hand? Well, folks, you are about to get your shot. "A Walk in the Wetlands" preview day and open house will be from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 24., appropriately enough, the same day as National Public Lands Day. After a years-long effort, the Ohio River wetlands area along Kentucky 414 was formally added on to Henderson's Audubon State Park in April this year. When the deed finalizing the sale of the 649-acre wetlands was recorded, it was the end of the long quest. In 2011, the Oliver estate put the land up f...