The Laura Hare Nature Preserve is a 655 acre preserve in Brown County Indiana owned by the Sycamore Land Trust. The preserve is named after Laura Hare, MD whose charitable trust donated funds to Sycamore to purchase the land in 2012. Additional land acquisitions were made in 2018 and 2021. The trail system is divided... Continue Reading →
Hitz-Rhodenhamel Woods
North of Nashville, IN is the Hitz-Rhodehamel Nature Preserve. This 500+ acre preserve was established in 1985 starting with a 108-acre donation made to the Nature Conservancy by Harley and Evaline Rhodehamel. In 2012, The Nature Conservancy and the Hoosier Hiking Council collaborated to build the 3-mile hiking trail that exists today. If you are... Continue Reading →
Brown Country State Park – West Gate Hike
This was a nice hike through the Brown County State Park on a beautiful Saturday! Don't eat these! I started the hike at the West Lookout Tower and picked up trail 8. I stayed on trail 8 for about 1.7 miles, until getting to the southwest parking area at Ogle Lake. There, I picked up... Continue Reading →
Erie Canal Bike Trail
After our annual summer trip to northern NY, we spent a few days in Rochester NY visiting family. Since we had our bikes with us, we decided to do a ride along the Erie Canal. This trail system is part of the very large 750-mile Empire State Trail. This is a trail system that goes... Continue Reading →
Totman Gulf Rim
While on our annual summer trip to Northern NY, we completed a hike along the Totman Gulf Rim. This trail is part of the Jefferson County NY Forest and Wildlife Management Area and is named after Calvin Totman. The trail starts out as a rim trail above the Totman Gulf Gorge and leads down into... Continue Reading →
Columbus, Indiana – walking tour
This isn’t a trail per se, but it is an interesting walking tour. Columbus Indiana is about 40 miles south of Indy and is home to Cummins Inc. Why mention this particular company? Well, Columbus has many interesting buildings owing to the vision of one J. Irwin Miller, who was the head of Cummins in... Continue Reading →
Goose Pond 2
Last month we went up to Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area to do a little birding, but specifically to see if we could see Short Eared Owls, which can be found in Indiana during the winter months. We've posted about Goose Pond before and have visited many times as it is a great place... Continue Reading →
Prophetstown State Park
Last month we took a trip to Prophetstown State Park, in West Lafayette. This is among the newer state parks in Indiana having been completed in 2004. There is an aquatic center that was added in 2013, and the park includes other amenities such as full hook-up and electric camp sites and a fully functioning... Continue Reading →
Durand Eastman Park
Durand Eastman Park is a 977-acre park located in the northern section of Rochester, NY and contains 5000 feet of coastline on Lake Ontario. This park started out as a summer camp owned by Dr. Henry Strong Durand in the early 1900s. George Eastman (of Kodak fame) purchased land surrounding the summer camp and both... Continue Reading →
Black Creek Park
Over the holiday break, we headed to western NY to visit family. One of our favorite parks in the area is known as Black Creek Park, located in Chili, NY, which is about 19 miles outside of Rochester, NY. Black Creek Park is one of the largest parks in the Rochester area containing over 1500... Continue Reading →
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