Southeastway Park Winter Nature Center & Forest Snow Trails

About this adventure

Tucked away in the southeastern corner of Marion County near the Hancock County line, Southeastway Park encompasses 188 scenic acres of tallgrass prairie, native wetlands, and mature hardwood forests along Buck Creek. In winter, this quiet Indy Parks property becomes a tranquil outdoor paradise. Families can explore miles of paved multi-use trails and crushed limestone paths that are ideal for winter nature walks, wildlife tracking, and cross-country skiing when snow conditions allow. The park's heated Activity Center houses live educational reptiles, touch tables with native animal pelts and deer antlers, and a cozy nature library where kids can read about winter wildlife. Southeastway also features a popular, gentle neighborhood sledding hill located near the shelter, providing safe, fun sledding for young children away from overcrowded city parks. Family Experience & Accessibility: • Stroller Accessibility: Paved loop trails around the prairie and paved paths connecting parking to the Activity Center are easily navigated with all-terrain strollers; sledding hill is turf. • Nursing & Rest Spots: Heated Activity Center with indoor tables and chairs, picnic shelters with scenic forest views, and modern heated restrooms with baby-changing stations. • Age Suitability: All ages welcome; gentle terrain and open spaces make it especially pleasant for toddlers, preschoolers, and families with strollers. • Sensory Tips: Extremely peaceful and quiet rural park setting; very low background noise, fresh pine and woodland scents, and calming natural vistas.