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Experience
the Hoosier-Buckeye part of the world. |
| For those of you on vacation and traveling
across the country please enjoy the amenities of the Sunshower Country
Club while in our area. |
| Call 1-765-855-2785 to make reservations
for our cabin or campground facilities. |
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Most functions at the club are open to visitors
unless otherwise noted. Dances and dinners could have an additional
charge. Please see the club policies posted here.
Day trips can easily be made to many places while
you are visiting Sunshower Country Club. In the following area guide
we will try to give you an idea of visitor sites that are within
an hour to hour and a half driving time. |
| Indiana, The
Hoosier State is where we start. |
First of all right here in Indiana the
state capital, Indianapolis, is only 70 miles west of where you will
be staying. In Indianapolis you can visit the very famous Indianapolis
Motor Speedway & Hall of Fame Museum, the Indianapolis
Museum of Art, The Children's Museum, the Hoosier
Dome, the Indianapolis Zoo, and so many other great
places for families to see. The Children's Museum is the largest and
the 4th oldest children's museum in the world.
Below is a list of some of the places you can see within an hour of
Sunshower Country Club in the state of Indiana. |
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Webb's Antique Mall
Centerville, Ind.
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Ball State University Art Gallery
Muncie,
Ind.
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Indiana Football Hall of Fame
Richmond,
Ind.
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Muncie Children's Museum
Muncie,
Ind.
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Wayne County Historical
Museum
Richmond, Ind. |
Planetarium & Observatory
Ball State
University Campus, Muncie, Ind
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Brookville Lake
Brookville,
Ind.
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Metamora
(an 1838 canal town)
Metamora, Ind.
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Village of Spires
Oldenburg, Ind.
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| A little over an hour and a little further
Southwest you can visit Brown County and Nashville, Ind. for a wonderful
day of art shops and unique museums. Just northwest of Brown County,
in Bloomington, Ind. is the home of Indiana University. While in Bloomington
you can visit the Oliver Winery where you can take a tour of the winery
and participate in a wine tasting if you wish. A wine festival is
held there each June. |
| If gambling is your thing we have the
Argosy Casino in Lawrenceburg, IN. just about an hour south
of the club. There is also the Grand Victoria Casino & Resort
by Hyatt in Rising Sun, IN. |
| Want to travel
east? Then on to OHIO, the Buckeye State. |
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Dayton, Ohio, is about 50 miles east of the Sunshower
Country Club. In Dayton there are a number of wonderful, educational
sites to see. You can visit the Dayton Art Institute, The Dayton
Museum of Natural History, The Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop, Aullwood
Audubon Center, and The Carillon Historical Park. All
can be reached within an hour to an hour and fifiteen minutes -
except at rush hour.
The U.S. Air Force Museum
at the Wright -Patterson Air Force Base, is the state's number
1 free visitor attraction with more than 200 aircraft and missiles
on display. While at the museum visit the Imax Theater which features
two spectacular films on the big screen: "The Dream is Alive"
and "To Fly". The Dayton Air Show is scheduled for
July 29th & 30th, 2006 and it is one of the largest in the country.
Flying acts from all around the world.
Driving down highway US 27 from Richmond, Ind.
you will travel to Oxford, Ohio, home of Miami University.
From Oxford you can travel on to Cincinnati. US 27 will take you
through some very beautiful countryside and the drive into the Cincinnati
area will take about an hour and thirty minutes. Cincinnati has
a lot to offer a visitor to the area.
The Museum Center
- Home of the Robert D. Lindner Family Omnimax Theater, Museum
of Natural History & Science, and The Cincinnati Museum
Center is located at Union Terminal.
Other items of interest include;
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The Cincinnati Art Museum
http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org
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Cincinnati Water Works Museum |
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The Roebling Suspension Bridge
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Cincinnati Fire Museum
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Gray History of Wireless Museum
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Covington Landing
(across
the river in Northern Kentucky) |
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University of Cincinnati
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Cincinnati Music Hall
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Other information includes:
There are more than 12 major festivals in the Cincinnati
area from the Taste of Cincinnati in the spring to Oktoberfest in
the fall.
For excitement there is also King's Island with
the worlds longest, fastest, highest roller coaster, Coney Island,
Cincinnati water parks, Reds baseball, and two tracks/ River Downs
and Turfway. Turfway being in Northern Kentucky.
You can stay at Sunshower County Club and make
day trips to all these places. Plenty of things to do for the family
and for the kids, both at Sunshower and close by. |
| The following is a listing of
a few visitor bureaus for further information. |
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Indiana
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Ohio
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Indianapolis
Convention and Visitors' Association
1-317-639-4282 |
Greater Cincinnati
Visitors' Bureau
1-800-CINCY-USA (246-2987)
http://www.cincyusa.com
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Richmond/Wayne County
Convention & Tourism Bureau
1-800-828-8414 |
Dayton
Convention & Visitors' Bureau
1-800-221-8234 |
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Nashville/Brown County
Convention & Visitors' Bureau
1-800-753-3255 |
Oxford Visitors' Bureau
1-513-523-8687 |
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Henry Country
Convention & Visitors' Bureau
1-800-676-4302 |
Northern Kentucky
Convention & Visitors' Buream
1-800-447-8489
http://www.nkycvb.org |
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Hamilton County
Convention & Visitors' Bureau
1-800-776-TOUR (8687) |
Kings Island
1-800-333-8080 |
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Riverboat Cruises
on the Ohio River
BB Riverboats (606) 261-8500 |
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