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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 ...
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 ...
Turkey Run State Park, Indiana's second state park, is in Parke County in the west-central part of the state along State Road 47, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of U.S. 41.. The first parcel of land was purchased for $40,200 in 1916, when Indiana's state park system was established during the state's centennial anniversary of its statehood.
Tippecanoe River is a state park in Pulaski County, Indiana, United States.It is located 58 miles (93 km) south-southwest of South Bend, Indiana.It was formed in 1943 when the National Park Service gifted the land to Indiana's Department of Conservation land to form a state park; other land along the river becoming the Winamac Fish and Wildlife Area.
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]
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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
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