Indiana Outdoor Recreation

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Here is a list of sites related to outdoor recreation in Indiana. This includes activities such as bicycling, hiking & backpacking, canoeing, climbing, fishing, & wildlife viewing. These are broken down into several categories:

Books, Magazines, & E-zines
Clubs & Organizations
Commercial Sites
Events & Schedules
Places
Outdoor Recreation Guides
Other Sites

We also have a few national & international links that are especially noteworthy:

World-Wide Club Listings
World-Wide Regional Information
Comprehensive Sites

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Books, Magazines, & E-zines

Bayou Bill's All Outdoors
HoosierTimes.com Outdoors
Midwest Sportsman magazine covers fishing, hunting & camping
Outdoor Indiana magazine by Indiana DNR
Raghorn News Hunting & Fishing News

Clubs & Organizations

Bicycling
- Indiana Bicycle Coalition The IBC is an advocacy organization which looks out for the interests of bicyclists in Indiana.
- Bloomington Bicycle Club
- Breakaway Bicycle Club
- Central Indiana Bicycling Association
- Circus City Cyclists (Peru)
- Clear Lake Cyclists (Steuben County)
- Cutters Cycling
- Delaware Cycling Club (Muncie)
- Delaware Greenways (Muncie)
- Evansville Bicycle Club
- Friends of the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail (Goshen/Shipshewana)
- Indiana Hand Center Racing Team Has a good calendar of upcoming bicycle races
- Indy Critical Mass Has a downtown ride on the last Friday of each month
- HammerHead Racing (Warsaw)
- Hoosier Mountain Bike Association statewide group promoting responsible mountain biking
- Hoosiers Out On Tandems (HOOTS)
- Jackson County Bicycle Club (Seymour)
- Kosciusko County Cycling Club
- Madison Area Bicycle Club
- Purdue Cycling Club
- Rail Corridor Development, Inc. supporting the B&O Trail.
- Richmond Cyclers
- Richmond Mountain Bikers
- South Stars Indianapolis
- Southern Indiana Wheelmen Clarksville
- Speedway Wheelmen Racing Club
- Spoke & Wheel Bicycle Club Anderson
- Wabash River Cycle Club West Lafayette
Canoeing
- Hoosier Canoe Club (Indianapolis)
- Marshall County Paddlers (Plymouth)
- Wildcat Canoe Club (Kokomo)
- Wildcat Guardians Protectors of Wildcat Creek
Fishing
Hiking
Nature & Environmental
- ACRES Land Trust serves 11 northeastern counties
- Amos W. Butler Audubon Society Indianapolis chapter
- Central Indiana Land Trust
- Evansville Audubon Society
- Friends of the Mill Volunteer group for Spring Mill State Park
- Friends of White River
- Hoosier Chapter of the Sierra Club
- Hoosier Environmental Council
- Indiana Chapter of the Nature Conservancy,
- Indiana Karst Conservancy
- Indiana Native Plant & Wildflower Society
- Indiana Waterways Association
- Mud Creek Conservancy serves Northeast Marion & Southeast Hamilton County
- Niches Land Trust serves 12 counties centered around Lafayette
- Red-Tail Conservancy serves Madison, Delaware, Henry & Randolph Counties
- Sassafras Audubon Society Monroe, Lawrence, Greene, Morgan, Brown and Bartholomew counties
- Shirley Heinze Environmental Fund protecting the southern Lake Michigan watershed
- South Bend Audubon Society
- Sycamore Audubon Society West Lafayette chapter
- Sycamore Land Trust
- Sycamore Trails Resource Conservation & Development Council serves 9 counties in West Central Indiana
- Waterfowl USA - Northwest Indiana Chapter
- Wawasee Area Conservation Foundation
- Wood-Land-Lakes Resource Conservation & Development serves Northeast Indiana
Outdoor
- Central Indiana Wilderness Club (Indianapolis)
- ESI Adventure Club (Fort Wayne)
- I.U. Outdoor Adventures
- Purdue Outing Club
- Wilderness Programs at Earlham College
Skiing
Running & Walking
Other Clubs

Commercial Sites

Bike Shops
- Circle City Bicycles & Fitness (Indianapolis)
- A1 Cyclery (Indianapolis)
- B&B Kirks Bike Shop (Muncie)
- B2 Bikes & Boards (Seymour)
- Bicycle Doctor (Bloomington)
- Bicycle Garage Indy
- The Bicycle Shop (Shelbyville)
- The Bike Line (Broad Ripple)
- The BikePros.com (Schererville/Merrillville)
- The Bike Wave (Indianapolis)
- Biker's World (Seymour)
- Bikesmiths (Bloomington)
- Custom Velo Bicycles (Rosedale)
- Dexter's Bike Shop (Valparaiso)
- Elkhart Bicycle & Fitness
- Fizz'z Bike Shop (Madison)
- Gilles Cycling & Fitness
- Hollinger Bicycles (Goshen)
- House of Bicycles (Osceola)
- Indy Cycle Specialists
- John Cherry's Project Bike Shop (Lafayette)
- Kokomo Schwinn Cycling & Fitness
- Matthews Bicycles
- Midwest Bicycleworks Mobile bicycle repair shop based in Fort Wayne
- Old Capitol Bicycle Shop (Milltown)
- Pro Form Bike Shop (South Bend)
- Ridge Cyclery (Highland)
- Summit City Bicycles (Fort Wayne)
- Valley Bikes (Carmel)
- Victory Bike Shop (Kokomo)
Campgrounds
- Indiana Campground Owners Association provides a listing of campgrounds
- Sleepybear Campground next to Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville
Canoeing
- Blue's Canoe Livery (Columbus)
- Canoe Country (White River)
- Cave Country Canoes (Marengo)
- Clements Canoes (Sugar Creek)
- Hodges Canoe Trips on the Tippecanoe River
- J&J Canoe Rental (Eel River)
- Little Miami & Whitewater Canoe Rentals
- Marshall Motors
- Morgan's Canoe & Outdoor Centers
- Special Boat Service (Mississinewa River)
- Tippe-Canoe Float Trips
- Turkey Run Canoe Trips
- Whitewater Canoe Rentals
Outfitters
- Banshee Marine Charters Fishing Charters on Lake Monroe (out of state charters also available)
- Campersbackpack.com mail order equipment based in Noblesville
- Doin' It Outdoors in Liberty
- Earth Adventures Unlimited in Fort Wayne
- Extreme Outfitters in Carmel
- Galyan's
- J.L. Waters in Bloomington
- Jordan's Wilderness Shop & Outfitters in Dyer
- Outpost Sports in Mishawawka
- Pokagon Outfitters in Fremont
- Root's Outdoor Outfitters in Fort Wayne
- Rusted Moon Outfitters in Broad Ripple
- Traildog wilderness adventures & gear
Other
- Backyard Birds
- Bright Adventures Brown County horseback riding, kayaking & backpacking
- Climb Time Indianapolis climbing gym
- Cooper's Fishing Tackle located in Vincennes
- Crooked Creek Trails horseback riding
- Fluid Fun Canoe & Kayak Sales located in Bristol right on the St. Joe River
- Hoosier Heights climbing gym in Bloomington
- Indy Drysuit Repair
- Kaleidoscope Bicycle Tours
- Marengo Cave
- Otter Navigation & Wilderness School
- Paoli Peaks
- Wild Birds Unlimited

Events & Schedules

Biking
- Bike Rides in Indiana
- Blueberry Bicycle Cruise (Plymouth)
- Crane Cyclefest
- Hope Ride
- Indiana Race Series (Road Racing)
- Lakeshore Century (Valparaiso)
- Morse Lake Metric Century
- Northern Indiana Fat & Skinny Tire Fest
- Safari Bicycle Tour (Pekin)
- TRIRI - Touring Ride in Rural Indiana
Canoeing
- Indiana Marathon Canoe Racing
- Subaru Road to Adventure Paddlefest (South Bend)
Hiking
- Indiana Volksmarch Schedule
Running
- Tuxedo Brothers local running & walking events
- Huntington Ultra Frigid Fifty (HUFF) 50K race
- MultiAdventures.com running, biking, hiking, swimming, climbing, boating multi-event races
Other
- Catfish Indy Series of catfish tournaments in Central Indiana
- Eagle Viewing Days View eagles at Cayuga power station on the first weekend of February

Places

Indiana Outfitters Great maps of Knobstone Trail, Indiana rivers & Indiana mountain biking trails
Get Out of Town! Indiana outdoor recreation guide
Adventure Guide to Southern Indiana
- Bicycling
- Canoeing
- Climbing
  - Climbing in Indiana
- Fishing
  - Good Fishing: A Guide to Kentucky & Southern Indiana Waters
  - Indiana Fishing Reports
  - John Gadient's Fishing Page fishing spots around Lafayette.
  - On the Water with Dwayne Cooper
  - The Steelhead Site Indiana Fly Fishing Locations
- Parks, Forests, Reservoirs & Other Public Lands
  - Brown County State Park
  - Depauw Nature Park Nice park near Greencastle
  - Fort Wayne Parks Includes info on Fort Wayne's River Greenway
  - France Park a fine county park near Logansport
  - Hoosier National Forest
  - Hoosier National Forest
  - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
  - Indiana State Parks & Reservoirs
  - Indy Parks & Recreation
  - Muscatatuck National Wildlife refuge
  - Parks & Recreational Areas in Northwest Indiana
  - Portland Arch a popular hiking spot
  - Potawatomi Wildlife Park
  - Turkey Run State Park
  - Wetlands Ecolab Nature Area at Marian College
- Trails
  - Cardinal Greenway 10-mile rail-trail in & around Muncie
  - Delphi Canal Trail
  - Heritage Trail of Madison
  - Hiking Indiana's Long Distance Trails Trails 10 miles or longer
  - Indiana's Hiking Trails
  - Indiana section of the American Discovery Trail
  - Indy Greenways Indianapolis trails
  - The Knobstone Trail
  - Monon Trail
  - Rail Trails in Indiana
- Other
  - Indiana Waterfalls
  - Indy Windsurfing Report
  - Wolf Park near Battleground, researching wolf behavior
Outdoor Recreation Guides
- State of Indiana
- Lake County
Other Sites
- Backyard Birding Features photos & information on Central Indiana birds
- Becoming an Outdoor Woman Workshops teaching women a variety of outdoor skills
- GT & Monte: The Adventures of an Indiana Trail Rider (horseback riding)
- Northeast Indiana Birding
- Trail Riding Hoosier Style (horseback riding)
- William Zimmerman: Wildlife Artist & Illustrator
World-Wide Club Listings
World-Wide Regional Information
Comprehensive Sites

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Indiana Outdoor Recreation

Bicycling, Hiking, Canoeing, Climbing, Skiing & Fishing Links

Books, Magazines, & E-zines

Clubs & Organizations

Commercial Sites

Events & Schedules

Places

Outdoor Recreation Guides

Other Sites

World-Wide Club Listings

World-Wide Regional Information

Comprehensive Sites