Brown County State Park

We took a few days off last week and went down to Brown County State Park and to Nashville, Indiana.

On the way we stopped at Hickory Hills BBQ in Edinburgh and picked up some sandwiches and slaw. We then headed over to Ogle Lake at the Brown County State Park.


We chowed down on the BBQ. You know you're eating good BBQ when you get it on your trunk.

We then decided to walk around the lake. There are several different walking trails at the park.


Anita commented about how us being noisy would keep any snakes away. Wrong...

Next stop was the fire tower. I vowed to get up further than the last time we were there. I did not make it any further. In fact, I stopped at the same place as last time. In my defense, it's a little shaky.


We then went down to Strahl lake. It was pretty crowded there, so we decided to find a quiet place to read for a while.


We pulled over and set up our chairs and read for a bit.


Next we stopped by the Nature Center, which was pretty cool. They had snakes, and turtles, and a beehive, and lots of other things.


Finally we headed to the hotel, the Brown County Inn. We've stayed there quite a bit over the years. During the summer, we just camp out by the pool.



Ok, I have to admit it, I am addicted to the claw game in the arcade by the pool. Why? Because I'm actually pretty good at it. We have amassed a rather large collection of toys that we will be donating this year.

Brown County Inn, Nashville, Indiana

We recently returned from a vacation to Nashville, Indiana. It is our favorite spot in the state. We usually go there 5-6 times a year. We've always stayed in the Brown County Inn.

The Brown County Inn is an older, rustic hotel. The grounds are well-maintained. The inn is about a block from downtown Nashville, an artist's colony. Nashville has several hundred little shops, many containing artwork from local artists.

There are several good restaurants in town, but we often end up eating at the hotel. They have decent food, although it is a little pricey. Sunday morning they have an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet that is usually pretty good.

The inn is close enough to town that you could walk, or you can catch the 'train' (really a bus) to town.

They have a big indoor pool that we love. There is also a small game room. They have one of those games where you use a claw to pick up toys. We are crazy nuts about it. This is the only place we play it. We have hundreds of toys from it. This year we will bag them all up and donate them to local kids for the holidays.

Besides the pool and arcade they have shuffleboard, horseshoes, miniature golf and a playground.

The 9-hole putt-putt course is a favorite of ours. It is nothing fancy, but several of the holes are very challenging. It doesn't hurt that the bar/lounge is nearby. Drinks are allowed outside in plastic cups.

There are 99 rooms at the inn. They could use a little updating, but only if they were to keep the rustic feel. They do have free wireless internet access in most areas.

We've been pondering staying elsewhere, like maybe renting a cabin in the woods, but we always end up at the Brown County Inn. The pool, the restaurant, the location and the games just keep bringing us back.

Brown County Inn
51 St. Rd. 46 E.
Nashville, IN 47448
1-800-772-5249