Featured Trail: Holiday Park

6363 Springmill Road Indianapolis, Indiana click to view Inter-Active Map Pros: Scenic and Shady Parking & some benches. Cons: Markers not very clear, so many alternate paths you could wander around all day. Very hilly, trail erosions and obstacles a plenty. Way too many stair structures Restrooms & fountains? Overall Path: 3miles plus.

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Several trails and traces: The ruins, nature center and are appealing off the trail sites and the scenery along the trails is very appealing. There seems a lack of facilities other than parking. The paths are moderate to rugged, very much up and down, all dirt and footing in some parts is treacherous. Trail markers mean little without a map. Be sure to take the trail down to the rivers edge, the garden and the pond. "Holiday Park is one of the most environmentally diverse, yet accessible, tracts of land within Marion County. The wooded area contains natural springs (fen) and wetlands, a pond, a long stretch of the White River, a beech-maple forest, and over 400 species of trees, shrubs and wildflowers. Bird watchers have spotted more than 200 species. In addition, deer, fox, beaver, rabbits, squirrels and many other native animals reside in or pass through the Park's heavily wooded ravines."** **from IndyParks literature