![]() ![]() From Tapawingo Park the trail also goes southwest, with spurs to Tapawingo Drive and South River Road. ![]() Continuing further Northwest the trail passes thru Happy Hollow Park to both Rose Street and Indian Trail Drive. To the North the trail goes to the Wabash Heritage Trail Overlook on the old Brown Strreet Bridge abutment, built in 1857 as the first bridge built between the City of Lafayette and Village of Chauncey (becoming West Lafayette). From Tapawingo Park the trail can be taken North or South. Myers Pedestrian Bridge (at the 8 mile mark) into WestLafayette and Tapawingo Park. As the trail continues into Lafayette, you arrive at Riehle Plaza and cross the Wabash River on the John T. At the 6.5 mile mark a paved spur of the trail leads up to North 9thStreet and an additional access, parking point. The trailcontinues under the Sagamore Parkway (US-52) overpass and then along the old abandon Municipal Golf Course, part of McAllister Park. At about the 5 mile mark there is a rest stop with a picnic table and views of the Wabash. Crossing the Wabash River, you travel along the Wabash past Heron Island, a 12-acre wildlifepreserve and heron rookery accessible by boat. As the trail continues to the 3.6 mile mark, you reach the site of the historic Davis Ferry, where John Davis established his ferry business in 1823. With the start of the trail at the Tippecanoe Battlefield of Prophet’s Rock the trail goes southwest along and crosses Burnett’s Creek, named for early white settler and trader, Frenchman William Burnett. ![]() The complete trail with all of its spurs covers about 17 miles. Trail maps and conditions are available at the Wah-ba-shik-a Nature Center at the Tippecanoe Battlefield in Battle Ground, IN or by calling 76. The trail provides a nice hike thru a canopy of Sycamores, Oaks, Maples, Cottonwoods with a variety ofwildlife including numerous birds (including heron, eagles, owls, ducks …), deer, raccoons, beavers, squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, etc. The Wabash Heritage Trail is a 13.0 mile trail starting on the north end at the Tippecanoe Battlefield in Battle Ground, IN (or as an alternate, Prophet’s Rock near Battle Ground, IN) and ending on the South end near Ft. ![]()
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