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Status: Open
County: Boone
City: Thorntown
Endpoints:
North - Sugar Creek Bridge
South - Serum Plant Road
Trailheads:
-parking at Pearl & Church Street trailhead
Connections:
Activities:
walking
biking
rollerblading
Surface: asphalt
Length: 1.7
miles
Descrption:
Scenic trail which leads from downtown into the rolling Sugar Creek Valley,
crossing Sugar Creek high over a massive iron bridge. The trail
follows the former Big Four (CCC & St. Louis) or New York Central rail
line. Thorntown is one of the best examples left of a genuine, functional,
rural Indiana small-town. Quaint houses, majestic old trees, and people
of all ages can be found along its quiet, unadorned, gently sloping streets.
Traffic barely trickles through its country crossroads and the undisturbed
calm is pervasive. Thorntown has very promising potential as an attractive
destination for recreational tourists.
Future Plans: The
Town and Friends
of Boone County Trails are working to extend the trail both north
& south, to Colfax and Lebanon. An historic bridge is planned
over Serum Plant Road. As a part of the Farm
Heritage Trail, the trail in Thorntown will become an important link
between Indianapolis, Lebanon, and Lafayette.
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