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2024 Parke County Maple Fair

February 12, 2024

2024 Parke County Maple Fair

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Montezuma Chili Cook Off

February 12, 2024

Saturday - February 17th - 5pm -7pm Montezuma, Indiana

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Celebrate Valentine's Day at Turkey Run

February 11, 2024

Turkey Run State Park - February 17th - 6pm

Celebrate Valentine's Day at Turkey Run Inn this year!!!

Nature's Mating Game provides an honest (and explicit!) window into

the animal and insect world of mating and courtship practices.

Enjoy a delicious, romantic dinner followed by a presentation

by Jenny Matthews, the Turkey Run and Shades State Parks

Naturalist, to learn about ALL things mating.

A cash bar will be available during dinner and the presentation.

Don't stop there! Reserve a room at the Inn to enjoy a night in our

beautiful facility and wake up to a wonderful breakfast.

For $320, enjoy a dinner for two, a presentation, an overnight stay at

the Inn, and a Sunday morning breakfast.

For $120, enjoy a dinner for two and a presentation.

Please contact Kristina Hale, Sales Director, to reserve your spot/book a room!

Email: [email protected]

Call: 765-500-6191

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Eagles in Flight Weekend at Turkey Run State Park January 26th -28th, 2024

January 09, 2024

Join us January 26th - 28th at Turkey Run State Park where the Eagles in Flight Weekend will occur at both the Inn & Nature Center.

Discover nest, an overnight roost and hunting grounds, as we explore the habitats of bald eagles.

Enjoy live eagle, hawk and owl programs!

Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite.com

Make Turkey Run Inn room reservations at 877-563-4371 or Indianainns.com

Watch for more detail on our program site http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/2420.htm or you can call the Nature Center 765-597-2654

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Bridgeton Country Christmas Nov. 24-26 & Dec.1-3, 2023

November 19, 2023

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2024 Covered Bridges Calendar!

October 18, 2023

PARKE COUNTY'S COVERED BRIDGES 2024 CALENDAR

Beauty Built To Last...For GENERATIONS

Only $12.00 — Get Your Copy Here!

Order our NEW 2024 Covered Bridge Calendar - Click Image

Chances are, not may folks stopped in the middle of a covered bridge to comment on its beauty or ingenious construction 100 years ago. They simply used it to cross a body of water.

Yet what was built with an ordinary purpose has become for many a source of extraordinary beauty; a muse for lovers, artists and writers; a focal point for wedding planners; and a curiosity for engineers and tourists. Unfortunately they are also fragile, often falling prey to vandalism and arson.

Parke County's thirty-one remaining treasures give good reason for calling us the Capital of Covered Bridge Country, with the oldest dating back to 1856 and the newest to 2006.

This beautiful, full-sized calendar showcases a different Parke County Covered Bridge each month.

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The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival 2023

August 23, 2023

Only 51 more days & We are counting them down, it will be here before you know it!

If you're a Vendor still looking for space, give us a call for Mansfield location 765-653-3049 or 765-562-3815

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August 23, 2023

Bridgeton Civil War Days - August 26th & 27th, 2023

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