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2007 NSS Convention Guidebook
floral growth of ferns and wildflowers. There
are hiking trails among the cliffs. The cliffs are
about a 30-minute drive from the convention
site. There is a specific and dedicated State
Nature Preserve with a 1-mile loop trail. To
protect the endangered plants and sensitive
resources, rappelling is not allowed. However,
at the nearby Messemore Cliff area, it is
permitted.
Patoka Reservoir is located at the junction
of Orange, Crawford, and DuBois counties.
This lake is 25,000 acres. Seven different
state recreational areas offer a wide variety of
activities including numerous boat launch
ramps, a swimming beach, fishing, boating,
water skiing, campgrounds, hiking, fitness
trails, and bicycle trails. The lake is about 30
minutes west of the convention site.
Salt Shake Rock is found on State Road 37
at the bridge over Little Blue River, 10 miles
south of English. As you cross the bridge, you
will see a pull off at a small shelter cave on the
right. Salt Shake Rock, an isolated sandstone
tower, is about 300 feet up the hill. Salt Shake
Holiday World Theme Park and Splashin’
Safari is located about 80 minutes west
of the convention site and is well worth a visit
if you have a spare day. Holiday World has
been family operated since the 1950s and in
the past 20 years has reinvested and reinvented
itself to become truly one of the world’s best
theme park values. They showcase some of the
biggest and most impressive roller coasters in
the Midwest and have recently added a large
wave pool and full-sized water park. Don’t
think because of its location that it is lacking.
Add to this the $33.95 entry fee (check the
Harrison County is the cradle of Indiana’s
post-Revolutionary War history. Historic
Corydon, the county seat, was also the site of
Indiana’s second territorial capital and the first
state capital as well. These early state buildings
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Rock Cave is less than 100 feet to the right on
the bank of Little Blue River.
The Shoe Tree is at the four-way stop in
Devils Hollow south of Milltown. It can be
reached by following Wyandotte Cave Road 3
miles north from Wyandotte Cave, making a
left at the “T,” and going west to the four-way
intersection. If you trash your caving boots
during convention, do what all Hoosier cavers
(and the local populace) do: lace them hush
puppies together and fling them into Indiana’s
famous Shoe Tree.
Rothrocks Mill (technically in Harrison
County) was the site of a 19th-century grist
mill on Blue River that was owned by the same
family that owned Wyandotte Cave. Now only
the remnants of the dam and foundation of the
mill remain, and the site is used for recreational
purposes only. Regardless, it is a beautiful spot
on Blue River and is close to the convention
site. From the Shoe Tree go east for about 1.5
miles, drop into the Blue River valley, and the
site is on the right a quarter of a mile past the
bridge over Blue River.
Web site for discounts) and unlimited free
soft drinks and water and you have a great
value. From the convention site take I-64
west to exit 63 and then go 7.3 miles south
on Indiana 162 to the park. This is only 45
miles from the convention site, most of it
interstate.
Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari has been
voted the World’s Friendliest Park and the
World’s Cleanest Park for five years in a row by
the readers of Amusement Today magazine.http://www.holidayworld.com.
have been restored and are designated The
Corydon Capital State Historic Site.
Information on this and other notable historical
homes and sites can be obtained at the Visitors
Center at 202 East Walnut Street in Corydon.