TRAIL BUILDING & MAINTENANCE:
PIONEER TRAIL

The Pioneer Trail route is expected to proceed southward from the town of Kurtz on Rt. 58, in Jackson County, and depart the county just east of Sparksville, where a bridge crosses the Muscatatuck River. From the bridge the trail will move eastward in Washington County towards Rt. 135, where two miles of trail can be situated on state forest land, and then south to Plattsburg, where the state has just acquired a property. From this property it is possible the trail may be connected due east to Spurgeon Hollow, the northern terminus of the original Knobstone Trail.

Trail connection work is ongoing: HHC volunteers are researching property records, evaluating suitable routes, and approaching willing sellers and donors of potential trail easements and property.

Updates on Pioneer Trail work from the HHC newsletter (Adobe Acrobat format): July 2009, April 2009

Local multiple use nature/historical/exercise parks will be developed along the route where desirable and feasible to extend the usefulness of the Pioneer Trail to local communities or schools it passes near.

Do you live in Salem, Scottsburg, Brownstown, Seymour (or even Indianapolis) and want to get involved? E-mail the HHC at hikers@hoosierhikerscouncil.org to find out how to make a contribution.