This One Easy Hike In Indiana Will Lead You Someplace Unforgettable
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Courtney Johnston
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There are hundreds of trails and dozens of hiking spots to visit in Indiana, but there is one easy hike that will lead you to someplace wonderful. If you love the outdoors, but don’t find pleasure in scaling rocks or climbing, this easy hike offers a great alternative to traditional, rougher terrain. Plus, what you’ll find along this easy hike is truly amazing.
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge in Seymour, Indiana is a reserve with forests, grasslands, wetlands, fishing, hunting, and a chance to glimpse hundreds of animals. This refuge also offers a handful of hiking trails, including the one-mile Turkey Trail.
The Turkey Trail at Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge is appropriately named, as hikers often see baby wild turkeys along this trail. You may also find wetlands and woodlands, ducks, and many other types of birds on this hike.
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If you start this trail and find you’re up for more adventure and want to spot more wildlife, it meets up with the .7 mile long Bird Trail, where you can explore the woods while viewing different types of woodpeckers, songbirds, blackbirds, and much more. Other wildlife may also be spotted along either trail.
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Other trails, like the Wood Duck Trail (.5 miles), The East or West River Trails (3 and 4 miles, respectively), and the Richard Lake Trail (.9 miles) offer gorgeous glimpses of the water, along with ducks, geese, herons, and sometimes river otters.
If you’d like to see the wildlife the Muscatatuck National Wildlife trails have to offer, early morning is the best time to visit.
Have you ever been on Turkey Trail or any other trail in Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge? What was your favorite part? Which one trail would you choose to explore?
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