spring mill state park

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  177rhondal

  the village is great. wonderful place to visit but the parking is so far away. hard to walk so far with disabilities.

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  648stevem648

  Your visit starts by just enjoying nature. You can be as active as you want, Hike, enjoy the village, ( Now Closed ) Take a cave boat ride. Donaldson Cave closed due to ( Bats )white nose synd. The nature center is very nice, also closed for the winter. Nice pool, indoor , outdoor. Enjoy a walk around the lake while you can. They are going to be dredging it due to the sediment. You can enjoy reading a book around the fireplace, or go down stairs and read. Quieter upstairs. Game room and pool entrance are down stairs. If you enjoy nature you will love this place. Memorial to Gus Grissom is at the main entrance. Check some of my pictures out.

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  mikegP730RL

  The park features numerous walking trails odd various intensity along with a number of caves. A historic village had been recreated with actual buildings from preceding generations. The park features an old growth forest with huge trees.

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  irisarbor

  This is a lovely place to stop and see some living history. It has a working Grist Mill and you can buy stone ground corn meal to make delicious corn bread and polenta. A must buy if you are a cook and you are there.

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  retiredgasman

  We visited the State Park with our grandchildren (ages 5 & 7) and thoroughly enjoyed it. The Village is great. Hiking is short and relatively east. Made a mistake of going to the lodge for lunch. The buffet looked very good, but for lunch we wanted much less to eat. I ordered the beef manhattan special (intending to eat half); wife ordered a grilled chicken sandwich with chips; and grandchildren ordered from the child's menu - 1. macaroni & cheese with chips & applesauce and 2. chicken strips & fries. My beef manhattan was delivered to the table immediately-we were told the rest would be out very soon, so I went ahead and started eating. It was luke warm, but ok. Very little beef, lots of mashed potatoes. I finished my meal and the other 3 still were not served. Asked where is the food - it is almost ready. Finally their food came. Missing the applesauce & chips - had to request. The waitress did not charge us for the manhattan but our experience was poor. It appears they are set up for the buffet and not orders from the menu. A couple at a table next to us were also waiting for a very long time for their food ordered from the menu. It took us over an hour for a 30 minute lunch. They were not very busy. LOVE THE PARK - WILL NOT RETURN TO THE LODGE RESTAURANT.

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  fourkittys

  My husband and I just returned from a two night stay at the Spring Mill Inn and were very pleased. We had spent many summer holidays with our children years ago camping at their lovely campground so now it's just the two of us we like to take advantage of the their great two for one specials during the winter at the inn.Our daughter gifted us a two night stay as a Christmas present and we were able to get the three room suite on the first floor. We loved the extra space and privacy. Down the hall was a huge lounge area with comfortable couches and chairs with games and puzzles and a seperate pool area. Coffee machine (free) as well as soft drink and snack machines were available for purchase.. The pool is an indoor/outdoor pool with ladder only access so I was not able to take advantage of it. The elevator was close and one floor up was the dining room just steps away, another lounge area with a fireplace and the check in desk. Luke was on the job and took great care of us. Sweet guy!The buffet is serving three meals a day and was above average for the most part. Delicious salad bar, fried chicken, presliced roast beef (hard to keep from drying out) and baked fish. Also, mashed potatoes or rice and gravy, corn and green beans with ham. Desserts consisted of white cake, cherry cobbler (delicious) and corn meal pie (with coconut) which was very good and very sweet. $12.49 + drinks. The serving ladies were very sweet and took good care of us. We sat by the fireplace in the beautiful old dining room. Oh, yes, they gave us a 10% senior discount.Breakfast buffet is $8.49 + drinks included fruits, cereals including hot oatmeal, toast and bagels, scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, hash brown potatoes, crisp bacon and sausage patties. That's a pretty basic selection but everything was fresh and good.I think Spring Mill Inn might be the best of the Indiana state parks. Everything was very clean, the employees were friendly, The park itself is truly beautiful and we look forward in staying here again next winter. Nest month Turkey Run!

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  Eugenna

  We went with extended family to the village the first weekend of December when they were having the country Christmas. For some reason I was expecting Christmas lights and the normal Christmas stuff, I was completely wrong! It was on "old time" Christmas. The village had decorations on the trees that would have been used back when the village was first made. There were many volunteers dressed to the times in the cabins doing various activities with kids. They had free snacks and warm apple cider in the "tavern."

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  hemphill2013

  We have visited the park several times but we hadn't seen it at night. I had been told that the night-time tour was really great and it was. But be patient, the place was packed, far more that I had ever seen before. Waiting on the shuttle took too long and as it was before dark, we were told by a ranger that we could take a very steep and twisted path. If you aren't in good physical shape I wouldn't advise it but it was a nice 20 minute hike if you like that kind of thing which we do! After seeing the park with a flashlight and enjoying the music played at several different places, we stood in line for the shuttle back to the nature center, where we had parked. It took some time, but it was a very pleasant visit. We are very likely to return next year!

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  angelacS1746QD

  Limited access is available to some of the caves in park at this time. Please call park office for more information. Glad you enjoyed all of the other activities.

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  JudyP15

  Our park staff works diligently to maintain the roads, regardless of weather conditions. Glad you enjoyed your visit!