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Clifty Falls State Park is an Indiana state park on in Jefferson County, Indiana in the United States. It is northeast of Louisville, Kentucky. On Oct. 27, 1920, citizens of Madison, Indiana gave the land for the park, , to the state of Indiana at the suggestion of Richard Lieber. This was after a year's work by the citizens. A system of naturalist programs for Indiana state parks started in 1927, with Clifty Falls being one of the first four with one.〔http://www.in.gov/dnr/history/ Official (Indiana) DNR Historical Timeline〕 The park features Clifty Creek, Little Clifty Creek, and a canyon in which the sun only shines during midday. It has many beautiful nature trails, especially those that go near Clifty Falls. The Clifty Inn is available for overnight guests, and the park contains a campground with sites for RV and tent campers. ==Canyons== Clifty Creek Canyon traverses the entire north-south length of the state park. The upper rim of the canyon at the north end of the park is above sea level, descending to the valley of the Ohio River which is above sea level. The creek descends down to about before dropping over one of the two Clifty Falls.〔U.S.G.S. Topographical Map, Madision, Indiana Quadrant〕 Then it runs downward until reaching the Ohio River. Two other major canyons enter Clifty Creek Canyon from the east, they are Deans Branch (Tunnel Falls) and Hoffman Branch (Hoffman Falls).〔Clifty Falls State Park brochure, Indiana Department of Natural Resources〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clifty Falls State Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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