Favorite Hikes features the Knobstone Trail Indiana's longest footpath. Located in southeastern Indian the 58-mile footpath follows the scenic ridge known as Knobstone Escarpment. Info on the trail is available from the Division of Outdoor Recreation, 402 W. Washington St., Room W271, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Dozen of links to photos and notes from Mike and Aimee about their family hikes along the trails.

Hoosier Hikers Council

A high class hiking site with many extras. The council is Indiana's statewide trail maintaining and trail building association. Links are available to a featured Current Trail for those who haven’t made up their mind where to go. Link to Adopt a Trail for those hikers that want to help out. Link for info on local and national issues affecting hiking and trails. And then links to the hiking trails – Knobstone, Tecumseh, Pioneer, Adena and HNF plus others.

Check out the link to Adena Trail which is a 21-mile loop located at Brookville Lake State Park, 30 miles south of Richmond, Indiana and 30 miles north of Cincinnati. This photo is of the Hoosier Hikers group working on the Adena trail. The Council was invited to design and build the Adena Trail.

Oh yes, check out the feature trail for the day —Hemlock Cliffs Recreation Area. Creeks, springs and waterfalls make this a great trail anytime but especially good for a Mother’s Day hike among the late spring array of wildflowers. Under cliffs of 200 feet sheer droops and overhangs or ‘rockhouses” the kids can look for Indian artifacts going back thousands of years. Walk through glens shaded by evergreen hemlocks, mountain laurel and all kinds of ferns. In the winter see the cascading falls sprout massive ice formations.

Unglaciated south-central Indiana is a place of high bluffs and glens. Hemlock Cliffs Recreation The trail here is a puny 2-mile loop on the official marked trail, with another 1.5-mile (one way) possible extension

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