Run-bike duathlon happening at state park

The Brown County YMCA will host a duathlon at Brown County State Park on Sunday, Aug. 29.

Participants will meet at the fire tower and partake in a series of physical challenges: A 5K road run, 10-mile road bike ride and 2.2-mile trail run.

Registration begins at 6 a.m., the race meeting is at 7:25 a.m. and the race starts at 7:30 a.m.

For more information, visit facebook.com/events/161883462540555.

Bird migration discussion set at historic site

BELMONT — T.C. Steele State Historic Site, 4220 T.C. Steele Road, will be the setting for “Understanding Bird Migration,” a discussion with IndiGo Birding’s David Rupp on Sunday, Aug. 29 at 8 a.m.

Rupp will discuss birds’ navigation abilities, obstacles they overcome and how humans can help make migration easier. A birding walk will take place after the presentation to search for migrant and other songbirds.

The cost is $20 per person, site admission is not included. Registration is required by 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28.

For more information, call 812-988-2785.

Community foundation to host picnic adventures

The Brown County Community Foundation will a series of fundraising events in September.

“Giving Picnics” will take place Saturday, Sept. 11 from 3 to 8 p.m. in several Brown County locations.

Participants can go on an excursion guided by locals or take a picnic to one of BCCF’s recommended locations to explore on their own.

Different packages and meals are available:

• Self-Guided Adventure Picnic, $50-100 — Grab a blanket, picnic basket full of goodies from Brown County Inn and pick a spot in Brown County to join friends and family. Pick up your basket at the foundation at 263 N. Van Buren St. This picnic is for two to four people.
• Hickory Hill Hike & Explore Picnic Adventure, $200 — Scott and Erika Rudd will lead a hike to an off-the-beaten path, historic orchard and canning factory known as Hickory Hill Orchards, circa 1911. Adventurers will take a 2-mile hike through a section of the Tecumseh Trail with views of an abandoned canning factory owned by the state entomologist in the early 1900s, Benjamin Wallace Douglas. The Rudds will share the history of the orchard and canning factory along the way, as well as other favorite unique Brown County adventure spots. The hike will conclude with a picnic at a place on the Hickory Hill property, appropriately named “Picnic Hill.”
• Bike & Paddle Adventure in the Backwoods of BC, $200 — Clint Hammes and John Tiernan will guide participants on a mountain bike ride to a canoe journey, ending with a remote picnic. The mountain bike ride will start with some of the most popular Brown County State Park singletrack. Participants will then head to Yellowwood State Forest along a series of more rarely traveled single and double track trails. A short country road connection to the backwaters of Lake Monroe will lead to canoes and kayaks for a two-hour paddle. Adventurers will be required to provide their own mountain bike (bikes can be rented locally); kayaks/canoes and shuttles will be provided.
• Gravel, Wallow and Hereshome Picnic Adventure, $200 — This biking adventure starts at Freeman Ridge and is followed by two options: a 7-mile ride down the gravel Wallow Hollow into town or a 3-mile paved ride down Bear Wallow. Both rides end at Lory Winford’s Hereshome art studio in the middle of downtown Nashville.

For more information, visit eventbrite.com/e/giving-picnics-by-brown-county-community-foundation-tickets.

Color Walk to take place on Hard Truth grounds

Brown County Community Foundation will host its Color Walk at Hard Truth Hills, 418 Old State Road 46, on Saturday, Sept. 18 starting at 10:30 a.m.

Participants will start and end at Hard Truth, walking approximately 1 mile on the distillery’s trails. Color blasts will happen at various points on the trail.

The cost is $15-$20 per person. The event benefits the Brown County School Corporation.

For more information and to register, visit eventbrite.com/e/166091994627.

Women’s mountain biking weekend planned

Brown County Bikes will host Campside Sessions Women’s Mountain Bike Camp Friday through Sunday, Sept. 10 to 12, at Brown County State Park.

Participants will learn new mountain bike skills from professional coaches and meet other women who share the interest. The cost is $295 and includes guided skills coaching, primitive camping onsite, swag bag, giveaways and more.

The meal plan is $125 and includes breakfast, lunch and dinner for Saturday and lunch on Sunday.

For more information, visit dnkpresents.com/event/campside-sessions-womens-mountain-bike-camp-4.