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Welcome to Brown County!

With the wide variety of facilities and services available at Brown County State Park there is bound to be an experience to satisfy your outdoor preferences.

Those who enjoy exploring the park by hiking or horseback riding will find many miles of well-marked trails. Meandering through the rolling hills of Brown County State Park are about 70 miles of bridle trails and over 12 miles of hiking trails. In fact, the southwestern and eastern parts of the park can be visited only by foot or on a horse. You can bring your own horse, or enjoy guided trail rides and pony rides at the Saddle Barn.

Picnickers have a variety of picnic areas to choose from, and some have shelters with fireplaces. Many are close to drinking water, restrooms, or playground equipment. There are also several reservable shelter houses throughout the park.

Visitors to Brown County State Park can also enjoy an Olympic-size swimming pool and fishing (or ice fishing) on two lakes. The Nature Center also offers a variety of exhibits, displays and scheduled interpretive naturalist services year-round.

Nature Center Winter Hours

Nothing but fun all year long at Brown County State Park! Click here to view/download the 2012 Calendar of Special Events.

• Mid-winter Eagle Count, Saturday, January 28th, 9am - Meet at the Nature Center to carpool to nearby Monroe Reservoir to look for over-wintering eagles, return by 12noon.
• Indiana Raptor Center Program, Saturday, January 28th, 2pm - Stop by the nature center for this fun & informative program by our friends at INRC. Who will Laura & Patti bring along as their surprise guest?? Be there to find out!
• Winter Tree ID Workshop, Saturday, February 11th, 10am-noon - Do trees in winter leave you cold? Don't know a poplar from pine? Learn more about the winter woodlands by attending this free workshop sponsored by the Brown County Native Woodlands Project. Meet at the Brown County State Park Lower Shelter. Presenters for the workshop will be Dan Shaver from The Nature Conservancy, Dan McGuckin, Consulting Forester, Habitat Solutions and Jim Eagleman, Brown County State Park Interpretive Naturalist. Light refreshments will be served.
  Although the workshop is free park admission is charged at the gate. To register for this free event visit http://bcnwp-2012winter-treeid.eventbrite.com/.
• Morel Mushroom Festival 2012 - This year's Morel Festival will be held on Saturday, May 5 at the Nature Center. More details will be available soon so be sure to check back!

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Check out Mountain Biking in Brown County! Visit http://www.browncountymountainbiking.com/ for detailed trail information, maps and more.