5th (and Final!) Monroe Lake Holiday Hiking Challenge

Thu Nov 28 2024 at 07:00 am to Sun Dec 01 2024 at 07:00 pm UTC-05:00

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5th (and Final!) Monroe Lake Holiday Hiking Challenge
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๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต (๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น!) ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ
We challenge you to forget about shopping and holiday stressโ€ฆ spend your time outside instead, exploring the beauty of the outdoors along our Monroe Lake trails!
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€! Each of our trails will have at least one challenge station where you will need to complete the posted activity and take a photo to document it. Everyone who completes the challenge and submits their photo set by the deadline will be entered into the ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด!
Prizes include 2025 Indiana State Parks Annual Entrance Passes and a guided kayak trip on the lake in summer 2025 for up to 8 people (kayaks included).
๐——๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ to see where the challenge stations are located along each trail. ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ before midnight on Sunday, December 1!
๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™‚๐™ช๐™ž๐™™๐™š (๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ช๐™—๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ !) ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™’๐™š๐™™๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ, ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ซ. 27.
Total hiking distance is between 10 and 14 miles (depending on how you choose to hike it) and ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ to complete the challenge, so feel free to split up the trails over multiple days (as long as you finish by Dec. 1!).
โ€ข Paynetown State Recreation Area: Tree Trek Trail 0.5 miles, Blue Bird Trail 1.25 miles, and Whitetail Trail 1 mile out-and-back (2 miles total).
โ€ข Allens Creek State Recreation Area: Turkey Trot Trail 1.75 miles out-and-back (3.5 miles total)
โ€ข Fairfax State Recreation Area: Big Oak Trail 1.75 miles, Evergreen Loop 0.25 miles, Homestead Loop 1.84 miles, Quarry Extension 0.41 miles out-and-back (0.82 miles total), and Osprey Overlook Trail 0.09 miles
Not sure where each SRA is located? Download the Monroe Lake property map at in.gov/dnr/parklake/files/monroe_trail.pdf. Entry to all our SRAs is free during the winter months.
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