There’s a moment, maybe thirty seconds after you step onto the trail at Bicentennial Woods in Huntertown, Indiana, when you genuinely wonder if someone has been quietly maintaining a film set in the middle of Allen County.
The light does things in this forest that feel less like meteorology and more like cinematography.
Bicentennial Woods is a nature preserve managed by ACRES Land Trust, a nonprofit organization with a long commitment to protecting natural land across northeastern Indiana and northwestern Ohio.
It sits in a part of the state that doesn’t always make the highlight reel, which is exactly why it still feels like a discovery every time someone finds it…