Hoosier National Forest...

“..a good place to hike??? I looked at Crazy Mike's Club website (by the way, very nice!) and looked at some of the photos of the Hoosier National Forest. Is it really as hilly as the pics made it to appear? Can it be? If so, cool!!!”

“I have been backpacking in Hoosier National forest for about 12 years and I have always loved it.It does have its fair share of small hills most are between 600 and 1000 feet.

I have always liked backapcking in Charles Deam Wilderness the most.There is 36 miles of trail in there to go backpacking on.

The forest is in 3 units the North Central and South units.

The hardest trail in Indiana is the Knobstone Trail.It has very few swichbacks and his some hills that top out at 1200 ft.The trail is 58 miles long and the best time to backpack it is in the fall and winter becuase of water or lack of.

Feel free to email me your email addres and I would be happy to add your email address to the clubs list.

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“If you go do some of the Knobstone Trail it makes most Ohio hills seem mild. Them knobs are some ball bustin' ups and downs! Not much higher than our hills but way steeper.”

“Ohio, drop me an e-mail if you're going to come to the Hoosier. I practically live smack in the middle of the southern region.”

“Thanks for all your responses! Crazy Mike, our friend Charlie tells me he also enjoys the Charles C. Deam Wilderness also. I do have maps of some of the Trails you mentioned including the Knobstone Trail and the Adventure Hiking Trail.

Actually I just may have a opputunity to relocate to Indiana. Charlie tells me his job is hiring so I'm planning on coming down to apply very soon. If I happen to land a job, bye bye Akron! Hello Indiana!”

“How exactly did southern Indiana get so hilly? Surely no part of the Appalachian Plateau reaches that far west, as is the case in Ohio. When I was in Scottsburg, it was flat, so was I-65 all the way to Clarksville.”

“I believe it is the Appalachian Plateau. It's just like the most southern tip that got all wrinkled up.”

“Anyone have some imput? Concerning the Applachian Plateau, that is.

From what I learned, the Appalachian Plateau ends in Ohio when it meets with the Till Plains and doesn't extend into Indiana.”

“This is just a stab in the dark here, but would this have anything to do with the Ohio River? Is the area around southern Indiana considered part of the Ohio Valley? I know a lot about the northern half of the state, but not much on the south.”

“I'd guess glacier action. I don't know if they got that far south though.”

“In school, they told us that when the glaciers retreated about ten thousand years ago, several hundred miles of scrapings were deposited in southern Indiana creating all the hills while the northern reaches are flat.

I'm not sure I buy that though, because we have escarpments with a hundred or more feet of layered limestone and sandstone which certainly wasn't a glacial deposit from such a recent time. I'm more inclined to believe that a big part of the vertical relief in southern Indiana was a product of great torrents of runoff carving existing rock strata when the glaciers began to melt.”

“Kind of interesting, isn't it? I'm always "turned on" to hills! Is that why I like southern Ohio and the Ozarks so much?”

“Beleave it or not I do enjoy backpacking in Indiana but its much better in the cooler months!


If any of ya ever want to go just drop me a email.

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“I will Crazy Mike. Thanks for the invite!

As for my other thread, that Oskar67 is not me, but Donny Retch, a true troll. Just hit the ignore button on him and see how he will disappear! Take care.”

“Good deal!


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“Jeffers, I like your explanation the best. I've always heard that the glaciers are what made most Indiana and surrounding area so flat. It had something to do with them ending around southern Indiana before they began to retreat.”

“How does the Knobstone Trail compare to the Archers Fork Loop in southeastern Ohio? The hills and ruggedness that is?”

“I am thinking about doing another 25 mile backpacking trip on the Knobstone in December.

I am going to post it on the trip page.

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“I would love to join you IF I can, Crazy Mike! That trail sounds great!”

“Go check it out I just posted it on thr trip page!


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“Ok, thanks!”

“No problem!!!


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“"How does the Knobstone Trail compare to the Archers Fork Loop in southeastern Ohio?"

Much steeper.”

“I agree!



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