You do not have to build the day yourself. Each itinerary has the order settled already, so you know what to see first, where to stop for lunch, and what time to start home. Read one through, then drive it.
PLAN A TRIP
Sort out the details before you pull out of the driveway.
You can plan this two ways. Follow one of our self-guided itineraries, twenty-five days already mapped from a sunrise on the lake to a sunset on the bluff, or build your own from the ground up. Pick where you’ll sleep, what you’ll see, and where you’ll eat, and we’ll point you to the rest from here.
Start with where to stay, where to eat, and what to do, then check the map for the drive in.
GETTING HERE
Straight In From the Highway
The hard part of most trips is the end of one. One US highway crosses the county end to end with the towns lined up along it, so the turn you want comes off a road you are already on. Which state roads lead where from there, and which airfields will take you, is on the next page.
VISITORS GUIDE
Get It in Print
The guide is free, and thirty-six pages is enough to hold a county. The same things the site tells you, in print, plus the festival calendar, which is what people tear out and put on the refrigerator. Download the file tonight.
DEALS
Cheaper This Trip
The family pass at the Sullivan City Pool is the offer on the books right now. The commission keeps the list current, so look before you pay full price.
HISTORY
A History Lover’s County
Sullivan County doesn’t have to work hard to impress history buffs. The Sherman Building on Court Street was celebrated as one of the finest theaters in Indiana when it opened in 1915, and the county’s story reaches back a good deal further than that. Stop by the Tourism Commission on South Main Street and ask for a recommended route through the most significant historic spots before you head out.
SELF GUIDED TOURS & TRAILS
No Schedule but Yours
You can see a lot of Sullivan County without an appointment. There are more than 26,000 acres of public ground here, and the introductions are easy: the General Daniel Sullivan Nature Trail in Sullivan itself, the 200-foot bluff above the Wabash at Merom Bluff Park, and the Indian mounds at Waapaahsiki Siipiiwi Mound Historical Park near Fairbanks, in use as early as A.D. 500. Each one fits inside an afternoon.
