My car parked along the new gravel road. At the end of the short road, a short trail heads right into the trees and to the highpoint.
Indiana Highpoint - Hoosier Hill - 1257 ft
5 June 2005, 6:15 pm ET.
Highpoint #21.
Back to 2005 Northeast Highpoint Expedition
This highpoint seems to have been improved significantly since the guidebooks were written. (One of the register entries mentioned a Scout project.) After driving south on Elliot Road for 0.3 miles, just past the grove of trees, there is now a gravel driveway to the right, marked with a street sign labeled 'Highest Point'. Down this road, 20 yards or so, there is a short trail to the right, up to the highpoint. No more fence, no more stile. There is a cairn, a sign, a register in a brick mailbox, and a picnic table at this highpoint now. I reached the top at 6:15 ET, but given Indiana's creative use (dis-use) of Daylight Savings Time, who knows what the actual local time was!
My car parked along the new gravel road. At the end of the short road, a
short trail heads right into the trees and to the highpoint.
The Indiana highpoint summit.
View from near the summit.
Highpointers should contact the owner, Kim Goble, at (765) 966-5674 to request access permission.
References
Highpoint Adventures, Charlie and Diane
Winger, Colorado Mountain Club Press, 2002.
Highpoints of the United States, Don W.
Holmes, University of Utah Press, 2000.
http://www.targotennisberg.org/highpoints/indiana/
http://www.surgent.net/highpoints/states/in.html