Agency-listedIDNR · dispersedFree
Indian Creek Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)
Dispersed · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN · 38.15938, -86.23791
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Harrison-Crawford State Forest office address is Corydon, IN (DNR property page).
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Weather outlook — at Indian Creek Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 667 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Indian Creek Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)NIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Indian Creek Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest) · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- EVEV fast charger7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- AAir-up19 mi
- WWater22 mi
- +Urgent care22 mi
- ShShower27 mi
- DDump28 mi
- PPropane56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Indian Creek Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)
Access
Dispersed
Land
Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · dispersed
Elevation
667 ft
State
IN
Coordinates
38.15938, -86.23791
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Indian Creek Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest) · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townNew Amsterdam · ~4.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelShell · ~5.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~28.1 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~7.2 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~7.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicKentucky One Health · ~21.9 mi
- HardwareHardware · ~13.1 mi
EV charging — from Indian Creek Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest) · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.9 mi straight-line NE — Corydon · EV Connect · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach5 within 25 mi · 32 within 50 · 117 within 100 · 337 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)27.5 mi — Meijer - Tesla Supercharger, New Albany
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.6 mi — Heritage Ford Of Indiana - Series, Corydon, IN · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 329669 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Indian Creek Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest) · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBuzzard Roost Campground · ~13.0 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMano Point Boat Ramp · ~17.3 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRainbow Lake · ~18.4 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletIndian Celina Recreation Area · ~19.8 mi W · USFS
Open Indian Creek Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest) elsewhere
Other camps near Indian Creek Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Adventure Trail Primitive Site (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)~0.8 mi
- Homestead Overnight Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)~2.0 mi
- Ohio River Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)~3.2 mi
- Pioneer Picnic Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)~3.6 mi
How we know this — Indian Creek Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)
Stay limit
14 nights (limited to 14 consecutive days)
Source
public land records
Confidence
Agency-confirmed — The managing agency's own record names this as a campsite and puts it at these coordinates. About as good as it gets short of standing here.
How it was placed
Rated 4 of 5 by IDNR: wooden floor, three walls and a roof. Sits on the bluffs above Indian Creek. IDNR trail narrative: Old Forest Road crossing to Indian Creek Shelter is about 2.9 miles; Indian Creek Shelter to the Primitive Site is about 1.1 miles. On the Adventure Trail, Harrison-Crawford State Forest. The DNR property page (read 2026-08-14 at https://www.in.gov/dnr/forestry/properties/harrison-crawford-state-forest/) states: "Overnight backpack camping is permitted (the Adventure Trail is the only trail along which camping is permitted). There are four shelters, two primitive sites, and four road crossings along the trail. Shelters are first-come, first-served and only available to those hiking the Adventure Trail." No dispersed camping is allowed on the section of the trail inside O'Bannon Woods State Park. Indiana state forest dispersed-camping rules (read 2026-08-14 at https://www.in.gov/dnr/forestry/properties/recreation/): dispersed camping is allowed only along the named trails; "No permit is required"; registration is required only at Morgan-Monroe and Yellowwood; stays limited to 14 consecutive days; group size limited to 6 persons per campsite; pack out all trash; no camping on sections of trail crossing a dedicated nature preserve or private land. IDNR publishes no charge for dispersed / backcountry camping on state forests, and the project rule (not National Forest and not developed => free) is applied here. Coordinate is Indiana DNR's own, unrounded, from the DNR hosted "Camping Sites" layer https://gisdata.in.gov/server/rest/services/Hosted/Camping_Sites_RO/FeatureServer/0 (read 2026-08-14). | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Indian Creek Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Indian Creek Shelter - Adventure Trail (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)
Finding water out here →Stay limits →Your first dispersed night →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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