Outdoors: Starve Hollow State Recreation Area

Cypress Stand Click to Enlarge Reservoir Click to Enlarge Turkey Roost Trail Click to Enlarge Vista Trail View Click to Enlarge Introduction When first constructed in 1938, Starve Hollow’s reservoir was the largest in Indiana. The water is the principal attraction for most visitors. Trails There is also an extensive, if remote, trail system. The Oak Leaf Nature Trail (brochure available) begins next to camp site 302 and provides the best link to the larger trail system. The Oak Leaf trail skirts the northern edge of Starve Hollow Lake, past cypress knees and low ground, before terminating at the Lakeshore Loop. The Lakeshore Loop intersects two other trails, the Cabin Site Trail (much of which runs along a logging road) and the Vista Trail. The latter is another loop; it affords nice, if leaf-obscured, views of the surrounding countryside. Facilities Campground, showers, bathroom, nature center Directions View Larger Map Jackson County. From the eastern intersection of US 50 and IN 135, go south 3.7 miles on IN 135 to 310W/Lake Road, then left 2.1 miles to the entrance on the left. North 38 48.962 West 86 05.093 DeLorme 51:H9 Nearby Natural Areas Delaney Park Hemlock Bluff Nature Preserve References Bloom: Hiking Indiana; Page 132 Habeck: Wild Indiana; Page 113 Indiana Department of Natural Resources McPherson: Indiana Best Hikes; Page 364 McPherson: Nature Walks in Southern Indiana; Page 152