Featured Trail: Pogue's Run

Click to view Inter-Active Map Pros: Scenic: wildlife & art. Occasional benches. Parking. No skaters and bikers are rare. Little traffic. Cons: No restrooms or fountains. No concessions. Crushed gravel and uneven on the causeway. Goose droppings. No shade. Overall Path: 1 mile loop* .25 mile access path* 1.5 from parking lot, around loop and back to parking lot.* plans to connect Brookside Park & Spades Park with 3 mile extension. *Distances are not exact, actual distance in all cases is a little higher.

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Artificial wetlands and walking trial maintained by Indy Parks Department. Three 'wet areas' with two encircled by a one mile path. Also has a reed encompassed pond on the upper level by the parking lot. Geese, Red Winged Blackbirds and ducks (some families) are abundant and have seen occasional Heron/Cranes. Path is a little rough in spots, slightly hilly, some benches and no shade. It is more like a hybrid of a walking and hiking trail. Love the wildlife and art. Can be seen from I-70. Your direction choice allows you to choose between a gradual downgrade with a steeper upgrade or the reverse, a steeper downgrade with a gradual upgrade. At one part of the loop you have a choice of a low path which goes down and then up to reconnect to the main path. When on the loop portion the entire loop is visible from anywhere on the loop. At the causeway which separates the two lower wetland areas the goose droppings can be plentiful and the geese slow to make way.