Patoka Lake Nature Center

Great spot! The kids love it! Lots to do and experience. The young lady on duty is helpful and super nice. If you're in the park, stop by!

Gorgeous trails to go visit. Ranging from easy and short - longer + more rugged terrain and everything in between. Patoka is a wide arrange of things offering all types of fun activities from a large beach/lake, winery, brewery, and now overnight stays in cabins and hotel like buildings, campgrounds, nature center with wildlife and education about native animals and history of the land. Here our some pictures of the trail a friend and I hiked.

Good informative place to go. And nice trails to hike.

My wife and I took a 3 mi hike. The trail needs a little bit of work. There were some place where we weren't quite sure which way the path went. But we did not get lost & enjoyed the hike.

Love this State Park and plan to come back when we can stay longer. Large beach area (including a nice changing facility), plenty of picnic tables, interesting Nature Center, and beautiful walking and bike trails. Learn about the Explore Program and State Park pins. It can enhance your park experience. Hope you find this park as fun as we did!

This is an excellent nature center. I'm glad I stopped in and got to see the snapping turtle.

Neat little place. The trails are closed until April 1st. Call before you go. It was still a nice visit walking around the center and seeing the eagles nest.

Very nice displays. Lots of interesting information. Really cute park attendants. Highly recommended.

Love visiting this place reminds me of my child hood.

Have not been there in 25 years and finally went back it was great did some walking and the beach.Nice place to hang out on the lake. Great for the weekends or go camping.

Neat place to visit while at Patoka Lake. Fun for kids.

Neat place....stop in and see the albino turtle....staff educator was very informative and fun 👍

Awesome place. Leaving Saturday morning and park is sold out for the weekend. Sure enjoyed being there during the weekdays.

Interesting place to stop in while at Patoka Lake. Friendly people to help answer all your questions. Enjoying our stay and the great outdoors.

Absolutely amazing, love the campground areas!

5 amazing trails start from the Nature Center. If you're looking for something different not far from the lake, this place has some amazing hidden gems.
It is part of the Indiana parks, you get in for free with the pass. Otherwise it's $7 at the gate, $10 for out of state.

Very cool and informative the officer was great she was nice and answered all the kids questions. Highly recommend if you come to patoka lake

The entry fee is whatever you need to pay to be in the park. The actual nature center there is no admission cost. Live animals are able to be viewed and there some historical displays that are very interesting. The staff is very knowledgeable and willing to answer your questions.

This place is amazing so many great trails and activities to do, bathrooms are great, all staff were friendly, large area to roam. lots of places to visit, French lick is close by, can't go wrong with this place campsites were spaced out just enough. Cant wait to go back and spend more than a day in a half there so much more to explore.

Great place to bring your kids. They had a live Red-Tailed Hawk when we went and it was beautiful. So many cool facts about Patoka in the nature center. Highly recommend