Hiking Indiana: A Guide to the State's Greatest Hiking Adventures

by Phil Bloom

Overview

The classic guide to hiking the Hoosier State, now updated and in full-color!

Written by award-winning outdoor editor and author Phil Bloom, this guide includes more than 70 hikes, ranging from easy afternoon jaunts to multi-day backpack trips. Enjoy the richly diverse offerings throughout the state, from Indiana Dunes National Seashore on Lake Michigan to the rolling hills of Brown County State Park, from the banks of the Wabash River to the Charles C. Deam Wilderness in Hoosier National Forest.

Each featured hike includes detailed hike specs and descriptions, trailhead location, mile-by-mile directional cues, gorgeous full-color photography, and detailed maps throughout.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493034970
Publisher:	Falcon Guides
Publication date:	11/15/2018
Series:	State Hiking Guides Series
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	655,510
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Phil Bloom is a native Hoosier and lifelong resident of Indiana. He enjoyed two careers before retiring from both — thirty-three years as a newspaper reporter and editor (the last eighteen as an award-winning outdoors editor at the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) and ten years as communications director for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Bloom is an active member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and served as the group’s president in 2008 and 2018. He is an Eagle Scout and an Indiana Certified Master Naturalist. He lives in Fort Wayne and is a volunteer board member of the Indiana Parks Alliance

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