Indian Cave State Park Meet Notes
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Course setter: Dan Welch

Welcome to beautiful Indian Cave State Park! We hope you enjoy our event!

On January 18, 1963 Nebraska’s Falls City Journal announced above its full page headline:

Indian Cave State Park!

Man, even as cold as it is today, that wonderful piece of news sure does warm up a guy’s blood stream.That January the Nebraska, Forestation, and Parks Commission approved wooded Missouri River bluff lands in the Indian Cave area straddling the Nemaha and Richardson County line as the site of the state’s fifth major Park. The site was chosen after 18 months of intensive search in southeastern Nebraska for a wide development project. The original 2,400 acre site has grown to over 3,200 acres. The park is remembered for its Cave containing the only known example of Indian petroglyphs in Nebraska, its steep, wooded Missouri River bluffs, and Lewis and Clark Expedition overlook as well as its special summer American heritage program that displays old time crafts and one room schoolhouse learning.

Park address:
65296 720 Road

Shubert, NE 68437-9801

Park Phone: 402-883-2575

Directions from I-29 and Hwy 159 (Exit 79)
NOTE: Google maps shows using US 136, north of Mound City, MO. The following directions assume using Hwy 159, south of Mound City. Either set of directions will get you to the correct place.

Drive west on Hwy 159 through Rulo, NE to Falls City (about 24 miles).

Turn right on Hwy 73 (initially north and then turning west) to Hwy 67 (about 9.3 miles).

Turn right (north) on Hwy 67 and drive to Hwy 64E Spur (also 720 Road) (about 8 miles).

Turn right (east) on Hwy 64E and drive to Park Entrance (about 5 miles).

Other Notes:

• Park entrance fee is $4.00 per vehicle (carpool if you can).
• Event site is 1st left turn after entrance (Day Use area)
• The map is derived from USGS contours and ortho photos. The contours are very rough, with much detail missing; i.e., only the big reentrants are shown. Keep track of your distance.
• There will be NO WHITE (Beginner) COURSE due to the scarcity of linear features, only YELLOW, ORANGE, GREEN, and RED.
• The woods are open, but there is much deadfall (from a recent ice storm) making running difficult.
• The terrain is very steep.
• Purple X’s denote an uncrossable portion of the one-way road; the earth banks are vertical and over 10 feet high in places.
• There is a 3-hour time limit on all courses.