Seven Pillars Nature Preserve - ACRES Land Trust — Attraction in Peru

The seven pillars are amazing and worth the visit, but don't try to follow the trail on the map from the parking lot as it no longer exists. Looking for a place a bit off the beaten path, which indeed it was, we pulled into the unmarked parking lot. The primary loop trail was easy to find despite the lack of any signage, which became a common theme. The loop trail has a nice start along the creek, but otherwise wasn't terribly exciting so we ended up turning back before completing the loop. We then looked for the supposed trail heading east to the pillars but was unable to find it. After counting off paces from the start of the road, I was able to find the remnants of the old trail, but it was overgrown and quickly lost any trace of it. As a result, we ended up walking down the road to the pillars. When we arrived, we also saw many cars parking in a nearby field at the bend in the road, which would save you about a half mile walk. As for the pillars, the shape and texture of the rock was nothing I've ever seen before. The water level was also low enough to where we could walk across the river to get an even closer look (so make sure to bring some water sandals). In summary, forget the nature preserve trails and head straight to the pillars to explore a beautifully unique...

We took a 2 hour drive to go see the pillars at the Seven Pillars Nature Reserve. The trail was a very nice path through the woods. However the only water we saw from the trail was a couple creeks running through the woods. The river and pillars are not part of the trail. They are across the road from the reserve and access is chained or gated closed. No public access!! You can see a little bit of the pillars from the road. The nature reserve was very beautiful, but not what we had been led to expect. What we were able to see of the pillars was enough to say we were there, but we were not able to see their...

Beautiful (mid-October, all yellow) walk up a hill in the woods and across the street from the parking lot along the river are the 25' limestone pillars. Oddly, there is a road across the top of the pillars but it is still a beautiful site to see on the Mississinewa. It's a perfect spot for kids - you can walk out into the river's edge on pebbles for a good view (attention Indiana photographers) and skipping stones.

I was more in awe of the woods than the limestone but maybe it was just an off day for...