Best places: State parks in Monroe County, United States

Park with 3 sandy beaches, kayak rentals & snorkeling tours to a marine sanctuary, plus a snack bar.

Bluffs over a sprawling lake, 6 miles of hiking trails, vast wooded areas & lots of wildlife.

1,050-acre park with cascading falls, mini-golf, a pool & a fishing lake for boating activities.

👍 It's a neat little place to learn a little about and see a covered bridge. You can walk across the covered bridge. The river branch below is pretty, and the edges were low enough that people were enjoying sitting in the water.

Undersea park with vibrant marine life on view via snorkeling, glass-bottom boat tours & kayaking.

👍👍 Excellent camping! We are going back in a couple weeks we had so much fun. All campsites are walking distance to the lake and pool. We didn't take advantage of it but they offer kayak, boat and paddle boat rentals. They also deliver firewood to your campsite which was great.

Over 24,000 acres, this hardwood forest offers camping, hiking, hunting & fishing.

👍👍 Really glad we saw the signs and made the impromptu stop. The swamp was beautiful, and the boardwalk was a short walk with informational signs about the history and the flora and fauna.

👍 Pretty nice little park, a small walking trail. The old church and meeting house, the graveyard was well maintained and it was cool to see the graves of the revolutionary war soilders. The only problem was we came on a Sunday and the gift shop was closed, be nice if they kept it open everyday like t...

State park once home to a luxury resort now offers bonefishing, canoeing, and hiking.

Deserted 11-acre island with ruins of an 1800s town & reefs for snorkeling, accessible by boat.

👍👍 This has been one of my favorite 10 milers for hiking in Indiana for years. You do have the option to take shorter routes and you will have to trek a few miles on gravel, however, the views more than make up for it. Sweedy Hallow is pristine with nice elevation changes and creek bed trekking. Not fr...

👍 Great place to get away for a day and enjoy nature! Would have been 5 stars but they don't allow you to camp there anymore so dropped it to 4. Decent fishing!!

Trails among 80+ protected plants & animals such as rare tropical trees, wild cotton & crocodiles.

👍👍 This lake is just beautiful. People are somewhat friendly, awesome beach, and awesome scenery.