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Categories: Fun & Games; Sports & Recreation; Outdoor Adventures; History & Heritage
The approach to this 15,696-acre state park east of Nashville on SR 46 is through a double-barreled covered bridge built around 1838. It's the only one of its kind in Indiana. Founded in 1929, the park is the largest in the Indiana state parks system. The panoramic view of heavily forested hills and valleys from the lookout tower atop 1,058-foot Weedpatch Hill goes a long way towards explaining the appeal this landscape has had for painters for over 100 years. The park has campsites that range both in use and in facilities. Half are first-come, first-served, while the other half require reservations. In the park's southern part, you'll find sites devoted to the equestrian camping for which this park is well known. Most of the campgrounds at Brown County have electric hookups, dump stations, rest rooms, and showers. The Abe Martin Lodge has 84 rooms and a dining room. If you'd like a roof over your head but also want privacy, the park has several cabins situated throughout the area.
For recreation the park offers cultural and interpretive nature programs, a nature center with exhibits, tennis courts, playgrounds, a swimming pool, and hiking trails. Equestrian trails wind throughout the park with trailheads at the equestrian campground. The saddle barn located within the park offers guided horse trail rides and horse rentals (812-988-8166), and there are 70 miles of bridle trails here. You can enjoy fishing, picnicking and wildlife watching here. Call the park for cabin and lodge reservations. Nearby attractions include Yellowwood State Forest, Ogle Hollow Nature Preserve, and T. C. Steele State Historical Site.
The park is open year-round during daylight hours; campground water supplies are shut off between spproximately November 1 through mid-March depending on the weather. A vehicle admission charge is levied. The northern entrance to the park is off Route 46, a little east of Nashville. The west entrance is off 46 (for trailers and campers), and the equestrian park entrance is off of state Road 135 south. You can reach the park at 812-988-6406.
Pets: Leashed pets are permitted in park and campgrounds but not in lodge or cabins.
Reservations: For Indiana state parks, reservations are accepted only by mail, walk-in, or online at www.indiana.reserveworld.com. Call the specific site to have a reservation form sent to you. Phone reservations are not accepted.
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