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Yellowwood State Forest, originally Beanblossom Land Utilization Project, is a state forest located in Brown County, Indiana, near the more famous Brown County State Park. The forest features seventeen different areas within Brown County, comprising over 25,000 acres (10,000 ha) in total. [ 1 ]
German-born Indianapolis businessman Richard Lieber championed the idea of establishing a system of state parks for Indiana, and, after winning the property at auction with a bid of $5,250, received it from the Dr. Frederick Denkewalter estate. [3] McCormick's Creek was formally opened on December 11, 1916; the centennial birthday of Indiana.
Central Indiana: 1,700 acres, interpretive center with environmental education programs Harmonie State Park: New Harmony: Posey: Southwestern Indiana: 3,465 acres Hayes Arboretum: Richmond: Wayne: Central Indiana: 355 acres, displays about trees, native woods and plants, flora and fauna Hilltop Garden and Nature Center: Bloomington: Monroe ...
The Indiana Dunes cover 15 miles of Indiana coast and more than 50 miles of trails through sand dunes, woods, prairies and wetlands, according to the National Park Service. Lewis & Clark National ...
Deam Lake State Recreation Area; Ferdinand State Forest - 7,789.9 acres (10 km 2) Frances Slocum State Forest; Greene–Sullivan State Forest – 9,048.8 acres (1.3 km 2); Athens County; Harrison–Crawford State Forest – 24,322.7 acres (5 km 2) Jackson–Washington State Forest - 18,416.2 acres (38 km 2) Martin State Forest - 7,863.6 acres ...
Indiana can't match Florida's year-round warm weather, South Carolina's beaches or Arizona's desert vistas. In terms of affordability, however, the Hoosier State makes a strong case as a retirement...
In the last decades of the 19th century, the area was a resort with a forty-room inn. In the 1930s a man named Joseph Frisz acquired the land in order to protect it and purchased more land around. His heirs sold the land in 1947 to the holding company "Save the Shades", who in turn gave the land to the state to create Indiana's 15th state park.
The plant can grow 12 to 18 inches (30 to 46 cm) high. Yellow fringed orchid, yellow-fringed orchis, or orange-fringed orchid (Platanthera ciliaris) is a fairly tall orchid with a flower cluster that can be 6 inches (15 cm) tall and the entire plant about 7 to 40 inches (18 to 102 cm) tall. The flowers can be yellow to orange.