Trine State Recreation Area

We go there every year for our knitting retreat. It's indiana's best kept secret. The lodge is wonderful to rent and the cabins are cute and vintage. Park staff needs more organization and consistency overall.

We are a family of 4 couples, each couple stayed in a different cabin. We stayed in Towhee, Flicker both pet friendly one bedroom units with fold out couches, and Snipe and Redwing, studio units with pullout couches. We also rented the linens and towels. No one complained. These cabins are immaculate, equipped with kitchens, kitchen gadgets, heat, and screened in porches. The beds were comfortable, the towels fluffy and clean and the sheets soft. The windows opened, the doors and drawers opened and shut, the equipment was clean and worked. We used the refrigerators, the freezers, the range, microwave, toaster and coffee makers. We were pleasantly surprised to find kitchen towels and a dishrag along with dish soap. We used the grill located just outside the unit.nnUpon arriving we were greeted by Ranger Mark who explained everything and helped us get our linens to the units.nnThere are lovely moderately difficult and very easy trails and walkways. The Rolling Oaks Trail is about a 3 mile off-the-grid trail. It has hills, grassy trails, flower fields and lots of twists and turns in the shade and sunshine. There’s also a multi-use blacktopped trail which could be manageable for bikes, wheelchairs, and baby strollers.nnThe Trine Recreation Area is part of the Indiana State Recreation Areas and it is smaller and more private than others we have visited. It’s wonderful. There’s the option of boating, hiking, biking and there’s a children’s playground. Just across the highway there is Pokagon State Recreation Area that is much larger with a more diverse trail system along with horseback riding and an Inn as well as cabins and camping. It also has a black topped bike trail. We tried the short hikes one day and the 8 mile Devils Challenge another day. Pokagon SRA was busy, everyone was respectful of social distancing when passing.nnThe hours for check-in 4 pm and it is 4 pm! Checkout is 11 am and they request you cleanup your cabin and pack up the linens and towels (if rented). It’s no big deal and as long as you’re respectful of the property the cleanup should be easy.nnThe cabins are 5 years old and in great shape. You can see they are well maintained.nnMy suggestions to further improve of the units: one more shelf in kitchen high up on the level of the cabinet above the refrigerator. I struggled to find off the ground places for non-refrigerated foods. A full length mirror for those of us who need to be sure we are ready for the public (perfect spot on short wall near the bed head to the right of the pocket door) and some clothing hooks in the bedroom. The dresser is great but without a closet coats, hats and clothes that are worn regularly need hanging. It looks like maybe a few people have tried hanging off the curtain rods?nnWe highly recommend Trine State Recreation Area and it’s lovely cabins.

This place is veru peaceful and the scenes are beautiful..i ho here when i need some quiet time

Great park, decent crappie fishing..... The area is beautiful

Love this area. Always peaceful and not crowded. Beautiful trails, plenty of wildlife.