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Added by Jopie, at 16 December 2016
Opening Hours
- Monday 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Tuesday 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Wednesday 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Thursday 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Friday 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Saturday 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Sunday 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
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14 Reviews
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04 December 2017
Nice park to walk around. Good place to let your kids run loose and enjoy the outdoors. It has several play grounds and an awesome sledding hill. Someday I want to head out there when we have a big snowstorm and take advantage of it.
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02 December 2017
One of my favorite parks. Well maintained trails, beautiful lake, pond and river and clean bathrooms. One can ride a bike, hike, run or just walk peacefully. Bonus: there are some monkey bars!
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20 November 2017
Talked to a nice park ranger here who told me which bike trail I should try. It was the most fun bike trail I have ever done. The trail was well marked with sharp turns with good terrain. I highly recommend their bike trail.
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22 October 2017
Great park! Many trails for many skill levels! Mountain bike trails are accessible and maintained. Harrison Trace is paved and is an easy walk for those with mobility concerns. Lawrence Creek Trail could be signed better as it is easy to get lost on that trail!
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27 September 2017
Wonderful. I love this park. I took a client with disablities to the saddle barn. The staff was welcoming and allowed us to pet a horse, even though we were not going to be able to ride. So sweet!
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26 September 2017
I spend a lot of time here. Mountain biking, hiking, creek stomping, picnicking, horseback riding, small ponds, historic place as it was an army base at one point. Great area for being so close to the city. Numerous outdoor opportunities.
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05 September 2017
Cannot recommend the horseback riding at all. The staff is rude as hell. First I showed my husband, who is nervous around horses as he has no experience, some horses relaxing in a paddock. We yelled at multiple times by an employee on a smoke break (at a barn, and near children - are you kidding me?!) To "Not feed the horses". She was about 20 yards away, and there was a sign immediately next to us stating not to feed them. As we were not feeding them, I continued to acclimate my spouse to the horses. I about 5 minutes she screamed twice more about not feeding the horses, but couldn't be arsed to come over and actually SEE that no one was feeding the horses. When we get around to actually requesting a ride, the woman behind the counter seemed exasperated - the ride we wanted was just getting ready to leave. And by that she meant they hadn't even been assigned horses yet. Speaking of horses - half of them are overweight, and all of them are bored out of their minds. They tack them in western gear, but instruct you to use English signals "if you need to - but you shouldn't have to do anything." That's right, they tell you that you should literally have to give no direction to these horses. Good thing, too, since the makeshift reins they give you are so short that if you try to actually have an appropriate grip the guide will scream at you to loosen the tension. I spent this entire ride contorted in an awkward position to keep my arm stretched 1/4 way up the horse's neck, holding the reins with a single hooked finger. I guess it's a good thing we never broke out of a slow walk.
I've been riding since I was a child. I know the equestrian community is famous for having stuck up, hypocritical people as the majority of their rank. If the point of this barn is to demonstrate this, bravo, job well done.
You've managed to make my husband want nothing to do with "horse people" unless I can make sure they aren't like the staff here.response / report this review -
21 August 2017
This lovely park has different kinds of trails and ways to be with nature, depending on your abilities and mood. Paved and unpaved, flat or very hilly, great for strollers or wheelchairs, running, hiking or mountain biking. Some trails take you right up to the river where my daughter likes to hunt for shells. A smaller creek is great for creek stomping. We've fished at the pond, enjoyed picnics with bathrooms and picnic tables, played at a neat playground structure, and you can go house back riding, too.
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05 July 2017
Staff was able to direct us to exactly the kind of trail matched what we were looking for as well as helpful tips when the park is busy. The trail we tried (the shared bike and walking path) had excellent views snaking around a ravine. The path is narrow and probably more than a little dangerous when wet. It wasn't too difficult where it was dry though.
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29 April 2017
It's great having an easily accessible State Park pretty much in our backyard. We love the hiking trails and our son loves the playground. My husband and son plan to go fishing there soon, great stocked pond. We also love the horses! I think a guided horseback ride is on the agenda for this summer as well.
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23 April 2017
I love running here- the trails are great and well maintained. There are plenty of activities for families- and is even a great place for events- we had our family reunion here one year.
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20 April 2017
Interesting place to visit. If your someone looking for anything really outdoorsy this isn't the place for you. However, from a historical stand point it's very interesting and it's a place worth visiting.
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13 February 2017
Living downtown, I sometimes crave a treeline view over my skyline view. Fort Harrison State Park (or "Fort Ben" as it's called by the locals) was a beautiful place to see the falling leaves and changing colors of fall. I loved that it offered both paved trails and woodsy terran. Beware, though, the woodsy trails get quite muddy if there's been any rain so I'd recommended hiking boots for exploring these. You DO have to pay to get into the park but you're greeted by a ranger who offers you a map and guidance (if needed). Happy Trails!
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23 December 2016
Only four stars because it is very much a product of it's environment, that doesn't suit me as much as it obvious suits others. "Yuppie hiking", very much like its counterpart on the NW side of Indy: Eagle Creek Park. Lawrence Creek Trail and Schoenberg Creek Trail are pretty good ones to gauge how serious you might be about hiking. They are a good start. I just prefer the ruggedness of something like Morgan Monroe State Forest and the rugged trails there.
Having said that, it's a beautiful place. It's a blessing to have Fort Harrison just 5 minutes off of I-465.response / report this review
