Knobstone Trail (Indiana)

This site is presented by the PHE120 Backpacking course at Indiana Wesleyan University

 

  1. General location of the Knobstone Trail near Louisville KY in Southern Indiana
  2. Knobstone Trail map—mile 1-5
  3. Knobstone Trail map—mile 6-17
  4. Knobstone Trail map—mile 18-25
  5. Knobstone Trail map—mile 26-32
  6. Knobstone Trail map—mile 33-37
  7. Knobstone Trail map—mile 38-45
  8. Coach D’s data book for the Knobstone– mile by mile description
  9. Driving directions to the Knobstone trailheads
  10. http://www.in.gov/dnr/knobstone/ DNR Official site for Knobstone—Can buy Tyvek® maps here for $4—or get their Acrobat scanned image for free. 
  11. http://www.indianaoutfitters.com/Destinations/Knobstone_trail.htm Nice site at Indiana Outfitters –a decent list of trailhead directions. Weak map.
  12. Coach D’s equipment list for staring backpackers.

 

Other sites on the Knobstone Trail

  1. http://www.thebackpacker.com/trails/in/trail_354.php  A simple trail review page at thebackpacker.com inviting other reviews.
  2. http://www.anycities.com/user/towndawg/kt.htm Story of towndawg’s hike--cute at times.
  3. http://66.93.2.170/~krk/Knobstone_Trail_4_2000/diary1.html Story of a mid-April hike—pix
  4. http://home.earthlink.net/~ammisov/knob.htm A couple of women’s story of their hike on the Knobstone
  5. http://www.zionsville.net/hightech/team4/averill/journal.html another journal
  6. http://www.indwes.edu/tuesday/knob1.htm A winter trip by Keith Drury & Paul Stonehouse—has elevation data & pix
  7. iwu RECORD: The entire Knobstone Trail in one day? (Fall 2004 successful attempt—now holds Knobstone record)

 

Reflection blogs of IWU students who hiked the Knobstone

·        Easter 2001 (Knobstone, Indiana)

·        Easter 2002 (Knobstone, Indiana)

·        Easter 2003 (Knobstone, Indiana)

·        Easter 2004 (Knobstone, Indiana)

·        Easter 2005 (Knobstone, Indiana)

 

 

For more information contact Keith Drury our “Learning Coach” for this course