Riding Versailles

By: Ron McCoy

Versailles State Park is the second largest state park in
Indiana with 5988 acres of property. It is quite scenic and
the terrain varies from old overgrown fields and flat woods
to some steep hills and hollows. Day riding only is
available at this time but we are hopeful that overnight
camping for horsemen will happen in the future. The state
has run a 6 inch water line to the proposed camp location
and this camp is in the master plan.

The Day Use area offers water, hitch rails, picnic tables
and grills. Porta Johns are available during the normal
riding season. The parking area has a solid gravel based
surface and all the roads leading into the day use area are
paved.

The 25 miles of trails are mostly shaded by hardwood trees
offering some spectacular fall colors. The “A” trail 7.5
miles in length and “B” trail with 4 miles are the original
trails. There are two crossings of the Fallen Timber Creek
neither crossing is difficult unless there has been very
heavy rain the night before.

Trails “X” “Y” and “Z” are newer and some spots can be a
little muddy during wet weather. The park is working on
hardening these areas. The “X” trail of 6 miles does cross
under US 50 thru a large tunnel that has a small stream
running thru on one side. The tunnel is large enough that
horses will pass through it with out trouble. The “Y” and
“Z” trails are loops off the “Z” trail and are of short
mileage.

Versailles also has a 230 acre lake good for fishing, a
large swimming pool and good size family campground. None of
these areas are accessible from the horse trails. There is
also a 10 mile mountain bike trail but in a completely
different area from the horse trails.

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Versailles State is located on US route 50 one mile east of the town of Versailles with the entrance on the north side of the highway. There are wide turn lanes into the park entrance allowing traffic from both directions easy access.

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