Thursday, December 31, 2015

STATE PARKS OFFERING PROGRAMS

Indiana’s State Parks will offer First Day Hikes on January 1. DNR’s Division of State Parks is hosting 32 First Day events throughout the state, including a trail run/walk at Monroe Lake, and a First Day Horse Ride at Tippecanoe River State Park.

In 2016, Hoosiers can check out state parks by checking out an entrance pass from a public library. The State Park Centennial Annual Pass Library Check-out Program is a partnership between Indiana State Parks and the Indiana State Library to encourage people to visit libraries and parks. State Park passes will be placed in circulation for check-out at each of the state’s 240 libraries and can be checked out for access to Indiana’s 32 state parks and also to Indiana’s state forest recreation areas where entrance fees are charged.

The program is one way Indiana State Parks is celebrating its centennial anniversary. The Indiana State Parks system was a gift to the people of Indiana in 1916 in celebration of the state’s centennial.