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| Greenwood Park Mall |
1251 US 31 & Countyline Rd.
Greenwood, IN 46142
(317) 881-6758
Over 140 total stores for you to shop at
Delicious food court
Major Anchor Tenants: JC Penney, L.S.Ayres, Lazarus, Von Maur, Sears
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| Brown County State Park |
Although Brown County boasts a wealth of recreational offerings, including art galleries and museums, music and theatre, shopping, dining, and more, the cornerstone of local recreational opportunities is the Brown County State Park.
Encompassing over 16,000 acres, the park provides a wide variety of outdoor and indoor recreational offerings, including:
- Country Store
- Cycling
- Fishing: two lakes, 17 and 7 acres
- Hiking: 12 miles of trails
- Horseback Riding: trailer facilities, saddle barn, trail rides, over 70 miles of bridle paths
- Nature Center and Naturalist Services
- Picnic Facilities: shelters, grilles, toilets
- Playgrounds
- RV parking, hookups, toilets
- Swimming: excellent outdoor pool
- Wilderness Tours: auto and walking
The park first opened to the public in 1929. In 1934, the Veteran's CCC began massive projects, such as planting trees, construction of buildings using with hand-hewn native timbers, clearing of trails, and erecting two log lookout towers. Scenic vistas were cleared, and Ogle Lake was built in 1934-35.
Wildlife found in the Park includes deer, raccoon, squirrel, and fox. Birds include robins, nuthatches, bluejays, cardinals, juncos, woodpeckers and crows. Owls and wild turkeys have also been sighted. Local people also report sightings of coyote, badger, bear, bobcat and cougar, although these are unsubstantiated.
Among the most popular parks in the nation, the Brown County State Park provides an attractive combination of unspoiled wilderness with modern conveniences, suitable for almost anyone's enjoyment.
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| The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame |
Located at the northeast corner of 16th Street
and Georgetown Road in the town of Speedway, approximately seven
miles west-northwest of downtown Indianapolis, IN. Access to
the speedway is available from all interstate highways entering
Indianapolis, especially I-465 at Exit 16A. It is open to the
public every day except Christmas year round.
The museum features more than 30 cars that have won the Indy 500, plus video presentations, racing memorabilia, a gift shop, photo shop and a half-hour film depicting the history of the race and recent race highlights. Buses stand by to give visitors a tour of the 2 ½-mile track (when conditions permit) or a behind-the-scenes tour of the Speedway's 300-acre infield. One visit to this fine museum and you will understand why so many people consider Indianapolis the "Racing Capital of the World".
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| The Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
The 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1909 as an automotive testing and competition facility at a time when the burgeoning car industry was thriving in Indiana. When its first series of races -- including motorcycles and many types of cars -- caused the track's original crushed stone and tar surface to break up, the Speedway immediately was repaved with 3.2 million bricks. It has been known as the "Brickyard" ever since. Interestingly, most of those bricks remain in place today under the Speedway's modern asphalt surface.
Since 1911, the speedway has been home to the famed Indianapolis 500. In August 1994, the NASCAR Winston Cup Series visited the track for the inaugural Brickyard 400. A capacity crowd -- the largest ever to witness a NASCAR event -- watched Indiana native Jeff Gordon make history as the first Brickyard 400 winner. Seven-time series champion Dale Earnhardt claimed victory at the second Brickyard 400 in 1995. The 1996 winner was Dale Jarrett, while Ricky Rudd claimed the win in last year's event.
The track is unique in its configuration, with straightaways between Turns 1 and 2, as well as Turns 3 and 4. Despite its relative lack of banking, it is the site of some of the highest speeds in motorsports, and a legend among race fans and drivers alike the world over.
Carl G. Fisher was the speedway's founder and sold it to World War I flying ace Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker in 1927. Rickenbacker sold it to Tony Hulman in late 1945. Early in Hulman's tenure the Indianapolis 500 grew to national prominence. Hulman's daughter, Mari Hulman George, is today the Indianapolis Motor Speedway chairman. Her son, Tony Hulman George, is the track president.
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| Indianapolis Museum of Art |
1200 West
38th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46208-4196
(317) 923-1331.
The Indianapolis Museum of Art, founded in 1883, is the nation's seventh-largest general art museum, featuring permanent collections of African, American, Asian, Contemporary and European art, as well as Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Decorative Arts, Textiles and Costumes. Among its most noted collections are the J.M.W. Turner Collection, the W.J. Holliday Collection of Neo-Impressionist Art, the Clowes Fund Collection and the Eli Lilly Collection of Chinese Art. The museum comprises four art pavilions, a theater, restaurant and shops on a 152-acre campus. The site is also home to Civic Theatre.
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