5th (and Final!) Monroe Lake Holiday Hiking Challenge

Schedule

Thu Nov 28 2024 at 07:00 am to Sun Dec 01 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Monroe Lake | Bloomington, IN

Advertisement
๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต (๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น!) ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ
We challenge you to forget about shopping and holiday stressโ€ฆ spend your time outside instead, exploring the beauty of the outdoors along our Monroe Lake trails!
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€! Each of our trails will have at least one challenge station where you will need to complete the posted activity and take a photo to document it. Everyone who completes the challenge and submits their photo set by the deadline will be entered into the ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด!
Prizes include 2025 Indiana State Parks Annual Entrance Passes and a guided kayak trip on the lake in summer 2025 for up to 8 people (kayaks included).
๐——๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ to see where the challenge stations are located along each trail. ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ before midnight on Sunday, December 1!
๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™‚๐™ช๐™ž๐™™๐™š (๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ช๐™—๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ !) ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™’๐™š๐™™๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ, ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ซ. 27.
Total hiking distance is between 10 and 14 miles (depending on how you choose to hike it) and ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ to complete the challenge, so feel free to split up the trails over multiple days (as long as you finish by Dec. 1!).
โ€ข Paynetown State Recreation Area: Tree Trek Trail 0.5 miles, Blue Bird Trail 1.25 miles, and Whitetail Trail 1 mile out-and-back (2 miles total).
โ€ข Allens Creek State Recreation Area: Turkey Trot Trail 1.75 miles out-and-back (3.5 miles total)
โ€ข Fairfax State Recreation Area: Big Oak Trail 1.75 miles, Evergreen Loop 0.25 miles, Homestead Loop 1.84 miles, Quarry Extension 0.41 miles out-and-back (0.82 miles total), and Osprey Overlook Trail 0.09 miles
Not sure where each SRA is located? Download the Monroe Lake property map at in.gov/dnr/parklake/files/monroe_trail.pdf. Entry to all our SRAs is free during the winter months.
Advertisement

Where is it happening?

Monroe Lake, 4850 S State Road 446,Bloomington,IN,United States

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Monroe Lake

Host or Publisher Monroe Lake

It's more fun with friends. Share with friends

Discover More Events in Bloomington

Celebrate the Season with the BSO
Fri Nov 29 2024 at 05:00 pm Celebrate the Season with the BSO

Buskirk-Chumley Theater

CONCERTS MUSIC
Smells Like Nirvana - Nirvana Tribute
Fri Nov 29 2024 at 08:00 pm Smells Like Nirvana - Nirvana Tribute

The Castle Theatre

ART THEATRE
Celebrate the Season with the BSO
Fri Nov 29 2024 at 09:00 pm Celebrate the Season with the BSO

Buskirk-Chumley Theater

CONCERTS MUSIC
Celebrate the Season
Fri Nov 29 2024 at 09:00 pm Celebrate the Season

114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, United States, Indiana 47401

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
A Midweek Mini Retreat to get Unstuck (Bloomington)
Tue Jan 09 2024 at 09:00 am A Midweek Mini Retreat to get Unstuck (Bloomington)

Bloomington

WORKSHOPS ART
Family Fun Color Run
Sat Nov 02 2024 at 08:30 am Family Fun Color Run

St. Charles School

WORKSHOPS SPORTS
North Pole Gingerbread Baking Company Adventure
Sun Nov 10 2024 at 11:30 am North Pole Gingerbread Baking Company Adventure

2534 E 3rd St, Bloomington, IN, United States, Indiana 47401

TRIPS-ADVENTURES KIDS
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Fri Nov 22 2024 at 08:30 pm The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, United States, Indiana 47401

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
5th (and Final!) Monroe Lake Holiday Hiking Challenge
Thu Nov 28 2024 at 07:00 am 5th (and Final!) Monroe Lake Holiday Hiking Challenge

Monroe Lake

TRIPS-ADVENTURES TREKKING
MCHA Dog Walking Club
Sat Nov 30 2024 at 09:00 am MCHA Dog Walking Club

791 S Fieldstone Blvd, Bloomington, IN, United States, Indiana 47403

DOG TRIPS-ADVENTURES
Paw Patrol Live! "A Mighty Adventure"
Sat Nov 30 2024 at 11:00 am Paw Patrol Live! "A Mighty Adventure"

1211 E 7th St, Bloomington, IN, United States, Indiana 47405

TRIPS-ADVENTURES PARTIES
The Children's Nutcracker
Sat Nov 30 2024 at 08:00 pm The Children's Nutcracker

114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, United States, Indiana 47401

TRIPS-ADVENTURES KIDS
The Children's Nutcracker
Sun Dec 01 2024 at 04:30 pm The Children's Nutcracker

114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, United States, Indiana 47401

TRIPS-ADVENTURES KIDS
An Evening with Shakey Graves & Buffalo Hunt | 12.5
Thu Dec 05 2024 at 08:00 pm An Evening with Shakey Graves & Buffalo Hunt | 12.5

216 N. Walnut Bloomington IN 47404

TRIPS-ADVENTURES MUSIC
Save the date! Spring 2025 Conference
Wed Apr 02 2025 at 09:00 am Save the date! Spring 2025 Conference

Dimension Mill

BUSINESS CONFERENCES

What's Happening Next in Bloomington?

Discover Bloomington Events