Indiana's Stonehenge | Hoosier National Forest

A mysterious place in the Hoosier National Forest, on top of Browning Mountain are giant carved rocks that allegedly did not originate from the area. Who brought them there? Native Americans? Early pioneers? Or is there an otherworldly explanation? Follow along on our adventure, and be sure to give a Like & Subscribe!
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[@StepsbyKaatje]

Good expedition! I'll subscribe to see more of your video's. Greetz from Belgium!

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Howdy in Belgium! Thanks for joining our expedition!

[@edwardcummings4358]

You picked a good time of year to hike Browning Hill/Mountain and had nice weather. I have hiked it twice. I called the land owners, the Hoosier National Forest, on 9/27/2017. I was told that Indiana University had sent archeologists to Browning Hill, determined that the stone was native to the area and that it is not an archeological site. The reason for the rocks being rectangular is that it is an abandoned rock quarry. The rocks have drilling holes in them where they were split. It seems the settlers had a difficult time trying to make a living in that area as the soil wasn't very good. I'm glad you were able to get on video the spaceship, aliens and Bigfoot. If it wasn't for the legends fewer people would hike Browning Mountain/Hill.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

That would make a whole lot of sense! But I went through 3 pages of Google search trying to find any info, and all I could find were all the legends and rumors. I wonder why there's nothing written about the IU research? Maybe just to keep it mysterious?

[@edwardcummings4358]

@@SlonesWildernessExpeditions I think the mysterious aspect helps the tourism for the local inn and area. I couldn't find any online IU research regarding Browning Hill/Mountain either.

[@gingerkarns2024]

Once again you and I disagree, Mr. Cummings. A study done by Purdue University states that the stone on top of Browning Mountain (hill?) dates back to over 1000 years ago from when they were formed and that the nearest place that this kind of stone can be found is over 85 miles away. Were they quarried? Yes. By settlers? I don't think so. No settlers were around there over 1000 years ago. This site is very sacred to the Native Americans and still used for ceremonies done by the Miami Indians still here in Indiana. I know. They are friends of mine.

[@chadstohler3311]

Thanks for the info! Very interesting

[@JimHayesHiking]

Very interesting and absolutely cool! Thanks for showing us.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Thanks for watching! Cool places all over.

[@berlinvlogs]

slones wilderness expeditions. a mysterious place in the hoosier national forest. this is very interestingPlace.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

The world is full of interesting places! Thanks for watching.

[@BeaconNews777]

Very cool. I've lived here most of my life and have never heard about this. Def want to go check them out now lol thank you

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

It's cool spot with a little bit of unknown history, definitely worth checking out!

[@community1949]

I am a born and raised Hoosier but I have never heard of Browning Mountain. Wow, we traveled all over the place here in Indiana when I was a child but I don't think we ever went to Hoosier National Forest.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Nancy, same! Went to many state parks, but I didn't start visiting the HNF until about 9 years ago. A lot of hidden treasures out there!

[@jarmyvicious]

I knew where you were before I even opened your video! Great topic! I have personally never been there... Cheers and Blessings!

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Pretty neat place, and I didn't realize how close it is to the Charles C. Deam Wilderness, we could have backpacked there!

[@jarmyvicious]

@@SlonesWildernessExpeditions you are in an incredible area! I like to stay a few turns south of the drop to Beanblossom... but they sold my cabin! Good Show Catfish! Cheers Gentlemen!

[@jarmyvicious]

@@SlonesWildernessExpeditions and never trust science... draw your own conclusions from experience!

[@nobody4734]

We go there alot! Has anyone else found the cemetary up there?

[@Just_Another_Hoosier]

Very cool and interesting video!

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Thanks! We had fun with it, definitely more questions than answers here!

[@sixstring417]

Very cool video guys! Thanks for sharing!

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Thanks!

[@TravelKiwi]

Great video again!! Love all your adventures!! :) looks so peaceful :)

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Thank you! Obviously we had fun with this video, but it really was a beautiful, quiet place.

[@Baul_Punyan]

Catfish has a nice spider web whacker there

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Yep, he actually likes spiders, but not in his face! 🤣

[@Baul_Punyan]

@@SlonesWildernessExpeditions I have to say, nothing is more startling than when you are casually trekking in the woods and just appreciating mother nature, when suddenly you find your face has been engulfed in spider web. It is impossible to remain calm in this moment. It's even worse when you are sure a spider was in the center of that web (because you just saw 13 other spiders with the same set up earlier) and you have no idea where it went, which is every time. It's always those spiders that look like they have a spikey shell like a hermit crab or something.

[@Stepjam1]

You guys are great. I love to travel vicariously through your videos. Many thanks. 🙏

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Aww thanks for coming along!

[@HaswellTravelled]

Great trek through the woods. I enjoyed your commentary on the Stonehenge and your creative addition of the UFO and Bigfoot at the end. Nicely done and thanks for sharing 😀👍

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Thank you! We like to have fun sometimes!

[@LezleysAdventures]

Fascinating

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

It is definitely curious!

[@jamesbreeden9016]

Super video! Blessings to you both

[@FLACKFAM]

Love the twilight music at the beginning! A turtle 🐢! Maybe they were building a temple! It reminds me of outlander don’t get pulled back in time!

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Haha oh man! I don't know, going through a portal might not be a bad thing with everything that has happened this year LOL.

[@WanderingWiley]

Fun video, another natural wonder..... or is it

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Haha exactly...or is it?!

[@HikeCamp]

Interesting and mysterious place.. Nice addition of the UFO and Bigfoot. LOL

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Gotta have fun with it!

[@YankeesOutdoorAdventures]

Awesome video my friends ❤

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Thank you 🤗

[@acctadmin5342]

cool I will have to check this out next time im in Nashville

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

It's a worthy side trip!

[@Parr4theCourse]

Pretty cool, now I'm curious on how those rocks got there!!

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Me too!! Thanks for watching.

[@inactiveusertypeofaccount181]

Glaciers

[@williamhatfield3608]

Stonehenge, Indiana - Seems like an interesting place.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Definitely interesting, beautiful area of Brown County!

[@johngilliam5974]

Watch out for rattlesnakes that was reintroduced to the areas.

[@FullTimeDreamRV]

I vote Big Foot the snapping turtle is his early warning system great video

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Ha! That's perfect!

[@bser2293]

Great hike. I loved the UFO and Bigfoot. I think you got the best footage of Bigfoot I have ever seen 😂.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Haha yeah, it's all about setting up the trail cams LOL!

[@shaneslone7077]

Really neat and curious how they made it there.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Probably a really mundane reason, but we love to speculate!

[@user-qc7hr4my7r]

Love Brown County, need to check this out.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

It's a bit out of the way, but a cool and peaceful place.

[@balindaleague4721]

There is some in Greene county down by the viduc in the hill side they look like they just grew out of the hill.

[@medicmule]

Thank go for the skip forward feature! 8 minutes I'll never get back!

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Thanks for watching LMAO

[@ethanaustin1057]

There’s a similar formation in the Charles deam wilderness near frog pond ridge. I stumbled upon it a few months ago and assumed it was natural but now you got me thinking lol. Giant boulders similar to the ones in the video running the top of a ridge. Very bizarre.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Very cool!

[@BeaconNews777]

Would that be near Deems lake? I used to go camping there and play on the water!

[@celestepalm6949]

It does make you scratch your head how ancient people managed to get those ton-sized non-native boulders on top of one of the highest mountains in Indiana...and why they thought it was important to do so. One thing is certain... *that* amount of lichen on those stone blocks prove how incredibly _ancient_ they really are.

[@celestepalm6949]

PS: _Loved_ your extra fancy production values! That was great! Happy New Year to you & yours.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

We like to have fun with it!

[@navigator8222]

They didn’t. It’s completely naturally formed.

[@hootonthetrail3894]

Thanks for sharing. Interesting, in deed! Surprised you two didn't encounter any snakes. How was the tick count?

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

All the hiking we do, and we still have not encountered anything other than garters and ringnecks in southern Indiana! Turtles though, somehow we always find turtles LOL. Thanks for watching!

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Also, we didn't get any ticks, but we didn't do much bushwhacking either.

[@wilcodewilcode930]

I live right in the area just a couple miles down the road. I’ve hiked all around this place. Did you happen to see the old well and old foundation. Pretty neat stuff.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

No, we hiked straight up to the stones and back. Sounds like a great area to explore!

[@TitoSuperTrip]

Mysterious place... You are funny 😊

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Thank you 😁

[@SantosChronicles]

Catfish, I agree that it to be Aliens. That Bigfoot is the Alien’s theory is new to me but that would be epic. Need to sell the movie rights now to that plot line. You guys have stepped your special effects - loved it.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

We did a video 3 years ago where aliens invaded, and were looking for the most intelligent species. In the end, they overlooked us, and went for Bigfoot!

[@indyoutloud3706]

😂 he's like "dad stop, for real". Lol

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Oh, at least once every adventure, he gives me that look! LOL

[@indyoutloud3706]

@@SlonesWildernessExpeditions mine too! Lol I love the content and I live in Indianapolis. I love your guys' relationship and adventures. I hope my son helps me with mine! Great content!

[@indycharlie]

Hmm .. I am a native born Hoosier from upstate . I'd be really interested to hear where they think these came from ? Interesting !

[@davidelkins3229]

Giants did love here. US Army found skeletons in Warsaw. Shipshewana had a skeleton in a farm field.

[@Just_Another_Hoosier]

Giant Ruins near Wyandotte Cave!

[@kidglove100]

Ufo in the Hoosier National forest are so common 1045 in the evening

[@starsnake8176]

Cool, I want to go there and see them for myself someday. From this video the large boulders looks to be shaped in rectangles to me, I don't think they are natural. Is there any pattern to them? Do they form a shape?

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

They are chiseled into large rectangular blocks. There are a few spots on the blocks that you can find the "drill" holes used to separate blocks.

[@desirreemarlenaclonch7593]

Giant's once lived there too

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Nothing would surprise me!

[@DwayneShaw1]

Having spent some time in Brown County I was curious about the location in relation to where I used to hang out (BeanBlossom) - I don't often use internet maps, but (referencing your map at 00:30) I pinpointed the location fairly quickly on Bing Maps (google earth had more foliage couldn't make anything out) - I didn't see anything at the spot marked on your map - but if you look due west of your marking for the site, to the the oxbow in Salt Creek - follow the creek South across Combs rd for about 500ft to where it bends off to the West. About 500ft East of that bend is an outcropping of some kind that looks similar to what you were standing on at about 06:00 in the video. ("Browning Hill, IN" gave a different location on the West side of Lake Monroe, Off St.Rd. 446 ?? - Map search 'Elkinsville, IN' and follow Combs rd south to the oxbow ( I searched in 'Road' view and switched to 'Ariel' for close ups

[@christymckee8133]

Take 135 south to Story. Go forward at the 3 way stop. Take Road till it comes to a Y then take a right. Right before it dead ends there is a pull off on the right hand side of the road. If you park there and walk across the road into the woods, walk up the steep hill and youll walk right to the stones. Ive done this at 4 am with no flashlight.

[@tattiibi99ins]

How long of a hike was it up?

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

From where we started on Combs Rd., it's only about 1.6 miles to get to Stonehenge, with a little less than 400' elevation gain.

[@tattiibi99ins]

@@SlonesWildernessExpeditions thanks man! Appreciate you very much

[@Bluehathiker]

Great video! No mystery though. They were left over discarded stones from a previous land owner. No supernatural miracle to explain. Like Sherlock Holmes said, ‘ If you hear hoof beats, it’s probably horses, not zebras’.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Right, that makes sense. Yet in all my google searches, I could find no information on that, only all the rumors and legends! 🤣

[@donnacummings1094]

our boy scout troop went over night camping in that spot in 2019 it was a lot of fun really cool place but not a single animal was hear or seen there

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Cool adventure for the troop! Weird about the animals, hmm...

[@donnacummings1094]

@@SlonesWildernessExpeditions yeah our scout master tells a story about how during the trip he swears he saw a human like this watching one of the members who rolled down the hill he calls him the watcher idk if is just a story to scare ppl or real

[@Raellives]

I heard birds singing in the background throughout

[@FLYSTARTVLONDON]

Tecumseh

[@dhinds5927]

The highest point in Brown County and the Norman Upland is Weed Patch Hill in Brown County State Park at 1058 ft.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Obviously, you are correct. I had read in an older "Only In Indiana" article that Browning Hill was the highest point, it was incorrect.

[@marktaubensee3756]

incorrect....weed patch is second highest. highest point is near new castle

[@lunibinjim]

How close is this to the telescope on Observation Hill?

[@lunibinjim]

Off of Hwy 57

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

I'm not sure where Observation Hill is. Browning Hill, where this Stonehenge is located, is a couple of miles east of the Charles C. Deam Wilderness, near what used to be Elkinsville.

[@averyhoffman9561]

It’s a little over an hour south from Observatory Rd. Near Martinsville

[@kevinjasper6620]

Goethe Link observatory has a Martinsville address but it is much closer to Mooresville on observatory road off of SR67. It is about one hour away to the north

[@christymckee8133]

Actually Browning Mountain is privately owned.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

There is private property mixed in with the national forest, this is within the national forest.

[@shaolinman]

I would venture that Native American Stonehenge place is an altar for sacrifices. It is probably haunted too.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Nothing would surprise me!

[@williamhatfield580]

it's possible it could have been aliens. The rocks are big and heavy. how did they get there ?

[@covfevetrump7307]

The Earth's elevation at this location has since increased since the megalithic period. It's why seashells & aquatic life skeletons can be found on mountains.

[@navigator8222]

Woah that’s so wrong it’s hilarious. Those fossils are from 300-400 million years ago during the Cambrian period.

[@thatsharshman.8544]

Probably been moved by later settlers to make something, and abandon.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Agreed. Someone pointed out there are chisel marks on the stone, and supposedly some IU researchers checked it out said it was all natural (though I can't find that info anywhere, it would make sense.) But that doesn't mean we're not going to have fun with it anyway! 🤣

[@aaronmarshall]

I visited this area today. I live relatively close to it. It’s naturally occurring. Any scientist that says otherwise is a buffoon. If you scout all along the north side of Browning you’ll find so much limestone it boggles the mind. There’s limestone across the lake in the Deam forest and all surrounding lake Monroe. I scouted down a ravine directly below the “Stonehenge” and made my way back down to the bottoms. There were limestone boulders, slabs, and stones of all sizes all the way back down to the backwaters. This area is a GEOLOGICAL site not an ARCHEOLOGICAL one. It’s neat lore. The area is gorgeous. The stones are interesting. They’re inherently interesting but they’re only interesting as a “structure” or worship site like one might see a giraffe or face in a cloud. It’s pareidoilia. Pareidolia is the tendency for incorrect perception of a stimulus as an object, pattern or meaning known to the observer, such as seeing shapes in clouds, seeing faces in inanimate objects or abstract patterns, or hearing hidden messages in music. Pareidolia can be considered a subcategory of apophenia

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

The limestone is naturally occurring, but the stones were quarried by settlers. They just left them there.

[@esoteric_Derek]

I don't feel like that young man is keeping a proper lookout for the copperheads that are in that area. I've been wrong before though. One day last year, I thought I had said something that was incorrect, but later found out that it wasn't. So...

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

He's got a better eye than I do for snakes! We've encountered copperheads, rattlesnakes, and cottonmouths on our adventures, he typically sees them before I do. We were actually hoping to find a snake!

[@esoteric_Derek]

@@SlonesWildernessExpeditions Well I don't doubt it then, and am glad to hear it! Thanks for the reply. And even greater thanks for the original content! This is super fascinating! I agree with you that these look like pillars that once stood upright. I'm shocked to have never heard anything about this 'til now, being a lifelong Hoosier native myself. You have certainly sparked curiosity in me. Look forward to getting down that way to have a look. Thanks again. Great video!!

[@harrybobb6764]

About 5 miles west of hiking there is a pyramid there of the stone henge

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Interesting! I need more info on that!

[@harrybobb6764]

It's been since 2004 that I discovered it was there but I couldn't find no enterance but ik that hiking off the trail 5 miles west from there there's a buried hidden pyramid there not many people have known it's there and not easy to get there and it's very dangerous to go there because it's easy to get lost if not careful even the GPS info tracking maps is useless and it goes crazy there and doesn't seem to work correctly to help you find ur way back it has a barrmuda triangle for e feild that messes with electronics so ur on the right track of finding the hidden pyramid that is very very hard to notice it but if you find it try to find the entrance try to find a way to open it

[@adventureswithLK]

What if we are the aliens brought here with erased memories to start a new civilization...............hmmmmmm.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Now you're thinking! I always knew humans (or whatever we descended from!) were an invasive species!

[@freethinker424]

where did you park your car? let me rephrase that, where can I legally park my car to hike the trail?

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

I parked on the side of the gravel road, just below where the trail begins. There is a house off to the right of the trail, I parked off to the left.

[@LewieBear-fh7em]

Nice video but why did you name your son catfish

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

It's his trail name, something we came up with when he was 10 years old and we were just getting into backpacking. At that time, he had two loves: cats, and swimming. So he became Catfish.

[@dylanwashington6315]

Can not find it drove like 2 hours

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

We used directions to the trailhead using Alltrails, but it is easy to miss. There's not really any trailhead parking, I just happened to see the trail sign, and pulled off the road there.

[@dylanwashington6315]

@@SlonesWildernessExpeditions ok thank you

[@schm1035]

The place to park is here: N39.070223 W086.262609. There is a very small sign that marks the beginning of the trail on the south side of the road. Later on there is an unmarked intersection where you have to turn onto another trail to go to the stonehenge. The stonehenge is here: N39.063488 W086.266462.

[@ericbrend2613]

Glaciers

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Thise glaciers have some really good chisels!

[@navigator8222]

Look up frost weathering.

[@outlawandoutdoorstv9901]

Almost looks like giant toes lol.

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Perhaps the toes of the Easter Island statues! 🤣 Or for the MCU fans, the toes of a celestial..?

[@freecheese4143]

Limestone cutters

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Yep. All the signs are there, if you know what to look for!

[@indycharlie]

@@SlonesWildernessExpeditions Great . How long ago ?

[@drewpackman2929]

They are not calcareous.

[@Delphisteve]

I think you mean't Geologist

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Not really, I meant archaeologist, as they would know best on whom cut these stones. Though it would be pretty awesome if, say, some professors from IU would get together (geologists *and* archaeologists) to do a proper examination on Browning Hill and give a presentation on it, or publish research. I keep hearing some people from IU did in fact visit there a few years ago and determined the stone did originate there, and that early settlers cut the stone (pretty obvious with the markings on the stone,) but I can't find any actual report on such a visit. Until then, we'll keep having fun with all the wild speculation! Totally tongue in cheek, BTW. Rock on!

[@theOcean41]

I don't know why the hell Bigfoot would land his flying saucer here in Indiana?? You can go anywhere in the UNIVERSE and you pick the woods of southern Indiana?? 🤦 That must be a Homer Simpson cause Bigfoot just said DOH!

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

This might be the best comment on this video yet, LOL! Bigfoot must have taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque!

[@Monuments_to_Good_Intentions]

Yeah because southern indiana is boring. Most beautiful part of indiana. And the aliens probably visited the native americans in the area.

[@harrybobb6764]

Look bro I've seen Bigfoot there in Hoosier national forest near lake Monroe in 2004 on a boy scout camping trip

[@DoesItTho]

The cringe here is epic. I dig it

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Yeah that was definitely intentional!

[@stuartwhobson]

It's all naturally occurring

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Yes, so I'm told. There is surprisingly little info out there, supposedly a group of researchers from IU checked it out and agreed that it was all natural occurring there, but I can't confirm that. Not sure how this place got it's reputation 🤷‍♂️ but we had fun with it.

[@godsgrace7777]

Absolutely not. Cuts that perfect do not happen regularly. There is even a keystone cut in one of the stones which is an ancient technique. There is even more signs on top of those. Please don't comment on something you are completely ignorant about.

[@paulocorrea521]

That's megalithic architecture, to find that it is natural is absurd.

[@navigator8222]

You are incorrect. Those are glacial deposits from Canada. The perfect angled “cuts” are from frost weathering. Water penetrates crevices and expands when frozen, weakening the rock over time. This is called volumetric expansion. Eventually the ice expands enough to fracture the stone apart. Rocks aren’t completely solid as they are made up of layers of sediment. These layers are the weak point as fissures and channels can easily be eroded from water.