The American Discovery Trail through Evansville

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route description
 

Note: The following route description begins from the current ADT website description of Segment 5 of the Southern Indiana route. It modifies the route description from mile 316.7 westward to better describe the Newburgh area, to alert trail users to seasonal flood detour potential, and to incorporate a recently dedicated greenway section along the Evansville downtown riverfront. It moves the description of downtown Evansville to Section 6 to link to the corresponding route/mileage table.

 
 

[existing text]

".......The ADT is on gravel roads from Gentryville through Folsomville to Boonville, where a visit to the Warrick County Museum is recommended. On gravel roads, the ADT heads south through Pelzer to IN 662 (Hoosier Heritage Scenic Trail).........................

[continuing from above text, insert the following for the route through Newburgh and Evansville]

.......where the ADT rejoins the Ohio River at a park overlooking the Newburgh Lock and Dam. Newburgh, two miles further west, is an attractive historic river village and tourist destination. Continuing westward into Vanderburgh County, Angel Mounds State Historic Site and interpretive museum is the location of the largest and best preserved prehistoric Indian Mounds dating from 1200 to 1400. From there the ADT follows gravel roads along the Ohio River flood plain to downtown Evansville (note that the alternative route westward from Angel Mounds circumvents seasonal flooding in the Ohio River floodplain, and a currenbtly gated section near the Ohio River that requires permission to traverse).

 
 

CUMULATIVE MILES

CODE

DESCRIPTION EAST TO WEST

316.7

 

Junction IN 66 & IN 662, Bear L onto IN 662

318.5

(L,M,G)

Newburgh 47629

319.9

 

Junction IN 662 (Main Street) & S Pollack Avenue, Turn left.

USE VANDERBURGH COUNTY MAP

322.4

 

Entrance to Angel Mounds State Historic Site on left

322.6

 

Junction Pollack Avenue & Lynn Road. Continue west on Pollack towards downtown Evansville.

Note: the Ohio River route accessed by taking Lynn Road south, follows gravel roads and is flooded several times a year. Additionally a short section noted on the map is currently gated as a private road and requires permission to traverse. See map for Weinbach Road altenative access to the Shawnee Drive and Waterworks Road route through the proposed Green River National Wildlife Refuge, and to Audubon State Park in Henderson, Kentucky.

325.6

 

Weinbach Road: continue west on Pollack, or:

Alternative side trip to pass through the proposed Green River National Wildlife Refuge if seasonal floods allow: turn left onto Wienbach Road for 1.5 miles to Shawnee Drive Another worthy side trip from there crosses the Ohio River on US 41 (heavy traffic) to John J. Audubon State Park in Henderson, Kentucky (Audubon collection museum, nature preserve and camping)

326

 

Bear R onto Riverside Drive.

328

 

Turn L onto Shawnee Drive for two blocks, cross Veterans Memorial Parkway to join the riverfront Pigeon Creek Greenway.

 

 

End of Segment 5

 
  SEGMENT Six: EVANSVILLE to Illinois State Line (Wabash River)

(new text follows that is based on the recently completed downtown greenway)

The ADT follows Pigeon Creek Greenway westward. A side trip two blocks north of the junction of Shawnee Drive and Veterans Memorial Parkway leads to Riverside Historic District with a six block array of elegant historic residences. The greenway continues across Shawnee to the top of the Ohio River levee past the notable Museum of Arts, Science, History and Transportation, its sculpture garden and its neighbor, the restored historic pagoda Visitors Center. All are worth a visit. The greenway passes several striking monuments and river overlooks to join the downtown Riverfront Esplanade and its historic timeline plaques, then passes through a riverboat gaming and hotel complex before rejoining city streets at Fulton Avenue. The ADT continues through the city's West Side to Howell Park Wetlands and to Burdette Park, which has a water park as well as camping.

Leaving Evansville, the ADT continues on gravel roads to Mount Vernon and Hovey Lake which is a Cypress swamp. The ADT crosses the Wabash River on IN 62 into Illinois

    Evansville (BB, L, G, W, M, B) 47701
332.4   Enter Pigeon Creek Greenway trail in Sunrise Park.
333.7 Cross Shawnee Drive to Sunset Park and continue on greenway through downtown riverfront to its end. Bear right onto Fulton (North). Cross SR 62.
334.2   Junction Fulton Avenue & Franklin Street. Turn left.
335.3   Junction Franklin Street & St. Joseph Ave., Turn left
335.6   Junction St. Joseph Ave. & Ray Becker Dr. Bear right
336.1   Junction Ray Becker Dr. & Claremont Ave. Turn right
336.2   Junction Claremont & Broadway. Turn right
337.3   Junction Broadway & Tekoppel Ave.. Turn Left (turn right for short side trip to Howell Wetland with boardwalks through restored wetland habitat area)
338.2   Junction Tekoppel & Old Henderson Rd. Turn right
338.6   Junction Old Henderson Road & Nurrenbern Road.Turn right
338.8   Junction Nurrenbern Rd. & Red bank Rd. Turn left
338.9   Junction Red Bank & Nurrenbern Rd. Turn right.
339.4   Burdette Park (C,L)
Note: continue with existing ADT route chart from Burdette Park to the Illinois state line.