Brown County State Park, Indiana’s largest, ranks third on New York Travel Guide’s recently published list of its 15 best state parks for fall foliage. Brown County

To compile the list, the guide compared more than 600 parks in three categories, including reviews of fall colors, fall photography popularity, and each park’s overall rating.

Last December, Brown County State Park ranked sixth on a list of most beautiful state parks in the country according to a study done by Travel Lens, which also ranked the park 13th among the country’s “most Instagrammed state parks.” In 2021, the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places, and it is a fixture on various “best of” rankings for its mountain biking trails.

The park comprises nearly 16,000 acres, most of them heavily wooded.

“Come experience and watch the fall colors explode over the rolling hills of southern Indiana’s hardwood forests in Brown County State Park,” said Terry Coleman, director of Indiana State Parks.

More about Brown County State Park is at on.IN.gov/browncountysp.

For ideas of other Indiana state park properties to go for fall colors that might be less populated, see on.IN.gov/stateparks. For those who prefer free entry with fewer amenities for fall foliage viewing, see on.IN.gov/dfwproperties, on.IN.gov/forestry, or on.IN.gov/naturepreserves.