Title: Riding Indiana's Versallies State Park
Length: 393 words
Author: Ron McCoy
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Category: Horseback riding, horses, Indiana
Copyright 2006
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Riding Indiana's Versallies State Park
by Ron McCoy
Versailles State Park is the second largest state park
in Indiana with 5988 acres of property. It is quite
scenic and the terrain varies from old overgrown fields
and flat woods to some steep hills and hollows.
For horseback riders day riding only is available at
this time but we are hopeful that overnight camping for
horsemen will happen in the future. The state
has run a 6 inch water line to the proposed camp
location and this camp is in the master plan.
The Day Use area offers water, hitch rails, picnic
tables and grills. Porta Johns are available during the
normal riding season. The parking area has a solid
gravel based surface and all the roads leading into the
day use area are paved.
The 25 miles of trails are mostly shaded by hardwood
trees offering some spectacular fall colors. The *A*
trail 7.5 miles in length and *B* trail with 4 miles
are the original trails. There are two crossings of the
Fallen Timber Creek neither crossing is difficult
unless there has been very heavy rain the night before.
Trails *X*, *Y* and *Z* are newer and some spots can be
a little muddy during wet weather. The park is working
on hardening these areas. The *X* trail of 6 miles does
cross under US 50 thru a large tunnel that has a small
stream running thru on one side. The tunnel is large
enough that horses will pass through it with out
trouble. The *Y* trail is a loop off the Z trail and
of short mileage.
Versailles also has a 230 acre lake good for fishing, a
large swimming pool and good size family campground.
None of these areas are accessible from the horse
trails. There is also a 10 mile mountain bike trail but
in a completely different area from the horse trails.
Versailles State is located on US route 50 one mile
east of the town of Versailles with the entrance on the
north side of the highway. There are wide turn lanes
into the park entrance allowing traffic from both
directions easy access.
Ron McCoy MailTo:rksmccoy@earthlink.
legendary storyteller now living in Queen Creek,
Arizona. Ron has been riding for more than 60 years and
has never fallen off. See hundreds of horseback riding
articles at http://horsebackrid
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