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The Knobstone Trail is the longest hiking trail in Indiana. Its southern terminus is about 15 miles (24 km) north of Louisville, Kentucky in the Deam Lake State Recreation Area. It currently ends at Delaney Creek Park near Salem, Indiana. However, there are plans to eventually extend the trail another 80 miles (129 km) north to Martinsville ...
Northville-Placid Trail: 138.4 [14] 223 New York: Northville: Lake Placid: North-south low-elevation trail through the Adirondack Park (begin 1922, completed 1924). OC&E Woods Line State Trail: 105 169 Oregon: Klamath Falls: Thompson Reservoir: a rail trail and Oregon State Park: Ocean to Lake Trail: 63 101 Florida: Hobe Sound Beach on the ...
The Northville–Lake Placid Trail, also known as the NPT, [1] is a lightly traveled foot trail that runs 138 miles (214 km) through Adirondack Park in northern New York State. It was laid out by the Adirondack Mountain Club in 1922 and 1923 and is maintained by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. From 2014-2016 the ...
In terms of hills, the Tecumseh Trail is often considered a gentler version and training ground of the Knobstone Trail, a 52-mile one-way path that is further south in Indiana, near the city of Salem. While the Tecumseh's path does consist of many large hills, ascents are not typically as steep, long, or frequent as those of the Knobstone Trail.
Hoosier Prairie is a unit of Indiana Dunes National Park in Lake County, Indiana. It began in the 1970s as wasteland that conservation organization found of a unique interest. From a core of 304 acres (123 ha), it has grown to 1,547 acres (626 ha) of important prairie habitat. [1]
The first state park in Indiana was McCormick's Creek State Park, in Owen County in 1916, followed in the same year by Turkey Run State Park in Parke County. The number of state parks rose steadily in the 1920s, mostly by donations of land from local authorities to the state government. Of the initial twelve parks, only Muscatatuck State Park ...
McCormick's Creek State Park is the oldest state park in the U.S. state of Indiana, dedicated on July 4, 1916, as part of the state's centennial celebration. It is located 14 miles (23 km) west of Bloomington in Owen County. The park receives about 640,000 visitors annually. [1]
The Indiana General Assembly in 1901 created the Indiana State Board of Forestry. [1] [2] Entrance sign. In May 1903, the Indiana state government purchased 2,028 acres (8.21 km 2) of forest in the north of Clark County, noted for its knob features (isolated conical hills), [3] for use as Indiana's first state forest, at a cost of US$16,000. [4]