Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area: hunting and access
Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area is 3,652 acres open to public hunting in Warrick and Pike counties, next to Spurgeon, managed by the DNR's Division of State Parks. Hunters took 1,254 deer in Warrick County in 2025.
Data updated October 2026. Area facts: the DNR's DNR property open to hunting data, read 2026-10. Harvest: Indiana DNR deer reports, 2021 to 2025.
Properties open to public hunting (DNR map)Other DNR landInterlake Off-Road State Recreation AreaCounty lineLakeHighway
| Size | 3,652 acres |
|---|---|
| Counties | Warrick County and Pike County |
| Deer harvest unit | Warrick County, Pike County |
| Managed by | the DNR's Division of State Parks |
| Nearest towns | Spurgeon (next to it), Stendal (3 mi) and Lynnville (4 mi) |
What are the rules on Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area?
Indiana's statewide bag limit is 1 antlered and 6 antlerless deer, within each county's antlerless limit (DNR).
How many deer are taken around Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area?
Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area lies in 2 counties. Hunters took 1,254 deer in Warrick County in 2025, against 1,209 in 2024.
| County | Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area acres in it | Deer, 2025 | Deer, 2024 | Deer, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrick County | 1,884 | 1,254 | 1,209 | 1,322 |
| Pike County | 1,769 | 1,482 | 1,477 | 1,590 |
Harvest for the whole county, not the property alone: Indiana DNR White-tailed Deer Reports (2021 to 2025 seasons, Table 3-4).
How do you get to Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area?
Nearest towns: Spurgeon (next to it), Stendal (3 miles), Lynnville (4 miles) and Folsomville (6 miles). Highways within 5 miles: I-64.
What other public land is near Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area?
Properties open to public hunting within 10 miles:
- Sugar Ridge Fish and Wildlife Area: 8,907 acres, next to it
- Pike State Forest: 5,033 acres, 5.1 miles away
- Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge: 9,041 acres, 5.9 miles away
- Lost Hill Wetland Conservation Area: 385 acres, 9.2 miles away
- Little Pigeon Creek Wetland Conservation Area: 1,945 acres, 9.6 miles away
Public land within 3 miles of Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area
Counting Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area itself, 8,057 of the 44,037 acres within 3 miles of its boundary are public land open to the public (18.3%), by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries.
| Manager | Acres within 3 miles |
|---|---|
| Properties open to public hunting (DNR map) | 8,025 |
| Other DNR land | 32 |
Questions hunters ask
Where is Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area?
In Warrick and Pike counties, next to Spurgeon.
Who manages Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area?
The DNR's Division of State Parks, by the DNR's public hunting map.
How much public land is around Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area?
8,057 acres within 3 miles of its boundary, Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area included, by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries. The closest other public hunting property is Sugar Ridge Fish and Wildlife Area (next to it).
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Where these facts come from
- Area description, species, rules and directions: Indiana DNR properties with public hunting (managed lands layer).
- Boundary and acres: the DNR's map layer above. Surrounding public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public) and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries.
- Deer harvest: Indiana DNR White-tailed Deer Reports (2021 to 2025 seasons, Table 3-4).
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