This beautiful park is only 10 miles away. Bicycling, hiking, roller blading, non motorized use. Nations longest hiking trail (about 4500 miles) runs right through Barry County and several miles of the trail are very close to Indian Valley Campground. Here is a link to the Chief Noonday Chapter of the NCT that has several on line maps. There is a trail head just 4 miles from camp on Crane road. It is a beautiful 3 mile hike to Johnson road, so 6 miles out and back. A very nice easy walk through a Audubon Society wetlands with many species of plant life and birds, approximately 1.1 mile loop back to parking. Only room for a few cars. About 7 miles from Camp. |
A Michigan state park with miles of hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian trails. Just 13 miles from camp There are 11 courses near Middleville. Please click here for the listings. The Thornapple river right here at Indian Valley and Coldwater river which is accessible from camp offer good fishing for Smallmouth bass, Pike, Brown and Rainbow trout, Bluegill, Sunfish to name just a few. There are also 300 lakes in Barry County. Here is a link to a listing of some of those lakes. |
OPEN: 4/15-10/22
(Winter camping available by reservation only)
Our GPS Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.768801
Longitude: -85.463172