Indiana: 23 state parks, 28 fish & wildlife areas, 15 state forests and 13 recreation areas

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Atterbury Fish & Wildlife AreaAlmost 5,000 acres of upland game habitat, marsh, creeks and shallow impoundments bought from the Army's Camp…
Austin Bottoms Conservation AreaBottomland forest and wetland along the Muscatatuck River across three counties, with roughly 2,355 acres…
Blue Grass Fish & Wildlife AreaTwenty pits and lakes holding about 600 acres of water on 2,532 acres of former strip mine, replanted after…
Brookville LakeA 5,260-acre reservoir in the old east fork of the Whitewater River valley, with two recreation areas, a…
Brown County State ParkIndiana's largest park spreads nearly 16,000 acres of steep ridges and fog-filled ravines the glaciers…
Busseron Creek Fish & Wildlife AreaBottomland forest, marsh and upland over 3,950 acres in Sullivan County, bought by the state in 2024 and…
Cagles Mill Lake (Lieber and Cataract Falls SRA)Indiana's first flood-control reservoir, finished in 1952, and the falls at Cataract that drop over buried…
Cecil M Harden Lake (Raccoon SRA)Big Raccoon Creek was dammed for flood control, leaving a lake edged with native forest and rock outcrops…
Chain O' Lakes State ParkNine kettle lakes left by the glaciers connect into one paddling route, with 29 miles of wooded trail around…
Charlestown State ParkBuilt on land the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant never developed, Charlestown drops more than 200 feet into…
Chinook Fish & Wildlife AreaTwo thousand one hundred and forty-one acres of rolling grassland and woodland on old surface-mine ground in…
Clark State ForestIndiana's oldest state forest, begun in 1903 on 2,000 acres and now more than 25,600. Over 150 experimental…
Clifty Falls State ParkFour waterfalls run through a canyon near Madison, roaring in spring and freezing solid in winter. Clifty…
Crosley Fish & Wildlife AreaFour thousand two hundred acres of steep wooded hills with seven miles of the Muscatatuck River running…
Deam Lake State Recreation AreaA 194-acre lake built in 1965 and named for Charles Deam, Indiana's first state forester and the author of…
Deer Creek Fish & Wildlife AreaMature oak-hickory woods and farmland over 2,175 acres, transferred from the Putnamville Correctional…
Fairbanks Landing Fish & Wildlife AreaEight thousand acres of bottomland hardwood, prairie and riverside habitat along the Wabash in Vigo and…
Falls of the Ohio State ParkThe Devonian fossil beds exposed below Clarksville are among the largest in the world, 390 million years old…
Ferdinand State ForestA local conservation club raised the money for the first 900 acres in 1933, and CCC crews built the roads and…
Fort Harrison State ParkThe last forested corner of Marion County, 1,700 acres of woodland and two national historic districts on the…
Frances Slocum State ForestFive hundred and fifteen acres of unbroken forest on the north bank of the Mississinewa River, day-use only…
Glendale Fish & Wildlife AreaEight thousand acres of land around more than 1,400 acres of lake and impoundment, centred on Dogwood Lake…
Goose Pond Fish & Wildlife AreaNine thousand acres of restored prairie and marsh in Greene County that draw about 12,000 wildlife watchers a…
Green Valley Wildlife Management AreaA hundred and fifty wooded acres in Vigo County around a mine pond built as a coal-operation water supply. A…
Greene-Sullivan State ForestCoal companies gave the state 3,000 acres in 1936; the forest now covers almost 9,000 and is dotted with more…
Hardy LakeA 741-acre water-supply reservoir ringed by limestone bluffs, caves and fossils, where the shoreline shifts…
Harmonie State ParkWooded ravines above the Wabash 25 miles from Evansville, laced with walking, hiking and mountain-bike…
Harrison-Crawford State ForestAbout 24,000 acres of rugged hardwood along the Ohio River, established in 1932 and wrapped around O'Bannon…
Hillenbrand Fish & Wildlife AreaThree thousand six hundred acres of reclaimed surface mine north of Linton, 60% grassland with 125 acres of…
Hovey Lake Fish & Wildlife AreaA 1,400-acre oxbow lake, sloughs and bottomland hardwood in the Ohio and Wabash floodplains at Indiana's…
Indiana Dunes State ParkDunes nearly 200 feet high back three miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, preserved as a state park in 1925…
Interlake Off-Road State Recreation AreaNearly 100 miles of trail across 3,550 acres of reclaimed coal mine, from steep spoil banks to rolling…
JE Roush Lake Fish & Wildlife AreaA narrow 15-mile band along the Wabash: 900 acres of lake and 350 of impoundment inside 7,347 acres of land…
Jackson-Washington State ForestNearly 18,000 acres over the southern Indiana “knobs”, whose sharp relief gives some of the state's best…
Jasper-Pulaski Fish & Wildlife AreaAutumn migration brings over 15,000 sandhill cranes through these 8,179 acres of wetland, upland and…
Kankakee Fish & Wildlife AreaOpen water, marsh, riparian timber and 11 miles of river over 4,199 acres — what is left of the Kankakee…
Kingsbury Fish & Wildlife AreaSeven thousand four hundred acres of grassland, crop field, brush and marsh around a 30-acre lake, on the…
LaSalle Fish & Wildlife AreaWetlands along the Kankakee River pull thousands of migratory birds onto these 4,511 acres, and surviving…
Lincoln State ParkThe hills where Abraham Lincoln grew up, set aside in 1932 as a memorial to his mother Nancy Hanks. Ten miles…
Martin State ForestStarted in 1932 on 1,205 acres of eroded farmland and cut-over woodland, now 7,863 acres of recovered forest…
McCormick's Creek State ParkIndiana's first state park, cut by a creek falling through a limestone canyon. Climb the fire tower, cross…
Mississinewa LakeOne of three reservoirs built to hold back Wabash floods, now 3,210 acres of water ringed by forest, prairie…
Monroe LakeIndiana's largest lake at 10,750 acres, spread across eight state recreation areas and nearly 24,000 acres in…
Morgan-Monroe State ForestOver 24,500 acres of steep ridge and valley south-west of Indianapolis, holding some of the state's finest…
Mounds State ParkTen earthworks built by the Adena-Hopewell people survive here, the Great Mound dating to roughly 160 B.C…
Mountain Tea State ForestMore than 1,153 acres in the Brown County Hills, most of it deeded to the state in 2013 after years under The…
O'Bannon Woods State ParkTwo thousand-odd acres inside Harrison-Crawford State Forest, on the Blue River — Indiana's first designated…
Ouabache State ParkPronounced O-bah-chee, this Wabash-side park began as a game preserve raising pheasant, quail and rabbit…
Owen-Putnam State ForestScattered tracts run north to south across the south-central hills, one of them under a 50-foot sandstone…
Patoka LakeNearly 26,000 acres of land and water, with freshwater jellyfish in the lake and bald eagles nesting above…
Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife AreaNearly 11,800 acres with 17 miles of free-flowing river and 529 acres of lakes and impoundments, home to many…
Pike State ForestFour thousand four hundred acres in south-western Indiana, from hilly upland down to the Patoka River…
Pokagon State Park/Trine State Recreation AreaNamed for the Potawatomi leaders Leopold and Simon Pokagon, this 1925 park is built round CCC stone and log…
Potato Creek State ParkWorster Lake's 327 acres sit among old fields, mature woods, restored prairie and wetland 12 miles from South…
Prophetstown State ParkIndiana's newest state park stands where the Tippecanoe meets the Wabash, on 900 acres of restored tallgrass…
Ravinia State ForestFifteen hundred acres of wooded hills and valleys near Paragon, bought with highway Crossroads 2000 money and…
Redbird Off-Road State Recreation AreaFourteen hundred acres shaped by surface and underground mining, now carrying ORV trails from gentle to…
Salamonie LakeA 2,665-acre flood-control lake with 12,554 acres of land around it, split between five recreation areas…
Salamonie River State ForestCreated in the mid-1930s to reclaim eroded bluffs above the Salamonie, whose name comes from a Native…
Selmier State ForestThree hundred and fifty-five acres of multi-use woods on the Muscatatuck River, open sunrise to sunset. Frank…
Shades State ParkSandstone cliffs above Sugar Creek and a run of shaded ravines make this a hikers' and paddlers' park rather…
Shakamak State ParkFour hundred acres of water across three man-made lakes, open to fishing and boating, with a family aquatic…
Splinter Ridge Fish & Wildlife AreaThree thousand acres of steep wooded hills named for the ridge and the old logging road that crosses it…
Spring Mill State ParkCave springs that never froze powered a gristmill, wool mill, sawmill and distillery, and the pioneer village…
Starve Hollow State Recreation AreaCarved out of Jackson-Washington State Forest, with a sandy beach and rental boats on a 145-acre lake. An…
Sugar Creek Conservation AreaThirteen hundred acres of rugged, biologically rich forest on a Wabash tributary near Shades State Park…
Sugar Ridge Fish & Wildlife AreaSix separate tracts totalling about 8,500 acres, most of it strip-mined ground now holding roughly 100 pits…
Summit Lake State ParkWet meadow and prairie round a large lake near New Castle draw black tern, bittern, sandhill crane and osprey…
Tippecanoe River State ParkThe river is the reason to come — bring your own canoe or kayak — backed by 23 miles of easy-to-moderate…
Tri-County Fish & Wildlife AreaThree thousand five hundred acres of upland field and oak-hickory slope falling to wetland, with 10 natural…
Turkey Run State ParkDeep sandstone ravines and old-growth stands run down to Sugar Creek, on the trails that made this park…
Versailles State ParkIndiana's second-largest state park, in the rolling hills where Morgan's Raiders crossed in 1863 and where…
Wabash River Conservation AreaTwo thousand four hundred acres of floodplain and bottomland following the Wabash across Parke, Vermillion…
Wabashiki Fish & Wildlife AreaMostly bottomland forest along the Wabash over 3,652 acres, some of it reachable only by water. Vigo County…
Whitewater Memorial State ParkBought by four counties as a memorial to their Second World War servicemen and opened in 1949, with a…
Wilbur Wright Fish & Wildlife AreaA thousand acres of river valley and upland in Henry County between the Big Blue and Little Blue rivers, with…
Willow Slough Fish & Wildlife AreaJ.C. Murphey Lake covers more than 1,200 acres at the centre of 10,175 acres of dune, oak savanna and forest…
Winamac Fish & Wildlife AreaFour thousand eight hundred acres of second-growth oak, crop and fallow field, pine plantation and shallow…
Yellowwood State ForestTwenty-four thousand acres around a 133-acre lake finished in 1939, on land the Civilian Conservation Corps…

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