Plainfield / Hendricks County
The National Road Heritage Trail has garnered
extensive support in Hendricks County, where parts of
the Plainfield
Vandalia Trail and the Amo-Coatesville
Vandalia Trail have already been built. Both
of these trails are envisioned as parts of the NRHT
route. The town councils of Plainfield, Clayton,
Amo, and Coatesville have endorsed a greenways
connection along this corridor and Hendricks
County Parks & Recreation has now taken on
the trail management and development outside of the
town of Plainfield. Trails
awareness in Hendricks County has been helped by the B&O Trail
organization publicizing the benefits of trails for
many years.
Currently there are 4.2 miles of asphalt
bike/pedestrian trail open
between Amo and the Putnam County line and 4.5 miles
of asphalt trail open in Plainfield. These trails use
the former Pennsylvania/Vandalia Railroad corridor.
The bike/pedestrian
trail from Amo is also connected to 8.1 miles of
packed stone bike/pedestrian Vandalia
Trail in Putnam County to Greencastle.
Future Plans
Plainfield plans to extend its Vandalia Trail
trail west along the former railbed towards
Cartersburg and east along the former railbed and along
the Historic National Road to Indianapolis. The
latter is expected to be completed in 2022. In
addition, Hendricks County Parks & Recreation is
working to extend its trail east
towards the towns of Clayton and Cartersburg.
Features on or near the proposed Trail
White Lick Creek Trail (Plainfield)
Ronald Reagan Pkwy Trail (Plainfield)
Restored Electric Interurban Railroad stations (Amo, Plainfield)
Oasis Diner (Plainfield)
Van Buren Elm Historical Marker (Plainfield)
Arthur L. Trester Historical Marker (Amo)
Splash Island water park (Plainfield)
Franklin Park (Plainfield)
Lambert Park (Clayton)
Plainfield's Vandalia Trail
