Outdoor Activities

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Indiana's Cool North

There are so many places to be active in Indiana’s Cool North.  Below is a list of places where you can visit wildlife, canoe, kayak, bike or hike.  This list will help you get out and get moving!

Heritage Trail Adventures (Elkhart County):

Canoe/Kayaking:
• Fluid Fun Paddlesports / Bristol

Biking/Hiking:
• Pumpkinvine Nature Trail
• Ox Bow County Park / Goshen
• Bonneyville Mill County Park / Bristol
• Cobus Creek County Park / Elkhart

Indiana’s Kosciusko County:

Canoe/Kayaking:
• Lee’s Kayak Tours / North Webster

Biking/Hiking:
• Bock Nature Preserve / Akron
• Deka-Di Riding Stable, Inc / Pierceton
• Glenwood Nature Preserve / Etna Green
• Wildwood Nature Preserve / Silver Lake

Wildlife:
• Tri-County Fish and Wildlife Area / Syracuse

Other:
• Hardy’s Mini Golf / North Webster
• Up in the Air Watersports / Cromwell

Shipshewana / LaGrange County:

Canoe/Kayaking:
• Mongo River Run Canoe & Kayak Rental / Mongo
• T & L Country Canoes, LLC / Shipshewana
• Trading Post Canoe, Kayak & Campground / Mongo

Biking/Hiking:
• Dallas Lake Park / Wolcottville
• Delt Church Park / LaGrange
• Maple Wood Nature Center/ LaGrange
• Pigeon River State & Wildlife Preserve / Mongo
• Pine Knob Clubhouse & Park / Howe

Wildlife:
• Black Pine Animal Sanctuary / Albion
• Cook’s Bison Ranch / Wolcottville
• Dutch Creek Farm Animal Park / Shipshewana
• Maple Lane Wildlife Farm / Topeka

Visit Michigan City LaPorte (LaPorte County):

Canoe/Kayaking/Fishing:
• Bite Me Lake Michigan Sport Fishing / Michigan City
• Charters / Michigan City
• Cloud Nine Fishing Charter / Michigan City
• Dialed in Fishing Charters / Michigan City
• Ed’s Canoes / Union Mills

Biking/Hiking:
• Bluhm County Park / Westville
• Charles W. Lindewalk Park / LaPorte
• Creek Ridge County Park / Michigan City
• Friendship Botanic Gardens / Michigan City
• Fox Park / LaPorte

Wildlife:
• Jasper-Pulaski State Fish & Wildlife Area / Medaryville
• Kingsbury Fish & Wildlife Park / LaPorte

Other:

• Skydive Windy City / Michigan City
• Stoke Riders Kiteboarding / Michigan City

Visit Marshall County:

Biking/Hiking:
• Plymouth Park & Recreation Department / Plymouth
• Argos Community Park / Argos
• Bremen Parks & Recreation / Bremen
• Culver Park-Recreation Department / Culver

Wildlife:
• Potawatomi Wildlife Park / Tippecanoe

Other:
• Culver Challenge Course / Culver

Indiana Dunes (Porter County):

Canoe/Kayaking/Fishing:
• East Branch Little Calumet Water Trail / Portage
• Kingsbury Water Trail Access / Kingsbury
• Lake Michigan Water Trail / Various cities

Biking/Hiking:
• Sunset Hill Farm County Park / Valparaiso
• Ambler Flatwoods Nature Preserve / Michigan City
• Bailly Homestead and Chellberg Farm / Porter
• Bluhm County Park / Westville
• Calumet Bike Trail / Beverly Shores
• Cowles Bog / Porter
• Creek Ridge County Park / Michigan City
• Cressmoor Prairie Nature Preserve / Hobart
• Deer Trail Park / Portage
• Dunes Kankakee Trail / Porter
• Great Marsh Trail / Beverly Shores
• Oak Ridge Prairie & Oak Savannah Trail / Griffith
• Outback Trail / Portage
• Porter Brickyard Trail / Porter

Wildlife:
• Jasper Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area / Medaryville
• Aukki Wetland Conservation Area / Wheatfield
• Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve / Chesterton
• Kankakee Fish and Wildlife Area / North Judson
• LaSalle Fish and Wildlife Area / Lake Village
• Zona Wildlife Sanctuary / Westville

Other:
• Indiana Dunes State Park / Chesterton
• Stoke Riders / Porter
• Taltree Arboretum & Gardens / Valparaiso
• The 3 Dune Challenge / Chesterton

Visit South Bend Mishawaka (St. Joseph County):

Canoe/Kayaking:
• East Race Waterway / South Bend

Biking/Hiking:
• Bendix Woods County Park / New Carlisle
• Chamberlain Lake Nature Preserve / South Bend
• Ferrettie/Baugo Creek County Park / Osceola
• Potato Creek State Park / North Liberty
• St. Joseph County Parks / South Bend
• St. Patrick’s County Park / South Bend

Wildlife:
• Spicer Lake Nature Preserve / New Carlisle

Other:
• Potawatomi Park / South Bend
• Shiojiri Niwa Garden / Mishawaka