A Visit to Versailles State Park

A Visit to Versailles State Park
Author: Paul R. Wonning
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2016-03-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9781530496389

Versailles State Park provides ample family friendly activities in the great outdoors. The second largest Indiana state park offers hiking, boating, mountain biking, swimming, and fishing. Indiana State Park visitors with horses can bring them to ride the many miles of horse trails the park provides. Anglers and canoeists can enjoy the 200-acre Versailles Lake as well as the channel of Laughery Creek that meanders through the Indiana countryside. Versailles State Park has a beautiful campground for campers to relax while hiking the many miles of hiking trails or riding the mountain bike trail. The modern swimming pools offers an ideal place for families to cool off on hot summer days and budding naturalists can partake of the parks many nature programs offered by DNR staff members. The Indiana State Park Travel Guide Series will encompass all the family friendly Indiana State Parks. Indiana's State Park system is one of the finest in the United States. With great hiking trails, history, and nature, there is something for everyone at an Indiana State Park.

Versailles State Park

Versailles State Park
Author: Paul R. Wonning
Publisher: Mossy Feet Books
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2024-09-10
Genre: Travel
ISBN:

Versailles State Park is a prime destination for those that enjoy mountain biking, hiking, camping and picnicking. Over 30 miles of mountain bike trails that double as hiking trails and 6 miles of dedicated hiking trails, those seeking a nature adventure will find a mecca of enjoyment. The 226-site electric campground offers a wonderful, relaxing way to spend time in the great outdoors. The book Versailles State Park book also serves as a tourism guide for Ripley County, Indiana as it includes an extensive listing of local attractions like museums, movie theaters, golf courses and many other fun day trip ideas.

The Complete Guide to Indiana State Parks

The Complete Guide to Indiana State Parks
Author: Nathan D. Strange
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2018-03-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 0253031516

Whether you are looking for a weekend hike in the woods, a family outing, or great locations to study the local flora and fauna, Indiana state parks provide something for everyone. Visiting all 25 state parks in Indiana, Nathan Strange and Matt Williams profile and photograph the features that make Indiana parks beautiful and unique. Each park profile includes an engaging history of the park's origins and interviews with dedicated staff members about their favorite landscapes, wildlife, and adventures available in each park. This complete guidebook also offers extensive descriptions of the best park trails, along with the authors' hiking experiences, helpful maps, and directions. Featuring 109 exquisite full-color photographs and inside facts, The Complete Guide to Indiana State Parks is a must-have for every Hoosier and visitor to the state.

The Family Retreat

The Family Retreat
Author: Bev Thomas
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-05-11
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780571349579

Endless days on the beach, sundrenched evenings by the BBQ, the perfect holiday? Or the perfect cover.This unmissable novel will have you utterly gripped until the sun goes down on this family's unforgettable holiday.

Visitors to Versailles

Visitors to Versailles
Author: Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2018-04-16
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1588396223

What was it like to visit one of the most magnificent courts of Europe? Based on a wealth of contemporary documents and surviving works of art, this lavish book explores the experiences of those who swarmed the palace and grounds of Versailles when it was the seat of the French monarchy. Engaging essays describe methods of transportation, the elaborate codes of dress and etiquette, precious diplomatic gifts, royal audiences, and tours of the palace and gardens. Also presented are the many types of visitors and guests who eagerly made their way to this center of power and culture, including day-trippers and Grand Tourists, European diplomats, overseas ambassadors, incognito travelers, and Americans. Through paintings and portraits, furniture, costumes and uniforms, arms and armor, guidebooks, and other works of art, Visitors to Versailles illuminates what travelers encountered at court and what impressions, gifts, and souvenirs they took home with them. In bringing to life their experiences, this sumptuously illustrated volume reminds us why Versailles has enchanted generations of visitors from the ancien régime to the present day.

The Gardens of Versailles

The Gardens of Versailles
Author: Pierre-André Lablaude
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1995
Genre: Gardens
ISBN:

Throughout the nineteenth century, the gardens were maintained, restored and replanted, and today they are being further restored to their original state, reflecting the most significant contributions made by each of the preceding periods.

Versailles

Versailles
Author: Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1991
Genre: Architecture and state
ISBN: 9781558592285

Tracing the transformation of Louis XIII's modest hunting lodge into the spectacular showplace of the French monarchy, photographs of the architecture, interiors, and gardens include research on the architecturally innovative and influential palace.

Orchids of Indiana

Orchids of Indiana
Author: Michael Allison Homoya
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1993
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

Orchids enchant us as few other plants do, yet most people know surprisingly little about what may be the largest plant family on earth. A case in point: how many would have guessed that only three species of orchids occur naturally in Hawaii, while Indiana has forty-three? In this handsome and comprehensive volume, Michael Homoya gives us an inside look at Indiana's wild orchids, detailing their distinguishing characteristics, habitat preferences, and state and continental ranges. With over 100 color plates and scientific illustrations complementing the text and depicting each orchid as it occurs in Indiana's landscape, Orchids of Indiana will delight naturalists and orchid lovers everywhere.

The Ghosts of Trianon

The Ghosts of Trianon
Author: Elinor F. Jourdain
Publisher:
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2021-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781774642030

This is the true story of two Englishwomen getting caught up in one of the most fascinating and inexplicable "time travel" experiences ever recorded. After travelling down to the grand French palaces of Versailles, they proceed to take a walk along the various pathways and gardens outside, only to lose their way and on top of that, get lost in a time warp, literally. It takes them back in time to the palace gardens at the time of the French Revolution and to a face-to-face confrontation with Marie Antoinette, among others. No, this is not fiction, it purports to be fact. The two women, both prominent academics, give us a very convincing and staggering account of their claims. This book is their clear and thought-provoking explanation of exactly what happened to them. Were they mistaken? Was it a hoax? Was the experience real? You decide. This is a truly fascinating book, which quickly sold 10, 000 copies when it was first published. Here it is back in print again at long last.