Indiana Insider Blog

State Parks Sunday kicks off Visit Indiana Week with free admission to 49 Indiana Department of Natural Resources properties! Properties offering free admission include all State Parks, State Forest Recreation Areas and State ORV Riding Areas owned and managed by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Those properties... Read more

On the north bank of the Ohio River in Charlestown State Park, the remains of the Rose Island Abandoned Theme Park serve as a ghostly reminder of outdoor amusements from a century ago. Before Indiana Beach and Holiday World, Hoosiers... Read more

Each Fall the people make their voices heard with their ballots and this year the stakes are high! We are trying to determine which Indiana State Park is the “Best of Indiana!” With 24 state parks and eight lakes to... Read more

Visit Indiana Week’s Road Rally began in Southern Indiana! After a brief tour of the abandoned Rose Island Resort at Charlestown State Park, the team traveled to Jeffersonville for dinner at Parlour Pizzeria and a walk across the Big Four Bridge. Follow... Read more

Hop in your car and discover something new in the Hoosier State. Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Office of Tourism Development (IOTD) are kicking off the summer travel season with Visit Indiana Week May 7-13, part of National... Read more

Make Clifty Inn at Clifty Falls State Park your base for a 2-3 day spring adventure in Southeastern Indiana. Day One Start your adventure with a morning at Charlestown State Park to enjoy spring wildflowers and striking scenery along the park’s... Read more