Travel & Outdoors

State parks, hiking trails, scenic drives, lakes, and outdoor adventures across Indiana

Blue water channel lined with gold and rust colored autumn trees under a clear sky at Fox Island County Park in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fox Island County Park: Fort Wayne's Hidden Escape Into Nature

Taylor Huff

Aerial view of the Boone County courthouse and downtown square in Lebanon, Indiana, with fall foliage and parked cars lining the street

Guide to Visiting Boone County, Indiana

Cheyne Reiter

A small limestone waterfall spilling over a rock ledge into a green plunge pool, ringed by bare hardwood trees and fallen leaves, at Calli Nature Preserve in North Vernon, Indiana

Calli Nature Preserve: Discover Rock Rest Falls in North Vernon, Indiana

Taylor Huff

IN the Parks podcast cover art for Harmonie State Park, showing a large painted Say's Firefly sculpture hanging on a blue brick wall next to a placard about Indiana's state insect

Harmonie State Park: The Magic of Fireflies

Allison Martin

The Dixie, a red-and-white sternwheel paddleboat, cruising across Webster Lake in North Webster, Indiana, with passengers on its decks under a clear blue sky.

Take a Relaxing Cruise on the Dixie Sternwheeler in North Webster, Indiana

Taylor Huff

Colorful themed attractions at The Fun Farm in Fort Wayne, including a blue alien spaceship, a castle, a giant mushroom and elephant sculptures across a grassy field.

The Fun Farm in Fort Wayne

Taylor Huff

A paddler's point-of-view from a teal kayak drifting down a calm, tree-lined Indiana river on a sunny summer day, with water shoes propped on the bow.

5 Underrated Indiana River Float Trips for a Low-Crowd Summer

Jarred Porter

The rubberized red-and-green Pfeil Miracle Field at Normain Park in Mishawaka, with a Miracle League of Northern Indiana outfield banner and scoreboard.

Miracle League Complex at Normain Park: Mishawaka's Fully Accessible Ballpark and Playground

Jarred Porter

A wide sandy beach at Indiana Dunes National Park with Lake Michigan waves on the right and a wooded dune ridge in fall color on the left

Indiana Dunes Is Busier Than Most of the National Parks You Can Name

Jarred Porter

A round reflecting pool set in a lawn at the Garden at Newfields, with clipped hedges, stone steps and a brick garden building behind it under fall foliage

The Most Romantic Botanical Gardens in Indiana

Jarred Porter

A visitor stands atop the sandstone Prophet's Rock overlook in a sunlit spring forest near Battle Ground, Indiana, with a large tree rising in the foreground.

Prophet's Rock: One of Indiana's Most Historic Overlooks

Taylor Huff

IN the Parks podcast cover graphic titled Indiana Parks Alliance, with a fall-colored tree against a blue sky and a Listen Now button

Indiana Parks Alliance: Giving Back to the Parks

Allison Martin

Aerial view of a packed Indiana fairground at dusk, filled with a Ferris wheel, swing rides, and colorful midway tents.

Indiana County Fairs: The Complete Guide

Jarred Porter

IN the Parks podcast cover graphic for Whitewater Memorial State Park, showing the park's carved wooden veterans memorial of a bald eagle above a kneeling soldier with the words All Gave Some, Some Gave All

Whitewater Memorial State Park: Honoring Our Veterans

Allison Martin

A crowd gathers on the beach to watch a Fourth of July fireworks display burst in golden bursts over the water in Indiana.

Five Indiana Fourth of July Celebrations You Can't Miss in 2026

Cheyne Reiter

A harnessed climber crosses a suspended wooden plank bridge high in the sunlit forest canopy at Go Ape in Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis.

Go Ape Adventure Park Is One of Indianapolis' Most Exciting Outdoor Experiences

Taylor Huff

An illuminated rimstone formation at Squire Boone Caverns, its terraced flowing stone lit in blue and amber as water cascades over the ledges.

Discover the Underground Wonder of Southern Indiana: Squire Boone Caverns

Taylor Huff

Sun setting over Lake Michigan from a grassy sand dune at Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana

Five Budget-Friendly Places to Travel to in Indiana

Destany Long

The abandoned Zoom Flume concrete waterslide near Bloomington, Indiana, its curved channel covered in vibrant multicolored graffiti with green forest behind it.

The Zoom Flume: Bloomington's Hidden Waterslide Relic

Taylor Huff

The historic stone-and-timber lookout tower at Brown County State Park under a clear blue sky, on the IN the Parks podcast cover graphic.

Brown County State Park: Falling for Leaf Peeping

Allison Martin

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