I'd long wanted to visit O'Bannon Woods State Park, though the truth is I seldom get down to the…read moreCorydon area. However, since my position at work changed over the past year this has resulted in my spending time in different areas of the state. A meeting in Corydon finally gave me the opportunity to check out this state park. O'Bannon Woods State Park was formerly known as Wyandotte Woods State Recreation Area. It borders the Ohio River. It is actually inside the 2400-acre Harrison Crawford State Forest, though it is considered entirely separate in terms of management. This is also true of the nearby Wyandotte Caves State Recreation Area. O'Bannon Woods was the location of one of the few African-American Civilian Conservation Corps units. The property also has a uniquely restored, working haypress barn, complete with oxen for power and a pioneer farmstead. Indiana's first natural and scenic river, Blue River, flows through the state park and forest. Stagestop Campground is here, though it's currently closed. The Corydon Capitol State Historic Site is also located not far away - for those who don't know, Corydon was Indiana's first state capitol. The state park includes a variety of activities, though I would probably consider it one of Indiana's more rustic parks. Activities include a nature center/interpretive Naturalist services, horse trails, picnic tables, fishing/boating, hiking trails, mountain bike trails, a family aquatic center, and camping (281 electric sites, 47 horseman non-electric sites). There's also a group camp option with 50 bunks and 50 single beds. O'Bannon Woods has 12 hiking trails with all of them ranging from moderate to rugged in difficulty. I doubt I would call any of them wheelchair friendly unless you have an all-terrain chair. The distances range from .8 to 8 miles. You can do some combining and actually get a serious trail - AllTrails lists a 23.5 mile trail called Adventure Hiking Trail. Wyandotte Caves is open to the public. They have both a relatively easy tour and a rugged tour available. While the shorter tour is labeled as easy, I'd say that's on the "I can walk" scale because it basically means there are no long staircases. If you wonder, I'd contact the park. This park is awesome for its beauty and awesome for the likelihood of seeing wildlife. If you have small children, you'll likely want to keep an eye on them as you can find black bears here along with wild turkeys, foxes, wild cats, white-tailed deer and others. The park was established in 1981, though this area is rich in history. It's named after the late Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon. The area was once inhabited by Native Americans including the Shawnee and Miami. A couple landmarks to check out - The Pioneer Homestead is a cool experience, there's a Fire Tower here that is pretty amazing (I obviously didn't climb it), and Haypress Falls is one of the park's most beautiful natural spots. A visit to Corydon is an amazing day trip filled with lots of Indiana history. In fact, I'd say this would even be a great weekend getaway. It took me way too long to get here, but I'm hoping I have another meeting here soon.

I absolutely love this state park! There is so much to do here, with several large towns/cities…read morenearby. Located 15 min from the heart of Corydon (Indiana's original state capital), this state park was established in 1980 as Wyandotte Woods State Recreational Area. Then in 2004, it was renamed, to honor the late Indiana Governor, Frank O'Bannon. This 2,294 acre property is unique, in that it is surrounded by 24,000 acres of protected forest, called Harrison-Crawford State Forest. This park is rich in history, because it lies along the Ohio River, where 1800s settlers established towns, businesses and early trading with the Native Americans. There are still many foundations, cemeteries and historical structures within the park. Located at the nature center is the replicated 1830s farmstead, with a the 1850s haypress. There are live animals and occasional demonstrations/re-enactments and activities here. Within the park, there is electrical camping, group camping, primitive camping and horseman's camping. There is an aquatic center, nature center, wyandotte caves, Blue River, Ohio River, and lots of trails for hiking, horseback riding, and mountain biking. The Blue River offers activities such as canoeing, kayaking, fishing, rafting, and swimming. Entrance into the river is located outside the park at Iron Bridge, Stage Stop primitive campground, or Blue River Chapel (all on or just off of 62). There are several hiking trails within the park, most rated moderate or rugged. For a nice easy hike, one that is even handicap accessible, I would suggest taking the bridge to the W (left side) of nature center property and hiking the one mile loop trail. It is all gravel, mostly level, had a couple wide bridges, and informative plagues along the way. This trail is called the Tulip Valley trial (B), and can be accessed from the campground, but the moderate part of the trail is from the campground to the nature center. If you start at the nature center, it's easy. The bridge is located between the parking lot and the nature center entrance, on the left side. The Adventure Hiking Trail (AHT) also runs through this park. It is a 25.5 mile rugged backpacking trail. It's IN's longest and most scenic backpacking trail. It takes about 3 days to complete with 5 overnight shelters available. Note, there is no camp store located in this park, they only sell ice and firewood at the gate. Walmart, gas, food, etc is 15 min into Corydon.

A hidden gem. Didn't know that this park existed than I did it is so low key so cool peaceful…read moreyou're not gonna wanna leave. Nice view of the river and just relaxing

This is a really nice park located Valley Station area Dixie highway. I stop by here for a quick…read morevisit this afternoon on my way home from work Leanne and I drove in there and I was pleasantly surprised to see how large this park really is. They have two giant playground swings that areas that I'm gonna have to take my kids to because they would enjoy playing on it. They had great looking basketball goals they had great luck and tennis courts very big and spacious wide open place for soccer football you name it they had it they have a Lotta good things and I will be visiting again

Attended a 80's theme free summer show at this park. More shows are coming up (see picture) that…read morestart at 6:30 pm. The MTV band played multiple sets with 15 minutes breaks in between. People sat on lawn chairs and park benches to enjoy the music. Some people walked the trails as kids rode bikes. There were food trucks and other vendors selling various offering from pizza, burgers, and more. Enjoyed hearing the music and we parked in baseball fields directed by staff. The show played til 10 pm. It was a blast from the past.

This is such a clean, medium-sized park that is located next to the police station off the Outer…read moreLoop. The park has something for everyone: basketball courts, a soccer field, baseball field, tennis courts, a playground for children, and my favorite- a 0.7 mile paved walking path with 2 loops. Benches and picnic tables are scattered throughout the park. There is even a 'little library,' a bring one-take one deal. There are restrooms within the park, but they were closed for the season during my visit. The park was very well maintained and I felt totally safe there. I understand that there are frequent events held within the park in the warmer months. Our navigation app took us to the front of the park, so we parked in the police parking lot, assuming the park did not have parking of its own. We later learned that the park has a large parking lot. It is located behind the park, and is accessible from a nearby road. What a great place to relax and unwind, or to bring children to play.

Great place to take the kids to play at the splash pad, play park or skate park. Large parking area…read moreand covered picnic tables

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Beautiful hidden gem full of clean trails, bountiful trails, and lots of kid friendly structures…read more Definitely want to revisit this beautiful place again.

Cliffside playground and Sprayground is a very modern, nice and fun water park and playground park…read morethat is located in the broad run park portion of Lousiville's amazing Parklands parks. Broad run is an amazing and massive park already with tons to do. However this particular playground and Sprayground is by far the most popular attraction in not only the broad run park but I'd say all of the parklands park systems. Very large and creative playground and Sprayground that are a tons of fun. I've taken all my kids here several times over the last 10 plus years and it is always a blast. They have two covered sections with picnic tables for you to pack a lunch and dry off out of the what or other weather elements. They also have indoor restroom facilities on site at the entrance of the spray and play grounds. Overall a really cool and fun place and one of my favorite places to take my kids. Great place for a family to have tons of fun and for free. Just another amazing perk of broad run park and the parklands park system.

Breslin Park hosted Flea Off Market and it was the first time I visited the space beyond a quick…read moredrive by. It's tucked in a neighborhood and also near a few restaurants and a coffee shop. The playground equipment has been upgraded and it was a welcome break for the younger kids brought to the art fair. I appreciated the small skateboarding area, large rocks, and benches or picnic tables. The park does have a bathroom; however, it was locked down for the winter season and water features were turned off. You'll want to find nearby street parking to visit the playground. During warm, sunny weather you will find extremely limited shade. Plan accordingly.

Smallish but very nice park on the busy Lexington road in Louisville Kentucky. The last week or so…read moreI've actually driven past this park a few times when going to dine in Frankfort ave. So it caught my attention. Today after having lunch at Ciao with my wife and my youngest daughter who is one we noticed they had there small spray ground going and it wasn't crowded. It was 90 degrees so we pulled over and said "why not, looks like a cool park". The park has some public restrooms, a tiny skate park, a playground, some swings and a little spray ground. My one year old who just started walking a few weeks ago had yet to experience a splash pad or spray ground so this tiny bit crowded concrete one was a perfect introduction. She loved it! She showed no fear or hesitation and she played hard! The playground was pretty updated and nice and we spent some time on that. I didn't have my older daughters with me but I'm sure they would have loved the skate park. It wasn't very big. But it looked cool and there aren't many skate parks in Louisville so it's nice to know about another one that exists. The only downfall to this park I have to put back on the city. The two trash cans in the parking lot were overflowing. And trash was blowing everywhere. It was obvious someone had a birthday party there over the weekend. We visited on a Monday around 130pm so they had ample time to get a crew out there to touch up. I didn't dare walk in the bathrooms to see them after looking at the trash in the parking lot. Overall still this is a super nice and fun park. Kids are in there last week of school so not sure how crowded this place gets. But if it doesn't get too bad I'd like to take my older kids back for the skate park and let my two youngest go wild in The splash park.

This is a nice park that's located inside buttermilk Falls trails. It's on the right hand side when…read moreyou were walking in about a mile and a half in it has its own little path has a Porta party and it has places to sit eat your lunch and different things like that. It is a very pretty part of the park and is named after Gerry Lynn.

I like the Woodland Gardens and it's pretty to look at this located in Broad run so when you go to…read morethe start of the park and go past the playground the splash pond and all that the midway and you go up by the Woodland Gardens and it's got a nice little trees or scenery nice little benches to sit at things a look at it a good shaded spot for the summer months it's just really good place to check out look at the maps figure out we're all you're going at the wonderful Broad run