French Lick isn't near any oceans, but people can still have water fun at the Big Splash Adventure Indoor Water Park & Resort. The 40,000-square foot park includes twisting water slides, a leisure pool with basketball hoops, a children's pool and an adult pool with a hot tub. The venue has a fitness center and a hotel, including rooms with bunk beds for kids.
Big Splash Adventure Indoor Water Park & Resort
8505 Indiana 56
French Lick, IN 47432
877-936-3866
bigsplashadventure.com
The French Lick Resort is an all-inclusive complex with a range of activities. A casino features 41 gaming tables, including craps, blackjack, Caribbean stud, roulette and three-card poker. There are also 1,300 slot machines and Texas hold'em poker tables. Tournaments are held on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Golf fans can play on two regulation courses and a nine-hole course. A spa offers mineral baths drawn from the nearby Pluto Mineral Spring, which supposedly has healing powers. Facials and wraps are also available. Other activities at the resort include indoor and outdoor swimming pools, bowling, tennis, horseback riding, biking and hiking. A theater draws national musicians like REO Speedwagon.
French Lick Resort
8670 West State Road 56
French Lick, IN 47432
888-936-9360
frenchlick.com
The Indiana Railway Museum is more than just a building that houses railroad artifacts. It offers the French Lick Scenic Railway, which has rides on historic, diesel-fueled trains. The 20-mile ride lasts less than two hours. The scenic trip cuts through the 2,200-foot Burton Tunnel and the Hoosier National Forest. The museum offers special rides like a train robbery trip and a fall foliage trip. The museum's building has 65 locomotives and rolling stock on display.
Indiana Railway Museum
1 Monon Street
French Lick, IN 47432
812-936-2405
indianarailwaymuseum.org/index.html
