Table of Contents
Overview Map vii
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction x
Ecology xii
Geology xiii
Human History xiv
Fundamentals xv
Clothing xvi
Weather and Seasons xvii
Animals xviii
Bugs xix
How To Use This Guide xx
Map Legend xxi
The Hikes
Dunelands
1 Miller Woods 3
2 Long Lake Loop 6
3 Dune Succession Trail 9
4 Cowles Bog 13
5 Bailly Homestead, Chellberg Farm, and Little Calument River Trails 16
6 Beach Trail 20
7 Heron Rookery Trail 24
8 Mount Baldy Summit Trail 27
Glacial Lakes
9 Bicentennial Woods 31
10 Crooked Lake Nature Preserve 34
11 Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center 37
12 Chain O'Lakes State Park 41
13 Edna W. Spurgeon Woodland Nature Preserve 45
14 Olin Lake Nature Preserve 47
15 Pokagon State Park 50
16 Wing Haven: Trillium Woods Trail 55
Wabash Valley
17 Eagle Marsh: Continental Divide Trail 60
18 Fox Island Park 64
19 Veronica's Trail 67
20 Ouabache State Park 70
21 Salamonie Lake: Bloodroot Trail 74
22 Salamonie Lake: Switch grass Marsh and Tree Trails 78
23 Lost Sister Trail 81
24 Kokiwanee 85
25 Hathaway Preserve at Ross Run 88
26 Wabash Heritage Trail 91
27 Portland Arch Nature Preserve 96
Central Plain
28 Mounds State Park 99
29 Fort Harrison State Park Fall Creek Trail 102
30 Pine Hills Nature Preserve 105
31 Shades State Park: Ravine Trails 109
32 Shades State Park: Pearl Ravine 113
33 Turkey Run State Park 116
34 Big Walnut Creek: Tall Timbers Trail 120
Southeast
35 Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge: Turkey and Bird Trails 125
36 Versailles State Park 128
37 Clifty Falls State Park 131
38 Charlestown State Park 136
39 Adventure Hiking Trail 139
40 Shaw Lake Loop 144
41 Knob Lake Trail 147
Hill Country
42 Morgan-Monroe State Forest: Low Gap Trail 151
43 Morgan-Monroe State Forest: Three Lakes Loop 155
44 Scarce O'Fat Trail 159
45 Brown County State Park: Trail 8 162
46 Brown County State Park: Ogle Hollow Nature Preserve 166
47 Spring Mill State Park Twin Caves Trail 169
48 Spring Hill State Park: Village Trait 172
Southwest
49 Harmonie State Park 177
50 Shakamak State Park 180
51 McCormick's Creek State Park: Falls Canyon Trail 184
52 McCormick's Creek State Park: Wolf Cave Trail 187
53 Patoka Lake Hiking Area 191
54 Lincoln State Park 195
Hoosier National Forest
55 Cope Hollow Loop 201
56 Peninsula Trail 204
57 Sycamore Loop 207
58 Pioneer Mothers Memorial Forest 210
59 Hemlock Cliffs National scenic Trail 212
60 Two Lakes Loop 215
61 Tipsaw Lake Trail 220
62 Saddle Lake Loop 223
63 Mogan Ridge East 225
64 German Ridge Lake Trail 228
Knobstone Trail
65 Deam Lake to Jackson Road 232
66 Jackson Road to New Chapel 236
67 New Chapel to Leota 240
68 Leota to Elk Creek 243
69 Elk Creek to Oxley Memorial 246
70 Oxley Memorial to Delaney Park 250
Appendix A Suggested Reading 253
Appendix B Additional Resources 254
Index 256
About The Author 258