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Hiking Indiana Guide Book

by Phil Bloom (Falcon Publishing)
Hiking Indiana

243pp/photos/maps
ISBN: 1560447206

In Hiking Indiana, join award-winning outdoor editor Phil Bloom on more than 60 hikes, ranging from easy afternoon jaunts to multi-day backpack trips. Watch for whitetails or wild turkeys as you climb the steep hills of the Hoosier National Forest, find serenity deep in the thick pines of the Charles C. Deam Wilderness, or tackle the spiny ridges and deep ravines of the Knobstone Trail, a trail whose hikers fondly deem the Little Appalachian.

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Trails from the "Hiking Indiana" Guide Book
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... Preview: This is a long-distance loop trail along forested river bluffs, ravines, sinkholes, and caves. The Adventure Hiking Trail—or AHT—keeps getting shorter, but it is still the second-longest trail in the ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Corydon, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 23 miles (About Top Trails)
... Preview: This is a loop trail through woods and along Lake Michigan, concluding with a climb through dunes. Established in 1925, Indiana Dunes State Park is one of the oldest parks in the state park system. Th ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Chesterton, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 7 miles (About Top Trails)
... Preview: This is a loop trail through ravines and over logging roads with its closing stretch along the Mississinewa River. It might seem that the name Frances Slocum is on everything around here—a bank, a cem ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Peru, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 5 miles
... Preview: This is a connecting network of trails around a chain of glacier-formed lakes. Chain O’Lakes State Park is exactly what the name implies—a park featuring a series of 11 small lakes connected to one an ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Albion, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.3 miles
... Preview: This is a loop trail through dense floodplain forest and along exposed rock outcroppings above Fourteenmile Creek. Established in 1996, this park is so new that it has not yet caught on in popularity. ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Charlestown, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles
... Preview: This is a combination of park trails forming a loop hike through Clifty Falls Canyon. Most of Clifty Falls State Park’s highlights can be seen by combining elements of five different park trails. In d ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Madison, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 7 miles (About Top Trails)
... Preview: This trail leads through the Charles C. Deam Wilderness of the Hoosier National Forest. It takes a degree of tolerance for horses to appreciate this hike, because the trail is a multi-use venue, and i ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Bloomington, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 9.5 miles (About Top Trails)
... Preview: This is a loop hike around a bog, through wooded dunes, past marshes, and along the Lake Michigan shoreline. Cowles Bog is a historically significant site. It was here in the early 1900s that Dr. Hen ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Gary, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 5 miles
... Preview: This is a double-loop trail through fields, along a bluff, and along the lakeshore. It is practically impossible to find a lake in northern Indiana that is not completely encircled by either summer co ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Columbia City, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles
... Preview: This is a loop trail, with short spurs at the beginning and end of the hike. These interconnecting trails provide a glimpse of a bygone era, when farm products and other goods were transported over th ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Delphi, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles
... Preview: This is an interpretive hike that highlights the stages of dune development through plant succession. Special Attractions: the intradunal pond, the dunes, and the viewing platform. From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Chesterton, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 1 miles
... Preview: This is a short loop along a wooded trail by a quiet creek, with a side trek to a secluded marsh. Although this hike is not exactly in “lake country,” it is close enough, and it is certainly worthwhil ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Fort Wayne, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.5 miles
... Preview: This is a loop trail along the banks of Fall Creek. Fort Benjamin Harrison, or “Fort Ben” for short, is Indiana’s newest state park, established in 1996 after the Indiana Department of Natural Resourc ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Indianapolis, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.2 miles (About Top Trails)
... Preview: This is a combination of park trails through McCormick's Creek Canyon that lead from the McCormick's Creek Falls to the White River and back. The Canyon Inn, near the starting point of this hike, has ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Bloomington, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 3 miles
... Preview: This is a loop trail along wooded dune to the marsh overlook and back. When the Wisconsin glacier began its retreat more than 10,000 years ago, wind shaped a sand dune rising 40 feet high in the heart ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Fort Wayne, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.4 miles
... Preview: This is a short trail past sandstone cliffs overlooking a lake. The German Ridge area of the Hoosier National Forest is primarily devoted to horseback riding, but hikers get to see a slice of it with ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Tell City, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 1 miles
... Preview: This is a combination of loop trails through ravines and forest. Established in 1966, this park draws its name from the nearby town of New Harmony, the site of two failed experiments at developing a ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Evansville, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 3 miles
... Preview: This trail leads through a box canyon draped with hemlock trees and featuring seasonal waterfalls and high sandstone cliffs. This trail has more dynamic scenery packed into its short distance than man ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
English, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.4 miles
... Preview: This is a linear trail along the Little Calumet River with a stop at a heron rockery site. Herons are stork-like wading birds with long legs and pointed bills. There are about 50 species of herons wo ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Chesterton, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.4 miles
... Preview: This is a loop trail around J. Edward Roush Lake, a flood-control reservoir on the Wabash River. After opening in 1970 as Huntington Reservoir, the lake has since been renamed in honor of former U.S. ... From the guidebook "Hiking Indiana"
Huntington, IN - Hiking - Trail Length: 11 miles

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