BROWN COUNTY STATE PARK LOCATION MAP 1405 State Road 46 West • Nashville, 47448 • (812) 988-6406 To 15,815 Acres Established 1929 135 Nashville To Columbus Indianapolis 46 Gate Entrances • 135 46 BROWN • COUNTY 135 STATE o Bloomington PARK s T i l Nashville Horsemen's gate o p a n a i d n I

o t 46 th r 135 o N DO NOT ENTER 46 Covered Bridge has 3-ton limit, 9 ft. clearance

e k R.V.s, Large Trucks and Vehicles Towing r e C Trailers Use West Gate Entrance l t a S PARK BOUNDARY Property Manager's North Residence Gatehouse

Walking A History To B Tour Columbus and SR 135 South North Lookout to Horsemen’s Tower Abe Martin Campground Lodge & Cabins Entrance ENTER HERE 2 R.V.s, Large 1 Trucks and Vehicles 3 Towing Trailers Family Cabins 2 West Gatehouse

Private n o Residence t d ir g d n o n o i a v o t r m w s e o e s lo w r e B lo o R o l F Gate E T e e W ntr Y e o a t r nc o a n e T t R o d S 8 Vista M West Lookout Tower Vista Hesitation Point 10 46 Friends D

C EL. 1,058 Park Office 8 E SHELTERS A Lower Ogle Lake Rd Playfield Ogle Hollow B Upper Nature Preserve C Walnut 7 4 5 Vista Ogle Lake D Tulip Tree Rally 17 acres - EL. 715 E Hoosiers Nest Campground − 5 7 4 F Recreation Building F G Strahl Lake Assistant Property Manager's Residence H CCC Camp 9 Buffalo Ridge Campground 9 Campground Entrance Nature Ridge Center 9 Campground

Discovery Trail No parking 6 EL. 688 available Strahl Lake S 9 at trailhead. 7 acres k i n Taylor Ridge n Campground Vistas e H r

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Point k S t To Yellowwood r a State h l C r e e LEGEND k Boundary Accessible Road Campground Hiking Trail Nature Center Horsemen's Campground Bike Trail Camp Store Entrance Off 135 South Nature Preserve Playground Parking Picnic Shelter Swimming Pool Amphitheater Horsemen’s Restrooms Tennis Courts campers Fire/Lookout Tower Gatehouse only. No through Horse Stable Picnic Area traffic. S t r MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL TABLE HIKING TRAIL TABLE a h l TRAIL MILEAGE RATING TRAIL MILEAGE TRAIL TYPE C r e North Gate Trail 1.2 Beginner 1 .9 Moderate e k North Tower Loop 3.5 Beginner 2 2 Moderate Aynes Loop 3.4 Intermediate 3 1.25 Moderate Hesitation Point Trail 2.1 Advanced 4 1.25 Moderate Pine Loop 1.2 Beginner 5 .75 Rugged Walnut Trail 2.1 Advanced 6 1.5 Easy/Rugged North Limekiln Trail 2.4 Beginner 7 1.5 Moderate Schooner Trace 4.1 Expert 8 3.5 Moderate Green Valley Trail 5.0 Intermediate 9 3.0/2.75 Rugged

Bobcat Loop 2 Expert 10 2.2 Rugged 0 ½ 1 Weedpatch .15 Beginner Friends short Easy Please carry out all trash you produce in order to keep your park clean and Ten O’Clock Line 2 Advanced Discovery .5 Moderate Approximate Scale in Miles beautiful for others to enjoy.

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vehicles or campers. Roll up car windows tightly. windows car up Roll campers. or vehicles PLEASE STAY ON MARKED . MARKED ON STAY PLEASE verses a variety of topography. Passes saddle barn barn saddle Passes topography. of variety a verses

danger to themselves. Lock all food and coolers inside inside coolers and food all Lock themselves. to danger Saddle Barn Loop Barn Saddle 3. - Tra miles)— (1.25 MODERATE

handouts become a nuisance to park visitors and a a and visitors park to nuisance a become handouts near Lower Shelter and North Lookout Tower. Lookout North and Shelter Lower near

to both animals and people. Animals that depend on on depend that Animals people. and animals both to walls. Starts and ends behind the lodge. Passes Passes lodge. the behind ends and Starts walls.

is prohibited. Feeding of wild animals can be harmful harmful be can animals wild of Feeding prohibited. is impressive stone bridges, stairways and retaining retaining and stairways bridges, stone impressive

Please let wild animals remain wild. wild. remain animals wild let Please

Feeding deer deer Feeding CCC 2. (2 miles)—CCC-built trail with with trail miles)—CCC-built (2 MODERATE

end of the Nature Center parking lot. parking Center Nature the of end

and maple. and

trail. Brochure available at the trailhead at the south south the at trailhead the at available Brochure trail.

land wooded with oak, hickory, sassafras, beech beech sassafras, hickory, oak, with wooded land

Discovery (.5 mile)—Self-guided nature nature mile)—Self-guided (.5 MODERATE

a short distance to return near lodge. Walk through through Walk lodge. near return to distance short a

Brown County State Park. State County Brown

condition for the public’s use and enjoyment. and use public’s the for condition Lodge 1. (.9 mile)—Joins with Trail 2 for for 2 Trail with mile)—Joins (.9 MODERATE

vista on flat terrain. Constructed by the Friends of of Friends the by Constructed terrain. flat on vista namely, to preserve a primitive landscape in its natural natural its in landscape primitive a preserve to namely,

DESCRIPTION OF HIKING TRAILS HIKING OF DESCRIPTION

Friends (Short)—Paved trail, with benches and and benches with trail, (Short)—Paved EASY fulfill the purpose for which state parks were established, established, were parks state which for purpose the fulfill

Visitors shall follow our rules, which are designed to to designed are which rules, our follow shall Visitors deep ravines and hilltops. Passes CCC shelter. shelter. CCC Passes hilltops. and ravines deep

For a complete list of rules and regulations, inquire at park office. park at inquire regulations, and rules of list complete a For

behind fire tower before looping northward crossing crossing northward looping before tower fire behind THIS IS YOUR PARK YOUR IS THIS

Use of metal detectors is prohibited. is detectors metal of Use • ie Tower Fire 10. (2.2 miles)—Follows ridge ridge miles)—Follows (2.2 RUGGED

is prohibited. is

Trail 9 extension if you start at Ogle Lake. Ogle at start you if extension 9 Trail and preferences. and

Pull off roads while observing wildlife. Feeding wildlife wildlife Feeding wildlife. observing while roads off Pull •

Lake. Must return the same way you enter on the the on enter you way same the return Must Lake. outdoor experience for those with a wide range of tastes tastes of range wide a with those for experience outdoor

Report lost or found articles to the park office. park the to articles found or lost Report • and back) extension connects to Trail 7 near Ogle Ogle near 7 Trail to connects extension back) and Brown County State Park makes for an enjoyable enjoyable an for makes Park State County Brown

looping back to ridge top. A 2.75-mile (5.5-mile, out out (5.5-mile, 2.75-mile A top. ridge to back looping water is tested regularly for purity. for regularly tested is water supplies and souvenirs. and supplies

dropping into adjacent valley to follow stream before before stream follow to valley adjacent into dropping hydrants or fountains provided for that purpose. This This purpose. that for provided fountains or hydrants guided horse riding, and a country store selling picnic picnic selling store country a and riding, horse guided

trailhead. Travels ridge top beyond campground, campground, beyond top ridge Travels trailhead. Drinking water should be taken only from pumps, pumps, from only taken be should water Drinking • ter houses, playground equipment, two fishing lakes, lakes, fishing two equipment, playground houses, ter

near site 324 in campground. No parking at at parking No campground. in 324 site near

- shel pool, swimming a include amenities park Other Swimming is permitted only in the pools. the in only permitted is Swimming •

Taylor Ridge Taylor 9. (3.0/2.75 miles)—Starts miles)—Starts (3.0/2.75 RUGGED year-round family cabins. family year-round

only in designated areas. 30 mph is maximum speed. maximum is mph 30 areas. designated in only

are offered for rent, as are 20 completely furnished, furnished, completely 20 are as rent, for offered are from the Hoosier Hikers Council 2002-2007. Council Hikers Hoosier the from

Motorists shall observe posted speed limits and park park and limits speed posted observe shall Motorists •

addition, sleeping cabins, with a total of 56 bedrooms, bedrooms, 56 of total a with cabins, sleeping addition, and Trail 7. This trail was improved by volunteers volunteers by improved was trail This 7. Trail and

receptacles provided for that purpose. that for provided receptacles

rooms, a dining room, and an indoor water park. In In park. water indoor an and room, dining a rooms, and then southwest to parking area at Ogle Lake Lake Ogle at area parking to southwest then and

day-use areas. Overnight guests must put waste in in waste put must guests Overnight areas. day-use

with two beds and bathroom), meeting and conference conference and meeting bathroom), and beds two with west lookout, continues to near Hesitation Point, Point, Hesitation near to continues lookout, west

The Carry In/Carry Out trash policy applies to all all to applies policy trash Out In/Carry Carry The •

Abe Martin Lodge, which has 84 lodge rooms (each (each rooms lodge 84 has which Lodge, Martin Abe HHC 8. (3.5 miles)—Extends east from from east miles)—Extends (3.5 MODERATE

Fires shall be built only in designated places. designated in only built be shall Fires •

Those who prefer the comforts of home may prefer the the prefer may home of comforts the prefer who Those hike along the shores of Ogle Lake. Ogle of shores the along hike

groups must be supervised by adults. adults. by supervised be must groups

showers. The park also has a horsemen’s campground. campground. horsemen’s a has also park The showers. Ogle Lake Ogle 7. (1.5 miles)—A hilly, wooded wooded hilly, miles)—A (1.5 MODERATE

Camping is permitted only in the campground. Youth Youth campground. the in only permitted is Camping • have electrical hookups, modern comfort stations and and stations comfort modern hookups, electrical have

the Nature Center. Nature the

Campsites are available year-round. The campgrounds campgrounds The year-round. available are partment of Natural Resources is prohibited. is Resources Natural of partment

around Strahl Lake but challenging .7 mile-spur to to mile-spur .7 challenging but Lake Strahl around

and wild turkeys, abound. turkeys, wild and - De the of permission without advertising or Vending •

Strahl Lake Strahl 6. (1.5 mile)—Easy walk walk mile)—Easy (1.5 EASY/RUGGED

breasted nuthatches, blue jays, cardinals, juncos, crows crows juncos, cardinals, jays, blue nuthatches, breasted

6 feet and be attended at all times. all at attended be and feet 6

preserve and intersects with Trail 4 from Ogle Lake. Ogle from 4 Trail with intersects and preserve

gray squirrels, and various birds, including robins, white- robins, including birds, various and squirrels, gray

Dogs and cats must be kept on a leash no longer than than longer no leash a on kept be must cats and Dogs •

with yellowwood trees, loops through the nature nature the through loops trees, yellowwood with

the forest and its edges. White-tailed deer, , raccoons, deer, White-tailed edges. its and forest the

an activity authorized by written permit. written by authorized activity an for Rally Campground and follows a slope wooded wooded slope a follows and Campground Rally for

wildlife includes a variety of species adapted to life in in life to adapted species of variety a includes wildlife

within a vehicle, except when owner is participating in in participating is owner when except vehicle, a within mile)—Self-guided trail starts near the parking lot lot parking the near starts trail mile)—Self-guided

are available year-round, with reduced winter hours. The The hours. winter reduced with year-round, available are

unloaded or un-nocked and stored in a case or locked locked or case a in stored and un-nocked or unloaded Ogle Hollow Nature Preserve Nature Hollow Ogle 5. (.75 (.75 RUGGED

watching room and other displays. Naturalist services services Naturalist displays. other and room watching

or spear gun in possession in a state park must be be must park state a in possession in gun spear or

Preserve.

The Nature Center includes a snake exhibit, bird bird exhibit, snake a includes Center Nature The

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gun, bow and arrow, paint gun gun paint arrow, and bow gun, CO gun, air gun, BB

distance. Meets with Trail 5 at Ogle Hollow Nature Nature Hollow Ogle at 5 Trail with Meets distance.

comfort stations located nearby. nearby. located stations comfort

Any firearm (except lawfully possessed handguns), handguns), possessed lawfully (except firearm Any •

headwaters of Ogle Lake. Joins Trail 7 for a short short a for 7 Trail Joins Lake. Ogle of headwaters equipped with fireplaces, are offered. Several have have Several offered. are fireplaces, with equipped

they rebuild the natural humus. natural the rebuild they

leads through upland terrain to a deep ravine at the the at ravine deep a to terrain upland through leads Several picnic areas, some of which have shelters shelters have which of some areas, picnic Several

or trees (either dead or alive) for firewood because because firewood for alive) or dead (either trees or

Starts near the front of the Rally Campground and and Campground Rally the of front the near Starts of the property. the of

flower, bird or wild animal. Do not gather limbs, brush brush limbs, gather not Do animal. wild or bird flower,

Rally Campground Rally 4. (1.25 miles)— (1.25 MODERATE guiding nature trail, which describes natural aspects aspects natural describes which trail, nature guiding

Do not injure or damage any structure, rock, tree, tree, rock, structure, any damage or injure not Do •

ferns can be seen in the ravines and on the slopes. the on and ravines the in seen be can ferns self- attractive an contains Preserve Nature Hollow

RULES AND REGULATIONS AND RULES and amphitheatre and returns to lodge. Varieties of of Varieties lodge. to returns and amphitheatre and Ogle park’s The hills. forested steep, the through lead

ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES CENTRAL RESERVATION SYSTEM CAMPING—Campground equipped with flush toilets, hot Reservations for all types of camping, family water and showers. Occupancy limited to 14 consecutive cabins, and shelters at state parks, reservoirs CAMP. nights. A separate horsemen’s campground is available. CENTRAL RESERVATION SYSTEM and can be made online or by calling Rally campground available. Camping reservations toll-free. available through the Central Reservation System. Online: camp.IN.gov Brown CAMP STORE—Sells camping and picnic supplies, Call: 1-866-6campIN firewood and souvenirs. Open April through October. (1-866-622-6746) County FAMILY CABINS—Two bedrooms (sleeps eight), living ABE MARTIN LODGE rooms, complete kitchen, bathroom, linens, dishware and STATE PARKS OPEN ALL YEAR cooking utensils provided, easy walking distance to the ABE MARTIN LODGE Lodge rooms and cabins available. lodge. Reservations through the Inns Reservation System. Restaurant open to the public. FISHING—Bass, bluegill, etc. Canoes, kayaks, rowboats permitted. Non-motorized or electric trolling Information toll-free: 1-877-265-6343 motors only. State fishing license and/or DNR Lake Reservations: 1-877-lodges1 permits required. Both available for purchase at park (1-877-563-4371) office. Ogle Lake-17 acres; Strahl Lake-7 acres. Online: IndianaInns.com HIKING—More than 18 miles of easy-to-rugged trails. FOR MORE INFORMATION HORSE TRAILS—Facilities for those who bring their Write: Brown County State Park own horses. P.O. Box 608 INN—Lodge and cabin guest rooms, restaurant, 1405 State Road 46 West banquet and meeting facilities and indoor aquatics Nashville, IN 47448 center. Open year-round. Reservations available through Call: (812) 988-6406 the Inns Reservation System. Online: dnr.IN.gov INTERPRETIVE NATURALIST SERVICE—Inquire Saddle Barn: stateparks.IN.gov/3055.htm at Nature Center, park office or lodge. Program schedules are available at interpretiveservices.IN.gov or (812) 988-5240. Brown County State Park is the largest MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS—For bikers and hikers. 27 Indiana State park. This nationally known, miles, easy to extremely difficult, 400 ft. of change in 15,815-acre facility opened in 1929. elevation. Trails wind around hills, ravines and across SPECIAL NOTE In the first few years, as the park grew in popularity, several facilities were developed, streams. Main trailhead at parking lot south of the Receipts from admission and service charges are used to help pool; also access points near the North Lookout Tower, defray the operation and maintenance costs of the park. List of fees including Abe Martin Lodge, several cabins Hesitation Point, Hoosiers Nest Shelter and Rally available in the park office. and Ogle Lake. The roads, entrances, and Campground. Built and maintained by volunteers from The programs, services, facilities, and activities of the Indiana many trails were added or improved. the Hoosier Mountain Bike Association. Visit HMBA.org Department of Natural Resources are available to everyone. DNR On June 1, 1934, the Veterans Civilian for up-to-date trail conditions and information. prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, Conservation Corps Company 1557 began PICNIC AREAS—Tables, grills, toilet facilities, age, sex, or disability. If you believe that you have been discriminated its work in the park. Its planting of black against in any program, activity, or facility as described above, or playground equipment and playfields. Wood available locust, black walnut, various pines and if you desire further information please write to: Department of from camp store during summer months. gave nature a helping hand in heal- Natural Resources, Executive Office, 402 W. Washington St., W256, ing extreme erosion on previously cleared SHELTERS—Reservations available through the Indianapolis, IN 46204, (317) 232-4020. Central Reservation System. slopes. The CCC workers also built many of the existing buildings, shelters, ovens, roads, SADDLE BARN—Seasonal. Bridle trails, pony rides, vistas, trails, and the west lookout tower. hayrides. Inquire at saddle barn or (812) 988-8166. Please carry out all trash you produce in order to keep your park clean and The many miles of marked trails are ideal SWIMMING—Olympic-size pool, open Saturday before beautiful for others to enjoy! for those who prefer seeing the park on foot, Memorial Day and no later than Labor Day. Pool may on horseback, or by bicycle. About 70 miles close toward end of summer when there are no lifeguards of bridle trails, 20 miles of hiking trails, and available. Swimming prohibited in Ogle and Strahl lakes. 27 miles of mountain biking/hiking trails Subscribe to Outdoor Indiana magazine, OutdoorIndiana.org or (317) 233-3046. 12/2016