List of Indiana state parks Totally Explained

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The U.S. state of Indiana has 25 state parks maintained and operated by Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The DNR divides its parks into three regions. Six belong to the northern lakes region, seven to the central river plains region and nine in the southern hills region of the state.

History

Richard Lieber was instrumental in the foundation of the Indiana State Park system. The first state park in Indiana was McCormick's Creek State Park, in Owen County, Indiana in 1916, followed in the same year by Turkey Run State Park in Parke County, Indiana. A steady climb in the number of state parks rose in the 1920s, mostly by donation from local authorities to the state government for the purpose of a state park; Indiana Dunes being the major exception. Of the initial twelve, only Muscatatuck State Park is no longer a state park, having been given back to Jennings County in 1968. It was during the Great Depression of the 1930s that much infrastructure was built within the park, constructed by New Deal agencies as the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration, with the majority of this Depression-era construction still in use in the 21st Century. This delay in infrastructure was due in part to Richard Lieber believing that the parks should be kept as natural as possible.
Initially, the state parks were meant to feature natural environments in Indiana; establishing Mounds State Park for its historical nature and establishing Shakamak State Park purely for recreational purposes (it was an abandoned strip mine) strayed from the initial purposes of the Indiana state park system.
While Indiana doesn't have as many state parks as other states, it has avoided obtaining too many smaller properties that would be hard to manage, keeping the quality of Indiana state parks higher than the norm. A goal of having at least one state park within an hour's drive for every Hoosier was met when Prophetstown State Park was established.

List

	Name	City	County	Established	Latitude	Longitude	Size	Summary
1	Brown County	Nashville	Brown	1929	39°06′49″N	86°15′53″W		Largest State Park in Indiana (15,696 acres)
2	Chain O' Lakes	Albion	Noble	1960	41°19′59″N	85°22′50″W	2,718 acres	Features eight connected kettle lakes
3	Charlestown	Charlestown	Clark	1996	38°25′53″N	85°37′38″W	5,100 acres	Built on the grounds of the old Indiana Army Ammunition Plant
4	Clifty Falls	Madison	Jefferson	1920	38°45′34″N	85°25′07″W	1,416 acres	Features a canyon that has daylight only at midday
5	Falls of the Ohio	Clarksville	Clark	1990	38°16′32″N	85°45′49″W	0,165 acres	Offers views of the Falls of the Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky
6	Fort Harrison	Indianapolis	Marion	1996	39°86′N	86°01′W	1,700 acres	Built on the site of old Fort Benjamin Harrison
7	Harmonie	New Harmony	Posey	1966	38°06′N	87°95′W	3,465 acres	A seldom visited park
8	Indiana Dunes	Porter	Porter	1925	41°66′N	87°04′W	2,182 acres	Attached to Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
9	Lincoln	Lincoln City	Spencer	1932	38°06′15″N	86°59′47″W	1,747 acres	Across from Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, it was the last state park established by Richard Lieber.
10	McCormick's Creek	Spencer	Owen	1916	39°29′N	86°73′W	1,924 acres	First state park in Indiana
11	Mounds	Anderson	Madison	1930	40°06′N	85°36′W	0,290 acres
12	O'Bannon Woods	Corydon	Harrison	2004	38°13′41″N	86°17′46″W	2,000 acres	Formerly the Wyandotte SRA, renamed in honor of the late Indiana governor Frank O'Bannon.
13	Ouabache	Bluffton	Wells	1962	40°72′N	85°11′W	1,104 acres	Name comes from the French spelling of "Wabash"
14	Pokagon	Angola	Steuben	1925	41°42′50″N	85°01′31″W	1,260 acres	Well known for its skiing.
15	Potato Creek	North Liberty	St. Joseph	1969	41°55′N	86°35′W	3,840 acres
16	Prophetstown	West Lafayette	Tippecanoe	2004	40°30′N	86°50′W
17	Shades	Waveland	Montgomery	1947	39°94′N	87°00′W	3,082 acres	Only state park to ever have its own airstrip.
18	Shakamak	Jasonville	Sullivan	1929	39°18′N	87°25′W	1,766 acres	Used to be a strip mine
19	Spring Mill	Mitchell	Lawrence	1927	38°44′00″N	86°25′12″W	1,319 acres	Featured a pioneer village, numerous caves, and a memorial to Gus Grissom
20	Summit Lake	New Castle	Henry	1988	40°02′N	85°33′W	2,680 acres
21	Tippecanoe River	Winamac	Pulaski	1943	41°03′N	86°36′W	2,761 acres
22	Turkey Run	Marshall	Parke	1916	39°53′4.24″N	87°12′24.37″W	2,382 acres
23	Versailles	Versailles	Ripley	1943	39°07′N	85°22′W	5,988 acres
24	Whitewater Memorial	Liberty	Union	1949	39°36′50″N	84°57′55″W	1,710 acres	Built on land donated by four counties
25	White River	Indianapolis	Marion	1979			0,250 acres	An urban state park, built in downtown Indianapolis

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