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SUMMARY:IRONHORSE
DESCRIPTION:Join Us for Our 36th Annual Iron Horse Festival!\n  \n\nJoin us at Potato Creek State Park | North Liberty\, IN\nSaturday\, October 18\, 2025\n  \n  \n\n\n\n\nCub Scout Fun Area\nPumpkin Bowling\nObstacle Activities\nGames\nSouvenirs\nOutdoor Ethics Exhibit\n– Visit Camp “Oh No”\n\n\n\nAdvancement Opportunities\nTouch A Truck\nMeet the Chief\nHAM Radio\nDay Hikes\nCycling\nGolden Spike Cafe\n\n\n\n\nOther Fun Tables and Activities will also be offered!  \n\nChat with a Scouting Professional\nVisit “Camp Oh-No!!” – A Leave No Trace Adventure\nLearn about our 2026 Camp Activities including:\n\nCub Day Camps\nCub Resident Camp\nScouts BSA Summer Camp\nNYLT\n\n\n\n(Units or Committees interested in having a table should reach out to Jason Yoder for details (Jason.Yoder@Scouting.org | 574-289-8024). \nPotato Creek Park Maps can be FOUND HERE. \nRegistration/Check-in – Only one (1) leader from your group will be asked to bring your event registration form and payment to registration/check-in.  Campers will be asked to stay back at the campsite (or away from registration/check-in) while their leader checks in.  Non-campers will be asked to congregate in areas away from registration/check-in while their leader checks in. \nRegistration\nThe advance registration fee is $8 per person until Thursday\, October 16th at 11:00PM. After that\, regular tickets are available for $10 online and can be purchased at the door*.  Your ticket includes the Iron Horse Hike\, all of the activities (activities are held between 10 am – 3 pm Eastern Time)\, and the official Iron Horse Festival Patch (patches are “first-come/first-serve” availability – online registrations with payment will receive first priority.) \nOnline Registration: Fill out the form at the bottom of this page\nAdvance Registration will close Thursday\, October 16\, 2025\, at 11:00 PM EST. After October 16th\, Tickets will be available for $10 per person. \n\nClick the Online Registration link\, fill in the information\, and submit & pay**.\nPrint your confirmation email; it will act as your event registration form.\nBring your event registration form (email confirmation).\nUpdate and pay for any newly added participants\nCollect your group’s patches and go have fun!\n\nPaper Form Registration (at a cost of $10 in person): \n\nDownload and print the Iron Horse Festival Registration Form 2025.\nBring your registration form and payment to registration.\nWait in line.\nSubmit your registration.\nMake payment** & receive receipt.\nCollect your group’s patches and go have fun!\n\n“Registration” and “Check-in” will be at the same location near the Potato Creek Beach House from 9 am-Noon Eastern Time on Saturday morning. \n“Check-in” will be the line for those groups who have registered online. \n“Registration” will be the line for those groups with paper registration forms. \nThose arriving after Noon Eastern Time can still register/check in at the OA Trading post located in the midway. \nCampers will have the opportunity to register/check in on Friday night from 7 pm-9 pm Eastern Time at the campsites.  See a Sakima Lodge Iron Horse Staff on Friday night for details. \n* The registration fee does not include the park entry fee\, camping fees\, or food. The entry fee to Indiana state parks is $7 per in-state car and $9 per out-of-state car. Please pass this information on to others in your unit attending. Car-pooling will help reduce a Troop or Pack’s expense of getting Scouts\, family\, and friends to the Iron Horse. Parents\, if just dropping off your Scout(s)\, the park has a reduced entry fee of $2.  Be sure to let them know you are just dropping off to receive this fee. \n** Park entrance fees and camping fees are paid to the park and cannot be combined with your hike registration fees. \nCAMPING OPTIONS AT POTATO CREEK STATE PARK.\nOption 1 – Scouting Campground Area – Circle D1 – (The Park has graciously held several sites for us to use this year.  However\, these can only be paid for in person on the day of the event – please do not call Potato Creek to book Option 1 campsites). \n\nExclusively for Cub Scout and Boy Scout units in tents and not for individual Scout families or camping trailers.\n4-8 tents may be set up on a site\nCost: $32.10 per site per night.  The park accepts cash through credit/debit cards are preferred.\nBooking for these sites can only be done in person on Friday October 17\, 2025\, at the Potato Creek Family Campground Office. The Campground office opens at 7:00 am Eastern Time. Sites are available on a first-come\, first-pick basis.\n\nOption 2 – Youth Tent Area – Potato Creek Park has advised that these sites are all full. \n\nCost: $2.14 per person\nMake a Reservation: To make advanced camping reservations in these areas\, go to the Indiana DNR Camping Reservation Website or call the Indiana DNR at 866-622-6746.  Please do not call LaSalle Council or Potato Creek State Park. Camping Reservations for all state properties are handled exclusively by the Indiana DNR.\n\nOption 3 – Family Campground – Circles A\, B\, C\, and D2 \n\nCost: $32.10 per site per night.\nMake a Reservation: To make advanced camping reservations in these areas\, go to the Indiana DNR Camping Reservation Website or call the Indiana DNR at 866-622-6746.  Please do not call LaSalle Council or Potato Creek State Park. Camping Reservations for all state properties are handled exclusively by the Indiana DNR.\n\nOption 4 – Family Cabins \n\nCost: TBD\nTo make advanced camping reservations in this area\, go to the Indiana DNR Camping Reservation Website or call the Indiana DNR at 866-622-6746.\n\nOrder Of The Arrow: Our Order Of The Arrow Headquarters will be at Sites 228 and 229 in D1. \nABOUT THE IRON HORSE\nThe Iron Horse Hike is hosted by the Sakima Lodge Order of the Arrow. The Order of the Arrow is the Scouting America’s Honor Camping Society. \nThe Iron Horse Festival Hike began in 1990 as an opportunity for Scouts to come together for a day and hike a trail. Since then\, it has grown from a small outing of several hundred hikers to the largest single-day Scouting event in the state of Indiana. The Iron Horse Hike is not just for Scouts but also family and friends. All are invited. Bring a friend! Bring your family! \nACTIVITIES\n\nHike the Iron Horse: First Hike starts 9:00AM.  Please meet at the Registration Area. \nThis is what started it all!  Hike either the 1-mile with Trivia\, the 2-mile\, or the 10-mile trails.\nJamboree on the Air (JOTA)\nJOTA is held at the same time as the Iron Horse Hike. JOTA? That stands for Jamboree on the Air. Ham radio operators and Scouts from across the globe will be talking to each other. We will have several ham radio operators on hand so Scouts at the Iron Horse can talk to Scouts across the world! Wow! Patches for JOTA will be available at the official Iron Horse Tradin’ Post. If you are a “Ham” bring your HT and find us at K2BSA9 on 146.56. \nBike the Iron Horse\nNeed a challenge? How about cycling the Iron Horse? Bike with your patrol or den on the Potato Creek Bike Trails. So bring your bikes to the park and CYCLE!!! \nCub Fun Area\nThe Cub Fun Area begins its 19th year at the Horse. Arts & Crafts\, Pumpkin Bowling\, Marshmallow Roasting\, and other activities are planned. Come\, See It and have Fun at Orchard Shelter East! \nIron Horse Patches\, Iron Horse T-shirts\, and other Memorabilia at the Trading Post \nThe Iron Horse Trading Post will once again be open with special patches and swag. The official Iron Horse Patch is always about trains. The full train includes the engine\, three cars\, and a caboose which are part of a special jacket patch that is available in limited quantities. Memorabilia is only available during the Festival. It is not available before or after the event. \nWe also have Iron Horse Festival hiking staff medallions @ $6 and Iron Horse Festival t-shirts\, youth and adult sizes\, $8+ \nScouting Memorabilia Show and Trade-O-Ree \nFor the First Time at Iron Horse\, we plan to have Patch Venders\, Scouting Memorabilia and Patch Trading at the Park. More information soon. \nGolden Spike Cafe – FOOD at the Iron Horse\nGreat Food is available at the Iron Horse for very reasonable prices at the Golden Spike Café at Orchard Shelter West. Why gather and lug all that cooking equipment and food to the park? Relax and enjoy the park. Let us do the cooking for you. Sakima Lodge accepts CASH or CHECKS at the diner. (No Credit Cards. No Debit Cards) Members of Sakima Lodge will be serving the following menu: \nPlease note that this is a preliminary menu\, we are still working on the offerings and the prices! \n\n\n\n Hamburger/cheeseburger\n $4.00\n\n\n Hot Dog\n $3.00\n\n\n Walking Tacos\n $2.00\n\n\n Chips\n $0.50\n\n\nSoft Drinks\nBottled Water\nHot Chocolate\nHot Coffee and Tea\n$1.00\n$1.00\n$0.50\n$0.50\n\n\n Hamburger (or Cheeseburger) Value Meal with Chips and a Drink\n $5.00\n\n\n 2 Hot Dog Value Meal With Chips and a Drink\n $6.00\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nFirst Aid at the Iron Horse \nAid should be rendered and documented within the Pack or Troop. If additional First Aid is required\, you should call Potato Creek State Park on your cell phone at 574-656-8186 –OR–  find a Park Employee. They will have radios to call for help. If you can not reach the park – The Iron Horse committee will also have a First Aid Officer at the Beach House from 8 am to noon\, and then at the Orchard Shores area from noon to 4 pm. Be Safe at the Horse!!! \nLost and Found \nAny Scout-related items found at the park should be brought to the Trading Post in the parking lot of the Orchard Shelters. Items can be claimed there. Any items left over will be sent to the LaSalle Council Service Center. Call (574) 289-0337. \n \n  \n  \n  \nDid You Know…. \nPotato Creek State Park is a stop on the\n\nLearn more at www.indianabirdingtrail.com.
URL:https://lasallecouncil.org/event/ironhorse/
LOCATION:Potato Creek State Park\, 25601 State Road 4\, North Liberty\, IN\, 46554\, United States
CATEGORIES:Order of the Arrow
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kevin Trojan - Council Program & Properties Director":MAILTO:Kevin.Trojan@Scouting.org
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