Brookville Lake
exists as a cooperative management effort between the Corps
of Engineers and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
The 5,260 acre lake provides flood reduction and a whole lot
more.
Mounds SRA and Quakertown SRA
16,445 acres - 5,260-acre lake
Activities and Facilities
Archery
Boating / 9 Launch Ramps
Fishing / Ice Fishing
Hiking Trails
Horseshoe Pits
Hunting
Interpretive Naturalist Services
Kent's Harbor Marina
Picnicking / Shelter house
Playground
Shooting Range
Swimming / Beach (See Swim Alert)
Volleyball
Water skiing
Camping
Full Hookup / 62 sites
Electric / 388 sites
Camp Store
Dumping Station |
Contact Information
14108 SR 101
Brookville, IN 47012 - South Central
(765) 647-2657
More
Information
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the Brookville Lake Map |
| Indiana State Parks traces
its history back to 1916. Colonel Richard Lieber, an Indianapolis
businessman and German immigrant, recommended that a state park
system be created as part of Indiana’s celebration of
its centennial. Lieber became a national leader in the state
parks movement and assisted other states in forming their own
systems as well. He became the first Director of the Indiana
Department of Conservation, serving for more than a decade.
Lieber’s strong philosophy
was that users of the parks should be charged a user fee and
that money from all fees should be dedicated and used to defray
the operational costs. This philosophy continues to this day
and Indiana is one of the leading state park systems in terms
of self sufficiency. We rank third behind New Hampshire and
Vermont but those states do not provide nearly the services
or facilities we provide here.
Another notable aspect of Indiana’s
state park system is that it is widely recognized for its
quality. While many other states have far more state parks
by measures such as parks/capita or parks/acre, they have
often been saddled with small parks which are not efficient
to manage and in most cases, should have been part of a local
system. For the most part, Indiana has avoided that problem.
The result is fewer parks but very high quality. |
