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Website. Official website. Eagle Creek Park is the largest park in Indianapolis, and one of the largest municipal parks in the United States. It is located at 7840 W. 56th Street in Indianapolis, Indiana and covers approximately 1,400 acres (5.7 km 2) of water and 3,900 acres (16 km 2) of land. There are about 10 miles (16 km) of paths within it.
The first permanent exhibits were marine, Japanese, pioneer, archeology, and nature. By the 1940s, a larger staff was hired and Carr became director after Carey's 1938 death. The museum began offering guided tours to school children, organized traveling exhibits that were moved around to area schools, and began hosting events for fundraising. [ 7 ]
Portland Arch Nature Preserve is a 435-acre (1.76 km 2) nature preserve near the Wabash River in Fountain County, Indiana, US, and is a National Natural Landmark. The preserve encompasses the wooded valleys, ravines and rocky cliffs around the lowest section of Bear Creek, which flows northwest toward the Wabash River .
Coordinates: 39°52′10″N 86°03′00″W. Skiles Test Nature Park in October 2014. Skiles Test Nature Park, sometimes called Skiles Test Nature Area is a nature park on the northeast side of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. [1] It is in the northern trailhead of the Fall Creek Parkway and loved by hikers, bikers and nature enthusiasts.
This list of parks in Indianapolis provides a general overview of parkland in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Most parks are managed by the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation, also known as Indy Parks. In 2020, there were 212 city parks, [ 1] four state-owned parks, and numerous privately-managed parks, plazas, gardens, and ...
Operated by. Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Visitors. 86,862 (in 2018–2019) [ 2] Website. Official Website. Shades State Park is a state park in Montgomery, Parke, and Fountain Counties in Indiana. It is located 47 miles (76 km) west-northwest of Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2018–2019, Shades received nearly 87,000 visitors.
The Indianapolis Museum of Art ( IMA) is an encyclopedic art museum located at Newfields, a 152-acre (62 ha) campus that also houses Lilly House, The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres, the Gardens at Newfields, the Beer Garden, and more. It is located at the corner of North Michigan Road and West 38th Street, about three miles ...
Cloverdale. Putnam. Central Indiana. 8,075 acres, reservoir and state recreation area, features the Cable Mills Interpretive Center. Chain O'Lakes State Park Interpretive Center. Albion. Noble. Northern Indiana. 2,718 acres, one-room schoolhouse nature center.