#Little Calumet River - Mnoke Prairie Trail

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Transmission Towers and Lines Along the Southern Edge of Indiana Dunes National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking the Little Calumet River - Mnoke Prairie Trail with a view looking to the south across a re-developing prairie and woodland section in Indiana Dunes National Park. I decided to take advantage of the backdrop with the transmission towers and lines as kind of a conceptual contrast to the more wilderness or nature filled setting around me.

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Indiana embodies the quintessential essence of Midwestern America.

Home to bustling cities like Indianapolis and lovely little towns like Santa Claus (read more about this town below!), It's a balance between fine art and refreshing natural resting places. to attract tourists from around the world. Whether you are dying to break in your new hiking boots, head out into the prairie on horseback, or experience history face-to-face in their museums and historical towns, Indiana always has something to offer you. Discover the best to do in Indiana.

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1. Brown County State Park

Affectionately referred to as Indiana Playground, Brown County State Park is an ideal destination offering guaranteed activities to delight visitors of all ages. The park is located in the colonies of Indiana historical artist in the District of Columbia and offers many vacation options for different budgets and hobbies!

It’s conveniently located an hour away from Indianapolis, so you don’t even have to travel far outside the city for this peaceful nature retreat Stay in a romantic cabin or luxurious hotel suite.

The Lodge at the center of the park has an indoor aquatic center with waterslides and a whirlpool for those more inclined to put their feet up and relax. Or, you can rough it at their many campsites and reconnect with nature.

There are many hiking or biking trails through the gently rolling Indiana hills. You can also go fishing or take a horseback ride! You’ll never lack for ways to stay active to do here in Brown County.

2. Antique Alley

While many people are interested in seeing something new or browsing for different accessories, some consider making something “old” their “new”. For those who consider Antiquing a very serious hobby and are always looking for something classic instead of the latest fad, Indiana has the perfect paradise for you: Antique Alley in Richmond County!

Hop in the car and explore a 60 mile stretch of the Historic National Road that links Richmond to Knightstown (even that name seems antique, right?). Over a thousand antique dealers line the national road, their shops filled with treasures awaiting your discovery.

Browse thousands of antiques and experience the peaceful Indiana countryside. The hub of this popular route is located in historic Cambridge City – there are an antique mall and several dealers in a compact 3 block radius!

3. The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is the largest children’s museum in the world, with 472,900 of square feet, 5 floors of exhibits and over 100,000 artifacts! There are 3 different sections to choose from the American Collection, World Cultural Collection, and Natural World Collection.

You can see a simulated dinosaur at the Dinosphere exhibit, or an old fashioned steam locomotive! The museum is also home to the world’s largest water clock. Sometimes, adults need to be children again, and parents need to connect with their children on the child’s level.

The interactive displays at this museum are educational and entertaining – everyone loves an old Carousel ride, right? Span that age gap and connect with the younger generation, and keep the Children’s Museum in mind for your next family vacation! You’ll learn something new and have fun while you do it.

4. Spirit of Jasper Train

Nowadays, people jump into their cars without second thoughts and slow down from a distance. We’ve forgotten how we lived before the automobile, such as the invention of the steam engine that revolutionized train travel, a formerly popular way to travel, but a blast for the past for us now.

Whether you're a train enthusiast or simply interested in history, visit the historic train route in Jasper, Indiana, the perfect way to travel back in time. The Spirit of Jasper departs from Jasper's Historic Warehouse and allows you to follow the style to French Lick, Indiana or any of their organized excursions.

We recommend booking your ticket in advance to save a seat on their comfortable, climate-controlled lounge cars. You can even take a romantic dinner train – the meals and drinks are locally catered and the train takes you on a relaxing ride through rural Indiana.

Leave your car in the parking lot and relax; let someone else take care of the transportation for once.

5. Parke County’s Covered Bridges

Parke County calls itself the world capital of covered bridges, and is home to over 30 covered bridges! One of the biggest tourist attractions in the county, people flock in for the self-guided driving tour of these bridges that span 9 counties.

Whether you manage to coincide with their fun-filled Covered Bridges Festival in October or not, the county is full of beautiful views and nature all year around. Bring your camera – Parke County proudly maintains their idyllic roads and covered bridges that harken back to simpler times.

Take your time, around each bend, is a new, quaint world waiting to be discovered. Don’t miss the oldest one, Portland Mills Covered Bridge. You’ll find your pictures come out like an old-fashioned postcard! And stop in at any one of the charming villages along the way – locals are friendly and the food is delicious.

6. Turkey Run State Park

Turkey Run State Park is a nature lover’s paradise. You’ll be in awe of the sandstone cliffs and deep ravines that dot the park, as well as the hemlock groves and old trees that have lived through more history than one could imagine.

Bring your camera and explore nature much like that seen and experienced by the Native Americans hundreds of years ago – it hasn’t changed much. Don’t be surprised if you see a lot of wildlife, deer and turkey vultures are just two of the animal species that call this place home.

Bring your walking shoes and hit the trails, or hop on a horse and go deep into the wilderness. You can camp and enjoy the outdoors, or stay at the Turkey Run Inn if you don’t want to rough it.

Take a canoe out on Sugar Creek or go fishing. Cool off in the summer at their swimming pool or take a dip in the river. Reconnect with Mother Nature when she’s at her finest and let the time here rejuvenate you.

7. Indiana Dunes State Park

Indiana Dunes State Park is located on the southern tip of Lake Michigan and boasts over 15 miles of coastline, 70 miles of hiking trails and more than 300 species of birds. It draws millions of visitors every year for a myriad of reasons – whether you’re a beach bum, hiker, or wildlife enthusiast, the dunes are filled with surprises sure to keep you busy.

Explore the Little Calumet Trail and hike high above, Mnoke Prairie. You can cool off at the Central Avenue Beach or schedule a tour of Mt. Baldy. Bring your fishing pole and rent a boat to see if the fish are biting on Lake Michigan – Latitudes Waterfront Dining will even clean and prepare your catch!

Whether you want a beach getaway or a natural paradise, your options abound here at Indiana Dunes State Park.

8. Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari

Many dreams it is a year-round holiday, and in Indiana, that dream became a reality. This theme park/water park combination is located in Santa Claus, Indiana, and if the name isn’t enough to convince you, its four sections devoted to Thanksgiving, Christmas, the 4th of July and Halloween will.

Initially conceived as a retirement community idea in the 1940s, it soon evolved into a theme park for people of all ages when the founder, Louis Koch, decided to make Christmas happen for the children who visited the town of Santa Claus, only to be disappointed that he wasn’t home.

Pick your favorite holiday and start in that section. Each offers rides, live entertainment, and games and attractions for children and adults of all ages. Take a ride on their famous wooden roller coasters, The Ravine, the Legend, and The Voyage.

It is also a perfect place to cool off in the summer – the water park has the world’s two longest roller coasters, the Wildebeest and the Mammoth, as well as slides and raft rides. You can see Santa Claus wandering in the park, or chatting with George the Eagle in the area on July 4!

9. Indy 500

Ask most people what comes to mind when they think of Indiana, and they’ll usually say NASCAR or the Indy 500. Founded in 1911, the 100th race was held on Memorial Day, 2016.

The race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; the race car drivers complete 200 laps for a total of 500 miles driven. The Indy 500 is the world's largest one-day sporting event!

Whether you make it in May for the actual race or not, visit the stadium affectionately nicknamed the Yard of Bricks that holds up to 300,000 people on race day – enough space to fit all of Vatican City!

If you DO decide to brave it on race day, find a parking spot and participate in the world’s largest tailgate party: a quarter of a million people drinking beer and eating hamburgers at the epicenter of race car mania. You can even pay $500 and have a professional driver take you for a whirl around the track!

10. Falls of Ohio State Park

Located in Clarksville, Indiana, the Falls of Ohio State Park is right on the banks of the Ohio River and across from Louisville, Kentucky, and was the meeting point for Lewis and Clark before they embarked on their expedition. Keep your eyes peeled while you are here, the park is known for having strange wildlife visitors like alligators and crocodiles!

The most popular attraction at the park is their fossil beds at Jeffersonville Limestone that date back to the Devonian period. Bring your camera to capture the beautiful limestone formations along the Ohio River.

The park also features an interpretive center that takes you through the natural history of the fossil beds and the human pre-settlement and early settlement history of the surrounding areas.

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Little Calumet River From a Pedestrian Bridge Crossing (Indiana Dunes National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting with the waters of the Little Calumet River while walking the Little Calumet River Trail with a view looking to the south. This was in Indiana Dunes National Park.

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Yellow Rocket Wildflowers Seen While Walking the Bailly Chellberg - Little Calumet Loop (Indiana Dunes National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking one of the trails systems in Indiana Dunes National Park. I came across this small meadow of Yellow Rocket wildflowers and got down low, using LiveView with my Nikon SLR camera to compose this image. I later did some post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation while playing around as I learned how to work with DxO PhotoLab 4.

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Looking Across a Grassy Field While Walking the Bailly Chellberg -Little Calumet Loop (Indiana Dunes National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the southwest while taking in views across a grassy meadow while walking the Little Calumet River - Mnoke Prairie Trail in Indiana Dunes National Park.

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Man Made Power Beyond the Forest and Trees of Indiana Dunes National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking the Little Calumet River - Mnoke Prairie Trail and a view looking to the south. The setting combined both the re-growing of prairie land and trees in this part of the national park with a backdrop of transmission towers and lines.

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Exploration in Indiana Dunes National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A walk through the forested section in this part of the national park with a view looking to the west while walking the Bailly Chellberg - Little Calumet Loop. With the slight opening in the nearby trees, I felt I was able to capture a slightly sweeping view down and across this wooded landscape. The sandy hiking trail would be a leading line into the image. While much of this area was still showing signs of winter, here there were hints coming out in the yellow and green blooming trees of spring.

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Transmission Towers and Lines Along the Southern Edge of Indiana Dunes National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking the Little Calumet River - Mnoke Prairie Trail with a view looking to the south across a re-developing prairie and woodland section in Indiana Dunes National Park. I decided to take advantage of the backdrop with the transmission towers and lines as kind of a conceptual contrast to the more wilderness or nature filled setting around me.

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Transmission Towers and Lines Along the Southern Edge of Indiana Dunes National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking the Little Calumet River - Mnoke Prairie Trail with a view looking to the south across a re-developing prairie and woodland section in Indiana Dunes National Park. I decided to take advantage of the backdrop with the transmission towers and lines as kind of a conceptual contrast to the more wilderness or nature filled setting around me.

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Little Calumet River From a Pedestrian Bridge Crossing (Indiana Dunes National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting with the waters of the Little Calumet River while walking the Little Calumet River Trail with a view looking to the south. This was in Indiana Dunes National Park.

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Man Made Power Beyond the Forest and Trees of Indiana Dunes National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking the Little Calumet River - Mnoke Prairie Trail and a view looking to the south. The setting combined both the re-growing of prairie land and trees in this part of the national park with a backdrop of transmission towers and lines.

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Exploration in Indiana Dunes National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A walk through the forested section in this part of the national park with a view looking to the west while walking the Bailly Chellberg - Little Calumet Loop. With the slight opening in the nearby trees, I felt I was able to capture a slightly sweeping view down and across this wooded landscape. The sandy hiking trail would be a leading line into the image. While much of this area was still showing signs of winter, here there were hints coming out in the yellow and green blooming trees of spring.

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Treating Myself to Another of Nature's Amazing Outposts in Indiana Dunes National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the south while taking in views across a grassy meadow and nearby creek/river along the Bailly Chellberg - Little Calumet Loop in Indiana Dunes National Park. My thinking in composing this image was to use the nearby trees and the opening to frame the setting with the pedestrian bridge and the Little Calumet River flowing by. Given the overcast skies, I saw no reason for a wider angle image captured and decided to zoom in to focus only on the portion to my front with the bridge, river, and surrounding forest of trees. In some ways, it was the vibrant colors with the spring bloom of trees that was the focus of the image.

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Treating Myself to Another of Nature's Amazing Outposts in Indiana Dunes National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the south while taking in views across a grassy meadow and nearby creek/river along the Bailly Chellberg - Little Calumet Loop in Indiana Dunes National Park. My thinking in composing this image was to use the nearby trees and the opening to frame the setting with the pedestrian bridge and the Little Calumet River flowing by. Given the overcast skies, I saw no reason for a wider angle image captured and decided to zoom in to focus only on the portion to my front with the bridge, river, and surrounding forest of trees. In some ways, it was the vibrant colors with the spring bloom of trees that was the focus of the image.