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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 ...
Location of Parke County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Parke County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Parke County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Northern Indiana: 2,718 acres, one-room schoolhouse nature center Clifty Falls State Park: Madison: Jefferson: Southern Indiana: 1,416 acres, includes a nature center Cool Creek Park and Nature Center: Carmel: Hamilton: Central Indiana: website, 90 acres, operated by the County Cope Environmental Center: Centerville: Wayne: Central Indiana
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.
Crooked Creek is the park's northern boundary. The park is named for local television station WISH-TV which donated the land to the city. [65] Wolf Run Park 2013 53.23 acres (21.54 ha) 2] Woollen's Garden of Birds and Botany 1909 55 acres (22 ha)
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.
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The Lusk parcel was the first land obtained for Turkey Run State Park. The Lusk Coal Mine. The Lusk Home is open for tours during the summer. [2] There is a fee for parking vehicles within the state park. Visitors pay an entrance fee at the main gate of the park, then hike or drive to the Lusk Home. The coal mine is a bat habitat today. [3]