Tourism

We invite you to Come Enjoy Carroll County… nestled in the picturesque Wabash Valley, Carroll County is a bounty of history and activity. We know you’ll feel right at home when you come; you’ll enjoy a view of life in which people are linked together through a common respect for the land and for each other.

Carroll County lies amid the Wabash & Tippecanoe Rivers and Wildcat and Deer Creeks and takes its name from Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence.  In Delphi, the county seat, you will find exceptional architecture, the County Historical Museum in the beautiful limestone Courthouse, and ten miles of well groomed walking trails, a portion of which stretches along a water-filled section of the Wabash & Erie Canal. Considered an engineering wonder, the early canal system opened Indiana to immigration and created an economic and cultural connection to New York and New Orleans. Learn more about this area’s history with interactive displays in Canal Park’s Wabash & Erie Canal Conference & Interpretive Center.

You can also take a trip over Indiana's oldest continually used bridge, the 1837 Burnett's Creek Arch. A cut stone structure near Lockport, Burnett’s Creek Arch is a National Register of Historic Places site. Lockport holds two other National Register sites, Potawatomi Spring and the Burris House. This frame house served as an inn in the 1840’s while the spring was a well-know watering place for Indians and early settlers.

In the southern part of the county visit the 1845 Adams Mill and adjacent, fully restored Covered Bridge located near Cutler. Lancaster Bridge, another Carroll County covered bridge is near Owasco. All three of these structures are on the National Register of Historic Places. For sources of outdoor recreation, don’t miss Flora and Burlington Parks or the county’s Deer Creek Park, near the town of the same name. While you are there, take a look at “Sycamore Row,” a stand of trees which grew out of the ends of logs from a corduroy road. Follow one or all of the available scenic tours with your automobile, canoe, or bicycle and see all of Carroll County's beauty past, present, and future.

To request a copy of our most recent Carroll County Tourism Booklet, please email the Carroll County Chamber and provide your name and mailing address to receive the brochure.