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Shades State Park is a state park in Montgomery, Parke, and Fountain Counties in Indiana. It is located 47 miles (76 km) west-northwest of Indianapolis, Indiana . In 2018–2019, Shades received nearly 87,000 visitors.
Mineral Mound State Park: Eddyville [2] 541 acres (2.2 km 2) My Old Kentucky Home State Park: Bardstown: 285 acres (1.2 km 2) Nolin Lake State Park: Edmonson County: Park: 333 acres (1.3 km 2) Lake: 5,795 acres (23 km 2) [4] Old Fort Harrod State Park: Harrodsburg: 15 acres (0.06 km 2) Paintsville Lake State Park: Johnson County [3] Park: 242 ...
The trailhead begins in the parking lot for trail No. 10 in Shades State Park. The trail is described as difficult in ease of hiking and if you ever get to hike there, you will see why.
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 ...
General Butler State Resort Park is a state park located near Carrollton, Kentucky in Carroll County. The park is named for General William O. Butler, a soldier in both the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War. [2] [3] The 791-acre (320 ha) park features a lodge, cabins and campground, fishing and canoeing on Butler Lake, trails for ...
Map showing the location and shape of Shades State Park in Indiana: Date: 2 January 2012: Source: My own work, using custom-written MapScript applications with United States Census Bureau TIGER 2010 data: Author: Omnedon
The park features include a 24-room lodge with restaurant, 12 cottages, campground, multi-purpose trails, 18-hole golf course, and 56-acre (23 ha) lake with non-motorized boat rentals. [1] The park was sited around an existing lake, behind a dam originally built in 1938.
The park was opened in 1951 as the companion to the whites-only Kentucky Lake State Park, and it was publicized as "the finest colored vacation site in the South". The park was originally 300 acres, and it included a beach, cottages, boat and fishing docks, a picnic area, a bathhouse, and a 200-seat dining hall.