# Road trips in Indiana

> 3 road trips and 8 hand-picked places in Indiana, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping.

Source: https://camping-spirit.com/roadtrips/indiana/

3 road trips and 8 hand-picked places in Indiana, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping.

## Road trips through Indiana

- [Southern Indiana hills: Columbus architecture to Lincoln’s boyhood](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-southern-indiana/): Modern architecture in Columbus, the art village of Nashville and Brown County’s forests, a pioneer mill and the farm where Lincoln grew up.
- [Indiana Dunes and northern Indiana’s Amish country](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b10-indiana-dunes/): Lake Michigan dunes an hour from Chicago, then Notre Dame and the buggies of Shipshewana.
- [Giant baskets and infinity rooms: a Midwest oddities run](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/midwest-oddities/): Novelty buildings, a fiberglass spaceman and a house that should not exist.

## Places worth the detour in Indiana

- [Indiana Dunes State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-indiana-dunes-sp/): Home of the Three Dune Challenge, a steep climb over three of the highest dunes, and a busy beach pavilion. Parking fills on summer weekends.
- [Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum](https://camping-spirit.com/places/indy-speedway/): Winning cars from more than a century of the Indy 500. Some tours stop at the yard of bricks.
- [West Beach, Indiana Dunes National Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-west-beach/): A guarded Lake Michigan beach with the Dune Succession Trail climbing stairs over dunes; the Chicago skyline is visible across the lake.
- [Mount Baldy](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-mount-baldy/): A wandering sand dune that moves inland each year; access to the top is by ranger-guided hike, but the beach trail is open.
- [University of Notre Dame](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-notre-dame/): A campus of lakes and golden dome, with the Basilica of the Sacred Heart and the Grotto, open to visitors.
- [Brown County State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-brown-county-sp/): Indiana’s largest state park, with forest ridges and overlooks such as Hesitation Point, especially popular in October leaf season. Enter through the covered bridge at the north gate.
- [Spring Mill State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-spring-mill-sp/): A restored 1800s pioneer village around a working stone grist mill, plus caves, including a boat tour in Twin Caves. A Gus Grissom memorial honors the astronaut from nearby Mitchell.
- [Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-lincoln-boyhood/): The farm where Abraham Lincoln lived from age 7 to 21, with his mother’s grave, a memorial hall and a living history farm open in summer. Next to Lincoln State Park.

## FAQs

**What are the best road trips in Indiana?**
Popular routes include Southern Indiana hills: Columbus architecture to Lincoln’s boyhood, Indiana Dunes and northern Indiana’s Amish country and Giant baskets and infinity rooms: a Midwest oddities run. CampingSpirit has 3 trip guides that pass through Indiana, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map.

**Which places in Indiana are worth a detour?**
Our editors recommend Indiana Dunes State Park.