Madison

Go hiking, jet boating, and beer-tasting in this riverside Bordertown.

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Hones Pointe Campground

Hones Pointe was established in 1988. It was built by four insurance agents to elude our sales managers so we could enjoy a unique natural setting. Over the years, we have planted many different varieties of trees and perennials to observe. Also evidence exists of this area being an Indian camp long ago as suggested by arrowheads and an old handmade rock wall.

Primitive camping where you can pick your own scenic spot. We will furnish picnic table, fire ring, garbage can, and charcoal grill during your campout.

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Nightfall Farm

We're bringing my family farm back to life. My parents farmed here until the 1980's, but couldn't make a profit with corn and soybeans. My husband, Nate, and I moved home in 2014, and started turning the fields into pastures. Today, we run Nightfall Farm, raise animals with respect, and sell pasture-raised meat locally. Come wander the 125 acres of woods, wetlands, and farm. Check out the animals in our pastures, and walk along the Muscatatuck River. Enjoy a quiet fire. Hear the roar of frogs calling in Spring. Chase fireflies. Behold a family farm coming back to life.

Wildflowers abound here at the farm! Look for spring ephemerals in the woods, asters blooming in our pasture, and more.

Watch the sunrise through the (salvaged!) French doors!

The Sunrise Cabin is the perfect getaway on our organic farm, complete with queen bed, porch, picnic table, and fire pit.

You can purchase eggs, pork, turkey, lamb, and chicken from our farm. We raise our animals outside on pasture. We move them to fresh pasture almost every day, and feed a non-GMO feed. Learn more about our farm at www.nightfallfarm.com.

Hidden Valley River Camp

 Beautiful valley on the Ohio River with 300 feet of beach front, private boat dock, covered 20x30 community pavilion and a large fire pit. A beautiful creek to explore, very secluded and off the beaten path with lots of wildlife to enjoy.

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Beautiful private Valley setting on the Ohio River with private boat dock.  Creek bed with rocks and fossils.  2 covered pavillions and fire pit and eagles and wildlife

 There is a mile gravel road and steep hill is why no rv's. Cars and trucks have no problems.  Children MUST be supervised by an adult while swimming!  MUST wear shoes on the beach and while in the water.

Pictured is our beloved Red Bud Meadow, where we had our first picnic as brand new homesteaders with two small boys, and where over last 35 years so many memories have been created, like the one seen here, a cowboy campout we did for our boys & their friends. 

Camping Along the Old Bison Trail

Peaceful Secluded Campsites are what you want.  Several beautiful settings will be what you get and much much more.

Our campsites lie along the Old Buffalo Trace, the name given by early pioneers to the massive trail left by centuries of migrating bison that traveled right through this property.

Making their way between salt and mineral licks along the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers, these herds were part of the plentiful wild game which was the reason so many local native tribes referred to old "Cain-tuk-ee" as their "Happy Hunting Ground".

Our 7 campsites are constructed on "The Old Coates Homestead" where we make our home in the original 1858 Homestead house which we recently restored and where we make our delicious  gourmet foods.  (learn more here: www.steepleviewfarmstore.com)

We have sites to fit everyone's needs.  Five sites are accessible by vehicle.  Two are "walk in" only.  

The vehicle accessible sites range from sites for one tent, pop up or van campers, to our featured site "Thistledown Gathering Place" which a large group size setting great for scouting trips, church groups, multi-family camping and parties of up to 16 people.

Each site has a fire ring, fire wood is available for purchase,  we offer clean and well maintained portable toilets, municipal drinking water, hiking trails, and lots and lots of wildlife to help you commune with the absolute beauty of this peaceful farm named Steepleview Farm (learn more here: www.steepleviewfarm.com).

But camping isn't the only reason to choose Steepleview Farm.  It becomes base camp for so many people looking to take in the amazing itinerary of activities so close by.  Here are just a few:

The Ark Encounter

The Creation Museum

Historic Old Frankfort (state capitol) with historic home and capitol tours

Historic Madison Indiana, a river captains town of magnificent homes and a quaint little town for strolling, or the Madison Regatta or the BBQ festival

Big Bone Lick State Park, massive prehistoric dinosaur dig

Buffalo Trace Distillery

Neeley Family Distillery

Belterra Casino

Clifty Falls State Park

Old Frankfort Cemetery, burial site of Daniel and Rebecca Boone

and so much more....

And don't forget, the history of this place makes your stay that much more than just a night in a campground.  You will be sleeping among the spirits of history, the native Americans who hunted this land, the earliest pioneers who mapped it for the expansion west, the early 1800's homesteaders who cleared and worked the land with teams of horses, the centuries of tobacco farmers who shipped their goods to market on the many rivers and streams that surround you.

We work very hard to make this THE best camping destination you will find anywhere.  And, upcoming.........Pioneer Log Cabins.  We have recently acquired a collection of log cabins for a true to life, historic reenactment staycation.  

We are fortunate that one of the cabins was the frontier church known as "Shilo Baptist Church" from 1830-1840.  The pastor of this church baptized Abraham Lincoln's father and is credited with having changed his attitudes toward ending slavery.

Our hiking trails and nature trails bring you lots of knowledge, peace, shade, cool breezes and you can bring your horse (no motorized recreational vehicles) oh and lots of wildlife viewing.

Here are a few of our featured campsites:

 

REDBUD MEADOW: Our first campsite used by hundreds of people over the years.

 A secluded lawn in the midst of redbud trees, easy to drive to and from with a pile of firewood and a metal fire ring.

 The premier site on our property.

 

THE BAPTISMAL POND: As history goes the pond in front of this site was used in the 1800's for baptisms for the church visible from everywhere on the farm, thus our name.

This is a tent site, easy to drive into and out of, fires permitted in season.

THISTLEDOWN GATHERING PLACE: This is a very large meadow, surrounded by trees with the capacity for large groups, many tents and gatherings of lots of people.

Very level, easy in and out with vehicles. Fires permitted in season.

WHITETAIL SANCTUARY: Every night for decades a herd of whitetail deer graze in this pastoral setting.

Drive in and out, fires in season.

Suitable for a family sized tent.

THE PENNINSULA:

 This camping spot is WALK IN ONLY.

You can drive to the trailhead on grass and walk the path to the campsite (about 200 yards).

 One of two remote sites.

It sits in the woods, on the bank of a wet weather creek which flows around two sides of the campsite.

Fires permitted in season.
TOTEM TREES: This site is WALK IN ONLY.

 A short hike down the hill from the grass parking area and you have a small spot for a tent, in the woods, surrounded by trees and a lot of standing dead ash which appear as if you are in the presence of totem poles.

NO OPEN FIRES.  MUST USE BACKPACKER STOVE AND FLAMELESS LIGHTING. 

SPOTTED FAWN HIDEAWAY: This totally secluded walk in campsite is suitable for a small tent only AND PERFECT FOR HAMMOCK CAMPING.

NO FIRES as the site benefits from the shade and protection of overhanging cedar trees and the ground is covered in cedar needles.  NO OPEN FIRES.  MUST USE BACKPACKER STOVE AND FLAMELESS LIGHTING.  

SO WHAT'S OUR STORY?

https://steepleviewfarm.com/our-history

So many great people, so many great stories and so many opportunities to share the blessings of our little piece of heaven with you.

We hope to see you here.

This is an expanded view of the Hipcamp Tent and Popup Camping area with details.

Our nature trail is dotted with informational signs and inspirational quotes.

Mornings and evenings at Steepleview Farm offer magical moments like these.

M&M SHOW PLACE & LAKE

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We have chickens, ducks, guinees, a large garden, many flower gardens, flowering plants, trees, and bushes, large mature trees, and a small lake, full of large catfish, bass, bluegill and crappie. A small shelter with a large picnic table and benches around the lake. There are chairs and 2 installed hammocks for your enjoyment. There is also 2 fishing benches, a place for a campfire, a stainless steel propane grill, firewood, and a great place for private walks.

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