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Nickel Plate Trail
The Nickel Plate Trail is a rail trail that encompasses of abandoned railroad corridor in north central Indiana. The trail runs from Rochester to Kokomo. Route The northern endpoint of the trail starts is in Rochester in Fulton County, Indiana and travels south into Miami through Macy, Deedsville, Denver to the north of Peru. The trail then uses various roadway combinations and picks back up as a separate trail on the west side of the city. From Peru, the trail heads south through Bunker Hill and Miami in Miami County and through Cassville in Howard County, Indiana. Plans Currently, the trail ends in Howard County, just north of the city of Kokomo. In 2018 the Industrial Heritage Trail in Kokomo was extended via a lighted pedestrian bridge over IN 931 and under US 31 effectively extending the trail just south of Lincoln Road near State Road 931. Other communities south of Kokomo have expressed interest in connecting to the Nickel Plate Trail. Recently, Tipton star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wabash River
The Wabash River ( French: Ouabache) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river that drains most of the state of Indiana in the United States. It flows from the headwaters in Ohio, near the Indiana border, then southwest across northern Indiana turning south near the Illinois border, where the southern portion forms the Indiana-Illinois border before flowing into the Ohio River. It is the largest northern tributary of the Ohio River and third largest overall, behind the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. From the dam near Huntington, Indiana, to its terminus at the Ohio River, the Wabash flows freely for . Its watershed drains most of Indiana. The Tippecanoe River, White River, Embarras River and Little Wabash River are major tributaries. The river's name comes from a Miami word meaning "water over white stones", as its bottom is white limestone, now obscured by mud. The Wabash is the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassville, Indiana
Cassville is an unincorporated community in Howard Township, Howard County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area and located approximately 5.9 miles from downtown Kokomo. History Originally named Pleasant Spring, Cassville was renamed in 1854 for Lewis Cass, a U.S. Senator from Michigan. Geography Cassville is located at on the border of Clay Township and Howard Township. Highway * US-31 to South Bend South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the fourt ... (North) and Indianapolis (South) References Unincorporated communities in Howard County, Indiana Kokomo, Indiana metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{HowardCountyIN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Discovery Trail
The American Discovery Trail is a system of recreational trails and roads that collectively form a coast-to-coast hiking and biking trail across the mid-tier of the United States. Horses can also be ridden on most of this trail. The coastal trailheads are the Delmarva Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and the northern California coast on the Pacific Ocean. The trail has northern and southern alternates for part of its distance, passing through Chicago and St. Louis respectively. The total length of the trail, including both the north and south routes, is . The northern route covers with the southern route covering . It is the only non-motorized coast-to-coast trail. The trail passes through 14 national parks and 16 national forests and uses sections of or connects to five National Scenic Trails, 10 National Historic Trails, and 23 National Recreation Trails. For part of its distance, it is coincident with the North Country Trail, the Buckeye Trail, the Continental Divide Trail, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
