White River State Park is a 225-acre urban waterfront park in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.

It has been the recipient of numerous park design and concert venue awards over the last decade.

It has valuable green spaces like The Lawn, an award-winning concert venue, and WISHARD Indy Slow Food Garden, a community heirloom garden.

Historical features include the Historic Central Canal, Old Washington Street Pedestrian Bridge, and the Historic Pumphouse.

Carefully chosen attractions like Shakespeare on the Canal, Celebration Plaza, Indianapolis Zoo and Gardens, Eitelijorg Museum, Victory Field, an IMAX Theater, the NCAA Hall of Champions Museum, and the Indiana State Museum share the community with visitors.

801 W Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN, Phone: 800-665-9056

Milwaukee (1 hour 35 minutes) Holland, Michigan (2 hours 30 minutes) Kettle Moraine State Forest (2 hours 40 minutes) Lake Geneva (1 hour 40 minutes) Naperville (40 minutes) Village of Oak Park (15 minutes) Six Flags Great America (1 hour) North Utica (1 hour 45 minutes) Chicago Botanic Garden (35 minutes) Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (1 hour) Old State Capitol State Historic Site (3 hours) Apple River Canyon State Park (2 hours 30 minutes) Starved Rock State Park (1 hour 35 min) Brookfield Zoo (25 minutes) Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (3 hours) Anderson Japanese Gardens (1 hour 40 minutes) The Morton Arboretum (35 minutes) Cantigny Park (40 minutes) Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio (20 minutes) Huron-Manistee National Forests (4 hours) Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens (2 hours) Oglesby (1 hour 40 minutes) White River State Park (3 hours) Peoria (2 hours 40 minutes)

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