February 2020
Winter Hike Series: CCC Ruins/Deserter’s Cave Hike
Starting at the Nature Center, the journey will start by heading south along the park road to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp area. Explore the ruins of this camp area before heading back to the road. Then, you will trek into the woods, off trail to Deserter's Cave. This section of off-trail hiking will be rugged and steep. The hike is a little over an hour, and about two miles in distance with some tougher terrain.
Find out more »March 2020
Trek Tribe Thursday
Join Trek Women's Advocate and Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Kate Nolan every first Thursday of the month for skills jams, trail rides, and sessions. This is a free event and is for all skills levels. Please bring your bike, helmet, friends, and during the winter months bring your lights. These rides are weather permitting.
Find out more »Winter Hike Series: Curious Quarry Hike
Get ready for the fun curious quarry hike! This hike is four miles and 2.5 hours long. The hike will take you along Horse Trail A for about 1.5 miles, then on to another trail for another 0.5 miles. The trail can be quite rugged and sloppy, so please bring your hiking boots and be prepared for a good trek. Spend some time exploring the quarry area before heading back to the trailhead.
Find out more »Winter Hike Series: 10 O’Clock Line Nature Preserve Hike
On this cool winter hike, you'll head out along a fire trail towards the 10 O'Clock Line Nature Preserve. This is the largest nature preserve in the state and has quite the unique story. After about one mile on the fire trail, you'll meet up with Horse Trail B for a hike around the Nature Preserve. The distance for this hike is approximately 2.5 miles, and will last about two hours. This hike is moderately rated.
Find out more »April 2020
Trek Tribe Thursday
Join Trek Women's Advocate and Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Kate Nolan every first Thursday of the month for skills jams, trail rides, and sessions. This is a free event and is for all skills levels. Please bring your bike, helmet, friends, and during the winter months bring your lights. These rides are weather permitting.
Find out more »Public Painting Demonstration and Paint Along
Local artist Patricia Rhoden Bartels will show off her skills during a free painting demonstration at the famous Brown County State Park's Hesitation Point. Painting will begin at 5 p.m. to catch the colors of twilight.
Find out more »May 2020
Morel Mushroom Festival
Come together with like minded mushroom lovers to celebrate the most delicious of all fungi: the Morel mushroom! Head to the Brown County State Park for a day filled with programs, talks, and hikes about flora, fauna, and fungi!
Find out more »Trek Tribe Thursday
Join Trek Women's Advocate and Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Kate Nolan every first Thursday of the month for skills jams, trail rides, and sessions. This is a free event and is for all skills levels. Please bring your bike, helmet, friends, and during the winter months bring your lights. These rides are weather permitting.
Find out more »Shelby Spring Fling
There's something magical about hearing a GT350's exhaust note bouncing off the forest trees in a curvy, mountainous state park, and that something is simple: fun. Upon the Indiana SAAC’s formation in 1977, the Shelby Spring Fling quickly became a Brown County staple that has continued for over 40 years. The fling is a relaxing, fun, family oriented event for all Shelby and Mustang enthusiasts alike, which includes a car show on Saturday.
Find out more »June 2020
Trek Tribe Thursday
Join Trek Women's Advocate and Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Kate Nolan every first Thursday of the month for skills jams, trail rides, and sessions. This is a free event and is for all skills levels. Please bring your bike, helmet, friends, and during the winter months bring your lights. These rides are weather permitting.
Find out more »DINO Series Trail Run
Take on the trails in the Brown County State Park! Get ready for a fun day in the great outdoors presented by Do Indiana Off-Road. Choose from 5K or 15K distances and hit the hills for a real challenge. Do this race by itself or tack on the other five runs to complete the whole DINO series.
Find out more »Free Fishing Frenzy
Come on out to Brown County State Park for a fun day of fishing!
Find out more »DINO Series Mountain Bike Race
Take on the trails in the Brown County State Park! Get ready for a fun day in the great outdoors presented by Do Indiana Off-Road. Don't miss out on your chance to ride in Indiana's top mountain bike destination!
Find out more »15th Annual Sundance Midwest Women’s Mountain Bike Camp
Voted one of the “Top 10 Women’s Mountain Bike Skills Camps to Attend!” by SingleTracks, this fun skills camp brings women riders of all levelstogether to share the love of mountain biking in a safe and encouraging weekend. You'll learn a deeper understanding of the fundamental skills, while advancing to new maneuvers like wheel lifts, manuals, wheelies, bunny hops, drops, cornering, climbing, and more.
Find out more »July 2020
Trek Tribe Thursday
Join Trek Women's Advocate and Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Kate Nolan every first Thursday of the month for skills jams, trail rides, and sessions. This is a free event and is for all skills levels. Please bring your bike, helmet, friends, and during the winter months bring your lights. These rides are weather permitting.
Find out more »Indiana Interscholastic Cycling League (NICA) Adventure Weekend
Student-athletes will get to engage in a variety of adventure based activities way beyond bike riding! Riders (and coaches) will ride their mountain bikes through trust building, team building, skill building and fun activities all weekend long in the Brown County State Park.
Find out more »August 2020
Trek Tribe Thursday
Join Trek Women's Advocate and Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Kate Nolan every first Thursday of the month for skills jams, trail rides, and sessions. This is a free event and is for all skills levels. Please bring your bike, helmet, friends, and during the winter months bring your lights. These rides are weather permitting.
Find out more »September 2020
Trek Tribe Thursday
Join Trek Women's Advocate and Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Kate Nolan every first Thursday of the month for skills jams, trail rides, and sessions. This is a free event and is for all skills levels. Please bring your bike, helmet, friends, and during the winter months bring your lights. These rides are weather permitting.
Find out more »Brown County Survivor
Get your team together and head to the beautiful State Park for Brown County Survivor! You and your teammates will compete in five different challenges set-up to test your skills in survival. Each team will be comprised of five players, one of which must be 10 years old or under. Each member of your team will compete in one timed event. Whichever team completes all five challenges in the least amount of time... wins!
Find out more »October 2020
Trek Tribe Thursday
Join Trek Women's Advocate and Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Kate Nolan every first Thursday of the month for skills jams, trail rides, and sessions. This is a free event and is for all skills levels. Please bring your bike, helmet, friends, and during the winter months bring your lights. These rides are weather permitting.
Find out more »Big Woods Brown County Epic Mountain Bike Festival
Hit the trails and check out Brown County’s beautiful fall scenery during the Big Woods Brown County Epic. Presented by the Hoosier Mountain Bike Association (HMBA), the festival will take place in the Brown County State Park, providing plenty of gorgeous scenery and mountain biking trails galore. With routes varying from 25 to 100 miles, this festival is a mountain biker’s dream come true! Enjoy rides, demos, vendor shopping, food, music, and more.
Find out more »November 2020
Trek Tribe Thursday
Join Trek Women's Advocate and Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Kate Nolan every first Thursday of the month for skills jams, trail rides, and sessions. This is a free event and is for all skills levels. Please bring your bike, helmet, friends, and during the winter months bring your lights. These rides are weather permitting.
Find out more »Brown County YMCA Hilly Half
On your mark, get set, go! Take on the fun and challenging Brown County YMCA Hilly Half! The half marathon scenic route starts and finishes at the Saddle Barn/Lower Shelter winding its way through the picturesque Brown County State Park. There's even a beer mile! Stick around after the race for a post race party, complete with live music, beer, pizza, snacks, and more!
Find out more »December 2020
Trek Tribe Thursday
Join Trek Women's Advocate and Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Kate Nolan every first Thursday of the month for skills jams, trail rides, and sessions. This is a free event and is for all skills levels. Please bring your bike, helmet, friends, and during the winter months bring your lights. These rides are weather permitting.
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