Charles C. Deam Wilderness

• Qi Shayue
  
  
  (March 6, 2020, 10:37 am)

  Went there mid October 2019. A very beautiful place for fall!!!! The sightseeing tower has lots of paintings inside, very cute to take picture. Drove around inside, there is a waterfall somewhere next to the main road. Very beautiful.

• Anthony Moulesong
  
  
  (February 16, 2020, 8:44 am)

  I've only been to the northern part of the Hoosier National Forest (Charles Deam Wilderness), so I can't speak for the rest of it, but it's great! Early spring and early fall are the best times to go: fewer bugs and cooler temperatures. There are some great trails for hiking and I can take my dogs without worrying about a gazillion rules. I've camped out of my backpack and out of my car. There are some primitive campsites along the trails for backpackers. If you go east of the fire tower, there are drive-in campsites that are really nice. No map for the drive-in sites, so you just have to wander a bit on the roads to find them. The drive-in sites afford a good deal of privacy (great to keep my dogs from going nuts!). There are no stores in the forest, but The Fishing Shedd is nearby and you can get any basic stuff (ice, water, etc.) you need there.
  
  There are a couple reasons why I didn't give it five stars. First, it's near Bloomington, so you get college kids having parties. I didn't have any noise problems, but the first few drive-in sites had broken glass on the ground. The farther you drive for a site, the cleaner it will be. Second, most of the trails are open to horses, which means they're basically closed to everyone else. You're allowed to hike all the trails, but the horses make them unenjoyable. The droppings are bad enough, but the low spots on the trail get churned into mud by their hooves. I turned back every time I tried a trail open to horses.
  
  Even with the negatives, I love camping and hiking here. If you're looking for primitive camping and rugged hiking, the HNF is a great place to go!

• Ally Fleckenstein
  
  
  (October 6, 2019, 10:34 pm)

  We had a great time back country camping at The Charles C. Deam Wilderness! We found an amazing campsite and went on a beautiful hike. Seeing people on horses was cool! Being basically secluded though from people was the best part. It was beautiful, magical, and the nature was awesome!!

• Brian C
  
  
  (April 29, 2019, 8:49 am)

  Highly recommend the peninsula trail when it's not totally water-logged. Great view of Lake Monroe and plenty of campsites (some with better views than others). Parking is free.

• tommy2x4 .
  
  
  (March 18, 2019, 8:32 am)

  Loved it!!! I can only imagine how amazing this place is in the fall. The owl hoots and coyote howls at night were intense. At first, I thought the owl calls were fake, because they were so perfect and loud.

Hoosier National Forest - Charles C. Deam Wilderness

The Charles C. Deam Wilderness offers 36 miles of trails for hiking, backpacking, and horse riding through scenic hardwood forest and varied terrain with views of nearby Monroe Lake. The area was designated a wilderness in 1982 and encompasses nearly 12,953 acres of the Hoosier National Forest.

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Charles C. Deam Wilderness

Wild Hyacinths in the Charles C. Deam Wilderness. Forest: Hoosier National Forest. District: Brownstown Ranger District. Safety First: Visitors can view a dense display of hyacinths and other wildflowers from the Hunter Creek Road on southwest corner of the Charles C Deam Wilderness.

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Charles C. Deam Wilderness. USDA Forest Service. Hoosier National Forest. Wilderness designation places this area in a special legal status (subject to the 1964 Wilderness Act). It is managed to preserve a natural condition and provide opportunities for solitude.

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Charles C. Deam Wilderness: Photos, information and maps of the Charles C. Deam Wilderness area near Bedford, Indiana. Charles C. Deam Wilderness was once completely homesteaded, and the trails follow the old roadbeds that once connected homesteads and communities.

Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area - Wikipedia

The Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area is located close to the city of Heltonsville and Bloomington, Indiana. Lake Monroe, Indiana's largest reservoir, forms the northern boundary. It was established as wilderness in 1982 and is managed by the Hoosier National Forest.

Charles C. Deam Wilderness--topographic trail map (2019)

This folding two-sided trail map is printed on waterproof, tear-resistant paper and shows the Charles C. Deam Wilderness, including the Nebo and Hickory Ridge areas, at a scale of 1 inch to 1/2 mile. Experience the remarkable topography and physiography of the Hoosier State, including the Hoosier...

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The Charles C. Deam Wilderness area was designated a wilderness in 1982 and encompasses nearly 13,000 acres of the Hoosier National Forest. This trail is operated by: US Forest Service Brownstown Ranger District 811 Constitution Avenue Bedford, IN 47421 Phone: 812-275-5987...

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The Charles C. Deam Wilderness is Indiana's only wilderness area. Like many wildernesses east of the Mississippi, it's not an unspoiled natural area but a land in rehab. The land wants to be an eastern hardwood forest, but the Deam has many stands of planted pines scattered throughout it.