Welcome to Brown County State Park!

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.

Brown County gets largest state nature preserve!!

Click HERE to read the official July 28th Press Release.

Don't miss out on these events coming up in September & October:

Saturday, September 4 - Abe's Hootenanay Weekend at the Abe Martin Lodge Check the activity schedule posted at the lodge.
Sunday, September 5 - Brown County Survivor - Join members of your team of 5 to compete against other teams. Register 9am at the Nature Center, $5/team. Competition begins at 1pm. Timed events include fire-building, casting, orienteering, shelter-building and more! Awards Ceremony at 3pm.
Saturday, September 11 - Native Americans of this area Join Bob in the Nature Center Auditorium, 2pm, for this talk on the early people & how they lived on the Brown County land.
Saturday, September 11 - Nature Daze 2010 - Bill and Becky Freeman and the Brown County Native Woodlands Project will host Nature Daze 2010 on Saturday, September 11. Registration for this environmental outreach event begins at 8:30am with events scheduled until 3pm. For details and to register visit the official Nature Daze 2010 website.
Saturday, September 18 - Find a Footprint! Animal tracking made simple; join Tess at the Nature Center Auditorium, 2pm.
Hoosier Outdoor Experience at Ft. Harrison State Park Click HERE for details and to register for this annual event.
Saturday, September 25 - Environmental Good Turn Day Conservation clubs and local scouts to meet at the Nature Center to get work assignments. If you see them on the trails today, say "Thanks!"
The Sixth Annual Brown County Breakdown - October 9-10 Don't miss out on the Hoosier Mountain Bike Association's biggest fund-raising event of the year! Ride the trails in Brown County State Park, some of the best single track you'll ever ride! Visit the BCB website for more information and to register, http://www.browncountymountainbiking.com/breakdown/index.html .
Friendly Trail (5-6pm) and Haunted Trail (8-10pm) - Saturday, October 23 - Join us once again for Friendly and Spooky hiking in Brown County State Park on the Friends of BCSP easy access trail. Enter a pumpkin in the pumpkin carving contest; decorate your campsite for the campsite decorating contest, win great prizes! Costumes welcome!
Click HERE to view/download the complete September 2010 calendar of BCSP events.

Meet the raptors! Visit with our special friends at Return to the Wild.

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

Brown County State Park, Nashville, Indiana