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By Nick Werner, DNR Staff Indiana State Parks is making camping more convenient for people like Betsy and Chad Meyers. The Meyers like to camp before the traditional outdoor recreation…

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Marshall County’s Great Golf Getaway

April 3, 2018

From a family-friendly golf course built on a 100-year-old family farm, to a state-of-the-art golf academy at a high-end resort, Northern Indiana’s Marshall County offers something for golfers of all…

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Go Rving!

March 27, 2018

BY Marshall V. King ELKHART — A generation ago, a lot of the customers coming through a recreational vehicle dealership had gray hair. Now many of them are pushing baby…

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A River Runs Through It—Indiana’s Riverfronts

January 15, 2018

The East Race Waterway in downtown South Bend is the first man-made whitewater rafting course built in North America.

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Indiana’s Waterfronts—Riverfronts, Lakeshores & Resorts

January 11, 2018

Contributers—Jane Ammeson, Kevin Howell, Joy Neighbors, Stephanie Nicol A new year means new opportunities for travel, and now’s the time many of us are making our annual vacation plans. Statistics…

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Ski Indiana—The Midwest’s Best Kept Secret

January 2, 2018

BY KAREN WEIK I did not grow up in Indiana, but one of the things I love about living here is finding the unexpected. Never was that truer, for this…

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No Ocean? No Problem.

December 27, 2017

By Nick Werner, DNR Staff Kelly Cochrane had been to Lake Michigan once. She was a kid with her parents, passing through northern Indiana. It was nighttime. The experience didn’t…

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Refuse to hibernate

October 5, 2017

Adventure and smaller crowds await winter visitors to Indiana’s state parks By DNR staff In Indiana, skunks, groundhogs and some bat species are among the mammals that hibernate. Humans don’t…

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The Farm at Prophetstown – Local Food 1920s Style

July 14, 2017

By Kevin Howell Situated on 95 acres amidst reclaimed Indiana prairie land in Prophetstown State Park, The Farm represents a typical 1920s Indiana homestead. It was a time when homesteaders…

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Hit the Knobstone Trail—A walk through the woods in Southern Indiana

July 7, 2017

By Amy Lynch Not much has changed along the Knobstone Trail in the past, oh, 200 million years or so. And that’s exactly why hikers love it. The Knobstone Escarpment…

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Best Outdoor Activities

Indiana State Parks offer reserved camping year-round

Marshall County’s Great Golf Getaway

Go Rving!

A River Runs Through It—Indiana’s Riverfronts

Indiana’s Waterfronts—Riverfronts, Lakeshores & Resorts

Ski Indiana—The Midwest’s Best Kept Secret

No Ocean? No Problem.

Refuse to hibernate

The Farm at Prophetstown – Local Food 1920s Style

Hit the Knobstone Trail—A walk through the woods in Southern Indiana