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Fall Color – Strahl Lake – Brown County State Park – Indiana

Fall Color - Strahl Lake - Brown County State Park - Indiana

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Fall color along the hiking trail to Strahl Lake. Located in Brown County State Park outside of Nashville, Indiana. The park, which is heavily wooded, is the state’s largest protected natural area, comprising more than 15,000 acres. It was founded in 1929, and was comprised largely of former farm holdings that had been abandoned by settlers because of the area’s relatively poor soils.

Yellow Spring – Glen Helen Nature Preserve – Ohio

Yellow Spring - Glen Helen Nature Preserve - Ohio

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Yellow Spring, which the village of Yellow Springs, Ohio is named after. Located in Glen Helen Nature Preserve. Glen Helen, along with John Bryan State Park, and Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve, form a 2000 acre corridor of park land, that is known for cleanliness and biodiversity.

Historic Boone Tunnel – Wilmore – Kentucky

Historic Boone Tunnel - Wilmore - Kentucky

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The Historic Boone Tunnel is located along the Lexington to Harrodsburg road in Jessamine County Kentucky. Built in the 1870’s it provided a route through the Kentucky Palisades. The tunnel was abandoned in 1953 after the bridge that accompanied it, collapsed into the Kentucky River. Today, Hwy 68 crosses a new bridge, and route that bypasses the cliff the tunnel passes through.