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Status: Open
County: Tippecanoe
City: Lafayette,
W. Lafayette, Battle Ground
Endpoints:
North - Tippecanoe Battlefield County Park
South - Fort Ouiatenon County Park
Trailheads:
-parking, water , restrooms at Tippecanoe Battlefield
-parking at Davis Ferry Park
-parking, water, restrooms at Tapawingo Park
-parking at Riehle Plaza
-parking at For Ouiatenon
Connections: The
trail is accessible by sidewalks from Purdue University. A trail
along SR42 is also accessible.
Activities:
walking
biking (paved sections)
Surface:
natural, asphalt (downtown WL/Laf section)
Length: 13
miles total; 2.5 miles paved
Descrption:
The trail is accessible by sidewalks from Purdue University. There are
2 paved spurs which connect from the Myers pedestrian bridge to US231/SR43
in West Lafayette.
From the north, begins near Tippecanoe Battlefield County Park and follows
Burnetts Creek to the Wabash, passes Prophets Rock, Davis Ferry County
Park, then follows the Wabash to Lafayette.
From W. Lafayette, the trail begins at Tawpawingo Park, across the plaza
bridge from the August Jazz-Blues Festival Site and continues south to
Fort Ouiatenon, site of the Feast of the Hunters Moon in late Fall. A
beautiful walk shaded by characteristic central IN trees such as cottonwoods,
sycamores, maples, and oaks.
NORTH: At the north end of the trail, nearly 4 miles of footpath wind
along Burnett Creek between Tippecanoe Battlefield and Davis Ferry Park,
where an old iron truss bridge provides crossing over the river.
MIDDLE: In the middle, about 5 miles of trail run along the east bank
of the Wabash, through woods and fields and Lafayette Municipal Golf Course
and McAllister, Riverfront, and Digby Parks to Myers Bridge, a pedestrian
plaza connecting Lafayette and West Lafayette. Some of the trail is asphalt
in the downtown vicinity, about 1.5 miles in Lafayette north of Riehle
Plaza and 1.0 mile in West Lafayette In Tapawingo Park. The beautifully
restored Big Four depot is an Amtrak stop en route to Chicago and Indianapolis.
SOUTH: The southern part of the trail continues for about 4 miles through
W. Lafayette's Tapawingo Park and woods & fields along the west bank of
the Wabash to US231 and to South River Road about 1/3 mile from Fort Ouiatenon.
An off-road trail connection to the Fort is under development.
Future Plans: A
1.06 mile extension of the Wabash Heritage Trail will travel along North
River Road, Happy Hollow Road and Happy Hollow Park in West Lafayette.
The project also includes the construction of a new trailhead in Happy
Hollow Park.
The Wabash Heritage Trail is shown on the state trails plan as a major
multi-use trail between Lafayette, Delphi and Logansport. However, no
immediate plans for development are in action.
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