Sites of Interest

• Prophetstown State Park
  Land is currently being purchased by the State of Indiana for the development of Prophetstown State Park, which is located next to the Town of Battle Ground in Tippecanoe County. As of August of 2003, the park infrastructure is under construction. Ultimately, the development will include facilities, such as, a family campground, cabins, nature center, picnic areas with shelters, play fields, hiking trails, a fishing lake, restored prairie and wetland. Also planned for development is a unique complex of facilities which will include a Native American Center, recreated Indian Village and a Living Farm Museum. This complex of facilities will be developed and operated by a not-for profit foundation and will be known as the Museums at Prophetstown, 22 N. Second Street, Suite 100, Lafayette, Indiana, 47901.
• Fiddlers Gathering
  
  Click on the Fiddler's Logo above for more information.
  Tippecanoe Battlefield
  Battle Ground, Indiana
• Battle Ground Museum, and Battle Field.
  • HOURS:
    • Daily 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. from March through November
    • Daily 10:00 a.m-4:00 p.m. December through February
    • Except for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's days.
  • ADMISSION:
    • $3.00 adults
    • $2.00 seniors
    • $1.00 children
    • $0.75 children groups
    • TCHA members free
    • Battle Field area is free, and is open from dawn to dusk, 7 days a week, year round.
• Prophet's Rock
  This rock, overlooking Burnett's Creek, is where Tecumseh's brother, Lowawluwaysica, The Prophet, sang to encourage his warriors during the fight against William Henry Harrison's soldiers at the Battle of Tippecanoe, November 7, 1811. The Prophet's Rock is located just west of the Battlefield on Prophets Rock Road.
• Prophet's Town
  Established in 1808 by Tecumseh and the Prophet as the capital of their pan-Indian confederacy. Led by Tecumseh, representatives of many Midwestern Indian nations met and lived here in an attempt to build the greatest Indian resistance movement in American history. A training ground for over one thousand warrior, Prophet's Town extended for two miles along this bluff. The Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811, crushed this confederacy, and Harrison's army burned the town the following day. Prophet's Town was located 2 miles East of Battle Ground, just off State Rd. 225. A Historical marker is located at the approximate location of Prophet's Town.
• Battle Ground Fall Festival
  The Battle Ground Fall Festival is usually held on the first Saturday in October from 7 AM to 6 PM (or dark).
  There will be flea markets, children's games, food, live music, and raffle prizes.
  It is usually held on Indiana State Road 225 in front of the business district.
• Wolfs Park
  Wolf Park, just 2 miles north of Battle Ground, is a world renowned non-profit organization and educational facility dedicated to wolf behavior and conservation. It is home to wolves, coyotes, foxes and bison. Visitors from near and far make their way to Battle Ground to visit this unique wildlife facility. The Park offers a Howl Night program year round on Saturday nights at 7:30 where visitors can learn about wolves, and howl with them. During the open season, May 1 - Nov 30, the Park is open Tuesday to Sunday from 1-5pm. They also do Howl Nights on Friday at 7:30 pm, in addition to Saturdays. During open hours there are guided tours of the Park, and on weekends there are additional activities, such as the Wolf and Bison Demonstration on Sundays only. Admission as of 2007 is $7 for adults, $5 for kids 6-13, and free for little children and Wolf Park members. (It is $1 more on Sundays)  DIRECTIONS: From downtown Battle Ground, take Main Street north, as if going to the schools, but take your first left on Jefferson Street, which is before the schools. Go 1.5 miles out of town, until you see the wooden Wolf Park signs on the right. Follow the gravel road back 0.25 miles to the entrance.
  765/567-2265, www.wolfpark.org
• Heritage Trail
  Location: The northern trailhead is at the Tippecanoe Battlefield Memorial, at the southern edge of Battleground. From Lafayette, go north on Ninth Street, which becomes Canal Road, and keep following this (bear right at the "Y" intersection). You’ll go under Sagamore Parkway, over the Wabash River, and sooner or later reach Battleground. The Battlefield is on your left as you come into town. From the Intersection of I-65 and US 43, go south on 43 and turn left onto Burnett Rd. just as the highway goes back to two lanes. When Burnett Road ends, turn left: you’re now on Canal Road, so do what I told those other folks to do.
  Description: The Trail is a nice walk, currently about eleven miles; nothing strenuous, no remarkable features of interest, just an enjoyable hike. From the southwest corner of the parking lot at the Battlefield, follow a trail down the steps just beyond the little wooden cabin that serves as the nature center, and over a little bridge, and you’re at the start of the trail (it leads away to your left). The trail follows Burnett’s Creek down toward the Wabash through a thickly wooded area, then across the Wabash on the old Davis Ferry bridge (where there is another access point) and on past an island which is set aside as a heron rookery (keep an eye open and I bet you see a heron somewhere along here). after passing beside the Lafayette City Golf Course (another access point) and through some woody spots, it goes past the Harrison bridge and ends at Reihle Plaza in Lafayette. The trail south of Davis Ferry is less wooded. The trail is a good chance to get better acquainted with the Wabash, a slow, muddy river that is vastly underrated as a recreational opportunity. Hopefully the trail will soon be extended to Fort Ouiatenon and maybe someday through Granville Park, Ross Hills and all the way to Cicott Park at Independence, or even Attica.
• Battle Ground native a Medal of Honor recipient. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/shoup.htm  It is reported that the Shoup house at 100 N. Winans was the residence of his grandparents.

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