Quote Originally Posted by nscrbug View Post
I have a friend who is planning a small Labor Day weekend get-together. She is going to rent a house (cabin?) in Derby, IN which is right on the Ohio River and on the SE border of Hoosier Nat'l Forest. The other people attending this gathering, will be on motorcycles, and I may very well ride my Harley down there too. But my DH would drive down and would be able to bring along our bikes in the back of our SUV. I thought it would be fun to maybe get some cycling in on at least 1 of the days. Is the Hoosier Nat'l Forest a good place to do some riding? Or are there better roads in this area to explore? Any info or advice is appreciated! Thanks!

Linda
What kind of riding are you interested in? I know there are a good number of gravel roads in the Hoosier National Forest, some single-track and some paved roads. I was just there yesterday... The pass to get in is $5.00. Brown County - just north - and Brown County State Park has a lot of good riding if you have your hill climbing legs on.

Brown County State Park has a lot of very nice single-track if you want to mountain bike - though I do not know if the trails are open - right now their status appear to be "yellow" (slick spots but not closed). http://hmba.org/ provides a list on the right side of the main page that indicates if the trails are open in a particular area.

I am sure that others who live/have lived in the Bloomington/Columbus area can provide better information when they see this, but this is a start.