Come join the Hoosier Hikers Council on Saturday, May 20th for a day in the woods! We will continue work on the new trail at The Nature Conservancy’s Green’s Bluff Nature Preserve. When finished, this five plus mile loop trail will traverse shaded woodlands and open fields, and it will highlight streams, waterfalls, rock formations, Read more »
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February 18th Third Saturday Work Day
Come join the Hoosier Hikers Council on Saturday, February 18th for a day in the woods! We will continue work on the new trail at The Nature Conservancy’s Green’s Bluff Nature Preserve. When finished, this four to five mile loop trail will traverse shaded woodlands and open fields, and it will highlight streams, waterfalls, rock Read more »
March 19th Third Saturday Workday
Come join the Hoosier Hikers Council on Saturday, March 19th, for a workday at Sycamore Land Trust’s Powell Preserve in Monroe County north of Ellettsville! We’re going to start building a new trail there that will feature ridgetop views, Beanblossom Creek, and open prairie. See below for information about HHC’s upcoming Annual Meeting (you’re invited)! Read more »
June 19th 3rd Saturday Work Day CANCELED
Due to impassable roads we are canceling the July 19th work day at Green’s Bluff. We’ll try again next month.
June 2nd BYOT Work Day CANCELED
We are canceling the work day scheduled for Wednesday, June 2nd, at Green’s Bluff due to rain. We’ll resume our Wednesday work days at Green’s Bluff on June 9th.
March 16th Work Day
On Saturday, March 16th the Hoosier Hikers Council will continue work on a new trail at Cagles Mill Lake, a US Army Corps of Engineers property southwest of Cloverdale, Indiana. This loop trail will be approximately 1.3 miles long, and it will feature views of the lake and some striking rock formations. For more information Read more »
Hoosier Hikers Council’s 24th Annual Meeting
Come join us again on March 9, 2019 for the 24th HHC Annual Meeting at Lutheran Hills in Brown County. We’ll get together for hikes, our business meeting (short), speakers, door prizes, awards, and a pitch-in dinner (please bring a dish to share). Meet other HHC members and catch up on what everyone’s been doing! Read more »
May 10th Second Saturday
HHC’s third Saturday work day will be on the second Saturday in May due to the Run with the Foxes race on May 17th. This month we’re starting (and possibly finishing) a new project in Brown County. We’re going to build a trail that will provide a connection from the T.C. Steele State Historical Site to the Tecumseh Trail. This Read more »
Adventure Hiking Trail Map
Andrew Gustin created a fine map of the Adventure Hiking Trail in O’Bannon Woods State Park, and he sent it to the HHC so we could share it with interested hikers. We appreciate Andrew’s work and generosity! Download a large version of the map (25 Mb) here: http://www.hoosierhikerscouncil.org/assets/AHT_Large_24mb.pdf Or download a smaller version(660 Kb) here: Read more »
November 16, 2013 Third Saturday Workday
November’s third Saturday work day will be back at Eagle’s Crest Nature Preserve on the west side of Eagle Creek Park. The DNR Division of Nature Preserves and Indy Parks have asked the HHC to build a loop trail which highlights the rugged beauty of this nature preserve on the northwest side of Indianapolis. We’ll build a 1.5 mile Read more »