Mounds State Park — Attraction in Anderson

This has been my favorite place in Indiana since I was a child. The nature center is a great place for small children to learn about the natives that used to live and worship in the area, there are taxidermy animals to look at, and a room to sit and enjoy the small pond and bird/squirrel feeders, complete with outdoor microphone so you can hear as well. There is a house on the property that was inhabited in the 1800s and is now a historical site that can be toured, you can use the trails nearby to see where the ice house was. There are beautiful trails to walk next to the river (along with a modern art piece that functions as a place to sit and rest or cuddle and just listen to the water and wildlife. Next to the group camping area is a flowing well that has a strong iron taste but has become tradition to drink from, and it is ice cold and refreshing after a long day of hiking. My favorite trail is in the back of the park near the airport. You can pull up to the office at the bottom of the camping area, tell them you're just driving back to walk the trail, and they will wave you through. Once at the top, you will find a dirt trail that leads down a hill and back up, to a fairly long and beautiful boardwalk. There is a boat ramp to put canoes and kayaks on the river, and the woods are great for mushrooms as well. I could explore for days and not see everything there is to see!

Mounds used to be an amusement park in the 1920's and while very few remnants are still there, pictures of its former glory are displayed in the natured center, and there is one spot on the river where you can see where things used to be.

Also, for Pokémon Go players, there are two gyms and several pokestops,...

The park itself was very beautiful and interesting to see the mounds. We stayed in the campground which was pretty as well. The reason for the terrible rating is the risk to personal health. The biggest issue is the amount of raccoons (counted 15) running around, guarding the dumpsters and being a menace at the campsite. You can’t eat outside or leaving any food around, otherwise the raccoons will come right to you to steal the food. The camp host had to push away a unafraid raccoon with a stick since it was taking food from their outside table with them sitting at it. The dumpsters had at least 5-8 raccoons in and around it at all times. Even with the lids closed they still would get in and be trapped waiting for someone to open the lid to run out. We are talking inches between you and several escaping raccoons. This is dangerous under normal circumstances. However it is even more of a concern with COVID-19 since these raccoons are rummaging through potentially infected trash then walking over to my site, my picnic table or anything else laying around. It is unacceptable, it is a health risk and a lawsuit waiting to happen. We...

Eh. The bathrooms are only convenient to the people beside them or in front of them. Depending on where you are in the park it's quite a hike to the bathroom. They don't have sidewalks or anything leading to the bathroom so you have to walk on the main roads. Or you'd be walking through someone's campsite. The women's bathroom is so small no matter what you do when you open that door or close the door you're gonna have to back up onto the toilet so you don't hit yourself with the door. I didn't hike we just camped for the eclipse not one of the best parks I've been to. The hiking looks great. The staff is very friendly. A man was complaining because they have not had hot water for Showers for a couple of days and it's not going to be fixed for a couple of weeks. The electricity went out they look like they are working on it, but we left. There was not a lot of shade because of the time of year the trees did not have leaves, just keep that in mind if you go, a canopy...