Beechwood Nature Preserve - Along the east edge of LOCATION MAP the park, Trail 8 crosses the border and enters the 89-acre, Beechwood Nature Preserve, a unit of the POKAGON • 450 Lane 100 • Angola, IN 46703 • (260) 833-2012 Snow Lake To and STATE ACRES Land Trust. A 1.5-mile loop continues over PARK 1,260 acres Established 1925 rolling hills of old meadows now sporting thickets of gray dogwoods and remnants of an old apple orchard. From the loop, a short section of the trail continues to the Gate Beechwood parking lot at State Road 127. A boardwalk Entrance Exit 354 traverses a lowland swamp, featuring rare yellow birch, 727 Indianapolis Lake • SNOW LAKE red maple, blue beech and skunk cabbage. James .27 s e il m To 6 2 1 To Angola chwood 3 ee I B N M Fort a t Trail r, u e Wayne rv te r e 2 Treatment e s a e w r ld Plant P o 7 8 C WETLAND 7 BEECHWOOD HELL’S POINT CHALLENGE NATURE 8 1 County Rd. Bridge 4 Hell’s Point 1 PRESERVE 8 2 Spring Shelter 5 CCC Dams 3 Wetland View 6 Lake Lonidaw 5 ACRES Land Trust 7 (This is not state-owned property.) • The challenge begins & ends at the Nature Center. Group Feather Valley Road Camp • Length is approximately 8 miles. Fremont 5 miles LAKE JAMES Hell's • Difficulty is moderate/rugged. Includes going UPPER BASIN 4 8 4 Point Trine State 3 Recreation Area up 84 stair steps to Hell’s Point. 7 Entrance 1 mile 2 • Photograph all six waypoints along the route 2 Spring NATURE 9 PRESERVE and show the Nature Center staff upon 2 Shelter returning to receive a finishers souvenir 9 .27 • Take plenty of water. The last place to fill 4 POTAWATOMI water bottles is at the Spring Shelter! 4 Youth NATURE 5 Tent PRESERVE Beach & Campground 3 5 Camp Beach Gatehouse CCC house Shelter 2 3 3 TRINE STATE Black Cherry 5 9 RECREATION Picnic Area 4 AREA & Shelter Park 2 Office Property Mgr. TRAIL TABLE Residence Entrance TRAIL MILEAGE TRAIL TYPE Private Lane Private Lane 727 1 1 2 Moderate 1 Gate 2 2.2 Moderate Underpass house POTAWATOMI 6 LAKE 3 NATURE 3 2.2 Moderate LONIDAW PRESERVE 4 1.4 Easy Apple 3 5 .7 Easy Orchard Saddle Barn 6 North 6 .7 Moderate 7 1.8 Moderate Warming 3 Assistant Center 8 1 Moderate 6 9 1.7 Rugged Property 6 Manager's Residence Sweetgum Cabins Potawatomi L EGEND Volleyball Inn LAKE Private Lane Shelter 27 Boundary Accessible Courts k CHARLES . e 1 Angola Road Campground e WEST Nature r 5 miles C (Private) Hiking Trail Playground Center Boat Docks Hell’s Point Trail Camp Store LAKE JAMES Bike Trail Shelter MIDDLE BASIN Horse Trail Picnic Shelter Marsh Amphitheater Nature Preserve Beach To Jimmerson Lake Parking Volleyball Pit Gatehouse Basketball Court 1 LAKE JAMES P Comfort Station r y LOWER BASIN i t v r a e t p e r o P 0 ¼ ½ Please carry out all trash you produce in order to keep your park clean and Approximate Scale in Miles beautiful for others to enjoy. 12/2018 Take timeto explore andenjoy thisiceagelegacy. woodlands, pinegroves, oldfields, andmeadowlands. including lakes, marshes, fens, swamps, deciduous small, Pokagon hasatremendous ofecotypes, variety you may expect to north. find farther Although relatively For thisreason, Pokagon, inmany ways, resembles parks topography thatthey cover, ofglaciated regions. istypical Lonidaw on Trail 3isaperfect example. the glaciers melted, sittoday’s kettle-hole lakes. Lake glaciers. Where sunken blocks oficebroke away as formed from moving the massive and gouging earth inthestate.other county All are natural andallwere whichisknownorglacialtill. asglacialdebris the north, brought ofthetotal downare from massofearth part from nowhere. These are known asglacialerratics. They piles ofrocks, andindividualrocks, thatseemingly came Pokagon State Park. leave alastingimpression ontheface ofthelands of thismassive, one-milethick, iceflow was thelast to and hasbeennamedthe “Wisconsin.” The Saginaw lobe enjoy today resulted. melting 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. The landscapewe from Canada . over northern That glacierbegan thousands ofyears, itformed anicesheetthatflowed melted inthesummer. As anaccumulation piledupover 10 degrees cooler, more snow fell inthewinter than condition for thepublic’s useandenjoyment. namely, to preserve aprimitive landscapeinitsnatural fulfill the purpose for which state were parks established, AN ICE AGE LEGACY ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIESACTIVITIES AND THIS IS YOUR PARK Open daily mostoftheyear. Reservation System. slips are available, first-come/first-served. facilities for private boats are provided; however, docking available office. atpark and by calling260-833-2012. schedules are available at InterpretiveServices.IN.gov interpretive andrecreational programs. Program park entrances.park weekend through February, with extended holiday hours. Reservation System. include food. Reservations are available through theInns Great setting for dinners andbanquets. Rates donot the Central Reservation System. ring. available. Electricity Reservations available through to 14 consecutive nights. Eachsite withtable andfire Central Reservation System. than LaborDay. Pick up an Indiana Recreation Guide for more information. DNR PROPERTIES NEARBY The variations ofplantandanimalspecies, andthe There are more lakes inSteuben thaninany County While walking onmany trails, ofthepark you willnotice That glacierwas thelastoneoffour to cover Indiana anagewhentheclimateDuring was approximately Visitors therules,whichare shallobserve designedto watching areas, fishing, hunting, target ranges, trapping, wildlife beautiful formal gardens. Sylvan Lake amongst148 acres offields, woods, and Cabin at Wildflower Woods isnestledontheshores of Stratton-Porter was awoman aheadofhertime. Her range, boating, boatramps, camping, dogtraining photographer, naturalist andentrepreneur Gene Olin LakeNature Preserve-parking, hikingtrails RiverPigeon Fish and Wildlife Area-archery Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site-Author, SWIMMING INTERPRETIVE NATURALIST SERVICE NATURALIST INTERPRETIVE NATURE CENTER FISHING HORSES WINTER SPORTS WINTER CAMP GROUP RENTALS BOAT TOBOGGAN RUN TOBOGGAN playground equipment andplayfields. seasonally. cultural history. Woodland window andauditorium. invite you, year-round. plus short pony ride.plus short Inquire at saddle barn. country skiing(rental), campingandicefishing.country winter. Reservations available through theCentral months. Limited andfall spring hours. Nolaunching northern pike, etc.northern State licenserequired and the world ofnaturalthe world resources whileenjoying campgrounds, Nature Center, Innand saddlebarn, track. Operates weekends, from Thanksgiving swimming andsaunaavailable. pool,whirlpool toilets, hotwater andshowers. Occupancy limited supervision. Reservations available through the open Saturday before Day Memorial andno later YOUTH TENT YOUTH HIKING BIKE TRAIL BIKE PICNIC AREAS CAMPING CAMP STORE INN —Inn rooms, Inncabinsandanindoor —13.7 milesoftrails, easy-to-moderate —Bass, , walleye, crappie, catfish, —Hayrides available. Two-mile trail bridle —Campground equippedwithflush —Free beach. Beachhouseandbeach —Accessible (1.6 miles). Connects —Youth tent campingunderadult —Capacity 120 insummer, 50in —General store, beach, open —Available atInnbeachsummer —Tables, grills, toilet facilities, —Exhibits onpark’s natural and —Sledding, iceskating, cross- —1,780-foot refrigerated twin —Explore CAMP Inn-operated cabinscanbemadeonlineorby phone. Reservations for theIndianaState Park Innsand park. Listoffees available inthemainoffice. help defray theoperation andmaintenance costsofthe Receipts charges from are admissionandservice usedto SPECIAL NOTE FOR MOREINFORMATION POTAWATOMI INN CENTRAL RESERVATION SYSTEM For acompletelistofrulesandregulations,inquireatparkoffice. • • REGULATIONSRULES AND • • • • • • • • • • • CENTRAL RESERVATION SYSTEM Resources, Executive Office, 402 W. Washington Street, W256, Indianapolis, IN46204,(317) 232-4020. above,facility asdescribed orifyou information pleasewrite to: desire further ofNatural Department sex, ordisability. Ifyou believe thatyou have beendiscriminated against inany program, activity, or available to everyone. DNR prohibits on the basis of race, discrimination color, age, national origin, The programs, facilities, ofNatural services, Resources andactivitiesoftheIndianaDepartment are See everything IndianaState Parks hasto offer atstateparks.IN.gov. inside cars orcampers. Roll upcarwindows tightly. danger to themselves. 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© 12/2018 Indiana Department of Natural Resources PLEASE STAY ONMARKED TRAILS. DESCRIPTION OFHIKING TRAILS and returns toand returns Trail 3. (CCC)-builtCivilian Conservation Corps stone dams, kagon Motel” onState Road 127, nearI-69,passesby and young forests. Touches theformer site ofthe “Po- Leaves Trail 3andgoeseastthrough wooded swamps Trail 9 nearby ACRES Land Trust Beechwood Nature Preserve. to meadowlands. Future planswillconnecttrail to the open, rolling hills, whichare beingmanagedto return crossesroad, acounty andtraversesand headsnorth, Our newest trail leaves Trail 3justwest of Hell’s Point Trail 8 many speciesthatprefer this habitat. Restored wetlands amongthehillsprovide homesfor ofthelandbeforetive plantstypical prairie itwas farmed. This ismostly open,rolling hills. na- Grasslands support makes a large loop before point. to returning the starting justbelow Hell’sThe trail starts Point on Trail 3and plants andanimals. and endson Trail 3. A goodtrail marshland for observing Trail through primitive area, includingswamp. Begins Trail 6 birdsobserve flowers. andspring to beach; passesthrough deep woods; a goodtrail to Begins nearCampground 1andgoespastGroup Camp Trail 5 rolling land. of habitats isoffered in pine trees, hardwood forest and 5 through campgrounds near amphitheatre. A variety Begins neargatehouse (with Trail 2)andextends to Trail Trail 4 to Potawatomi Inn. view ofarea from trail overlook atHell’s Point. Returns hardwood forests, pinesandsandhills; panoramic Preserve, with varied habitats of marsh land, deep Interesting trail leadingthrough Potawatomi Nature Trail 3 wood forest.Terminates atCampground 1. through rolling Shelter, land,pastSpring through hard- roadBegins onmainpark neargatehouse, goes Trail 2 Inn. A goodtrail for woodland birds flowers. andspring continues as the bicycle trail andback to to saddlebarn area through hardwood forest. Crosses road atbridge, Trail from Inn pastNature Center to Apple Orchard picnic Trail 1 TRAIL &DESCRIPTION Trail 7-Bluebird Hills stateparks.IN.gov price of threeprice centsanacre. including thepresent site ofChicago, atthe ment approximately 1millionacres ofland, Potawatomi transferred to thefederal govern - Pokagon (father and son). By treaty, the most notable leaders, LeopoldandSimon takes its name “Pokagon” from their last two Potawatomi for ruled many years, thepark allseasons.during Inaregion where the for outdoorrecreationcelled opportunities country, Pokagon State Park offers unex Lake, amidtherolling hillsofIndiana’s lake wooded hills, wetlands andopenmeadows. to enjoyample opportunities lake shores, beaches,are 13.7 two milesoftrails, and perfect setting for many winter sports. There and swimming throughout the summer, and a Pokagon, offering excellent fishing, boating On theshores ofLake James andSnow The lakes form anattractive background for P 2.2 mile DISTANCE 1.7 miles 1 mile 1.8 miles .7 miles .7 miles 1.4 miles 2.2 miles 2 miles okagon Rugged Moderate Moderate Moderate Easy Easy Moderate Moderate DIFFICULTY Moderate -