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Camping
Indiana DNR Camping Page
Camping @
Lake Monroe
| As I sit here to commence this camping
information relative to Lake Monroe, my initial thoughts immediately go back in
time to 1938, where, at the tender age of six, my parents took my brother and I
on our first camping trip to Cullen Lakes in Northern Minnesota. What better way
for a child to love and appreciate nature than camping under the stars in a
tent, fishing out of an old wooden rowboat, then
being able to savor the smell and taste of deep- fried Bluegill, freshly halved
morel mushrooms slowly simmered in butter and accompanied by a huge platter of
sliced potatoes fried in a big black iron skillet in bacon grease - all of this
along with fresh fried biscuits. That experience is just as vivid today as it
was sixty two years ago; and what is most
remarkable - you and/or your family can really enjoy these same adventures
at Lake Monroe. There are three principle
camping areas within the confines of Lake Monroe:
Paynetown State Recreation
Area,
Hardin Ridge Camp Ground and
Allens Creek Camping Area Paynetown and Allens
Creek are operated and under control of the Indiana Department of Natural
Resources. Hardin Ridge is operated under the auspices of the
U.S. Forest Service |
PAYNETOWN STATE RECREATION
AREA
- 26 modern
sites
- 226 camp sites with water &
electricity
- 78 primitive with water (no electricity)
- Camp Store
-
Boat Rental
- Boat Launch
- Basketball
- Swimming Beach
- Showers
- Fish Cleaning Station
- Nature Center
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ALLENS CREEK CAMPING AREA
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No numbered sites,
- the entire peninsula (over two miles of shoreline) is available for camping
- considered opinion there exists over 100 campsites
HARDIN RIDGE U.S. FORESTRY CAMPGROUND
- beautiful campground
- all wooded and overlooks
Lake Monroe.
- All sites have electric hook-ups,
- fine swimming beach
- boat launching area available to the public
- Total camp
sites number 200..
PHONE NUMBERS:
- PAYNETOWN STATE RECREATION AREA (812)-837-9546
- CAMP.IN Central Reservation System (866)-622-6746
or
www.CAMP.IN.gov
- HARDIN RIDGE U.S. FORESTRY SERVICE (812)-837-9453
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