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Ouabache State Park, Bluffton, IN

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Sports & Outdoors

Ouabache State Park

Wabash River state park near Bluffton with a lake, a bison exhibit, hiking trails, and camping.

4930 E. State Road 201, Bluffton, IN 46714 · Bluffton, IN

About Ouabache State Park

Ouabache State Park sits along the Wabash River near Bluffton in Indiana. It began in the early 1930s as a wildlife game preserve and was later developed with help from New Deal work programs for wildlife management, forestry demonstration, and recreation. Visitors can fish Kunkel Lake, use a swimming beach when staffed, and walk five marked trails ranging from easy one-mile loops to a six-mile trail circling the property. A 20-acre bison exhibit, picnic shelters, a paved bicycle trail, and campsites with electric hookups are also available, and a lodge recreation building can be reserved all year.

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