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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.

Most functions at the club are open to visitors unless otherwise noted. Parties 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 Children's Museum, the Hoosier Dome, the Indianapolis Zoo, and Newfields. In 2017 the Indianapolis Museum of Art brought together a number of places under one name: "Newfields, A Place for Nature and the Arts". this is really a great place to visit for the whole family. The Children's Museum is the largest and the 4th oldest children's museum in the world. Conner Prairie, Indiana's first Smithsonian affiliate, is a living history museum. It is located in Fishers, IN at 13400 Allisonville Road.

Below is a list of some of the places you can see within an hour of Sunshower Country Club in the state of Indiana.

Centerville Antique Mall - Centerville, Ind.

Ball State University Art Gallery.

Warm Glow Candle Outlet

 

Indiana Football Hall of Fame

Muncie Children's Museum

Wayne County Historical Museum

Ball State Planetarium & Observatory

Brookville Lake

Metamora

Village of Spires

Conner Prairie, Fishers, IN
A little over an hour and a little further Southwest you can visit Brown County, IN and Nashville, IN. for a wonderful day of art shops and unique museums. Just northwest of Brown County, in Bloomington, IN. 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 Hollywood 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.

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 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 June 22nd & 23rd, 2024 and it is one of the largest in the country. Flying acts from all around the world. This year the Air Force Thunderbirds will be performing. Check out all Featured Performers. Ticket infornation is available at Dayton Air Show Tickets

Dayton Area Area's of Interest

The U.S. Air Force Museum

The Dayton Air Show

Dayton Art Institute Dayton Air Show Tickets

The Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop

Dayton Air Show Featured Performers.

Aullwood Audubon Center

The Carillon Historical Park

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;

The Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati Steam Museum

The Roebling Suspension Bridge

Cincinnati Fire Museum

National Voice of America Museum

The Arnoff Center for performing arts

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati Music Hall

American Sign Museum Taft Museum of Art

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, Cincinnati Reds at The Great American Ballpark, and two tracks/ One at Belterra Park and Turfway Park. Turfway Park is across the river in Northern Kentucky near the airport.

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.
Indiana                   

     Ohio

Indianapolis
Convention and Visitors' Association
1-317-639-4282

Greater Cincinnati
Visitors' Bureau
1-800-CINCY-USA (246-2987)

Richmond/Wayne County Indiana
Convention & Tourism Bureau
1-800-828-8414

Dayton
Convention & Visitors' Bureau
1-800-221-8234

Nashville/Brown County
Convention & Visitors' Bureau
1-800-753-3255

Oxford Ohio Visitors' Bureau
1-513-523-8687

Henry Country Indiana
Convention & Visitors' Bureau
1-888-676-4302

Northern Kentucky
Convention & Visitors' Buream
1-800-447-8489

Hamilton County Ohio
Convention & Visitors' Bureau
1-800-776-TOUR (8687)

Kings Island
1-800-333-8080

Largest Amusement & Water Park in the Midwest

Riverboat Cruises
on the Ohio River
BB Riverboats (606) 261-8500

 
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