Washington County


Washington County is in southern Indiana. It is bounded on the north by Jackson County, on the northwest by Lawrence County, on the west by Orange County, on the south by Crawford County, Harrison County, and Floyd County, and on the east by Scott County and Clark County.

Washington County Indiana Location Map

  Natural Areas

Big Spring Nature Preserve
 DNR [PDF]

Delaney Park
 Coming Soon

Jackson-Washington State Forest
 DNR

Knobstone Trail
 DNR

Twin Creek Valley
 NC

  Organizations

Indiana Karst Conservancy

Indiana Native Plant Society - South Central Chapter

Oak Heritage Conservancy

Sycamore Land Trust

  Watersheds

 

Washington County Indiana Watersheds map

Washington County Watersheds
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Red lines on the map depict the boundaries of 8-digit hydrologic units (one convenient definition of a watershed) as shown on this 1974 United States Geological Survey Map.

Washington County drains into four different 8-digit hydrologic units, each represented on the image above by an area between red lines and within the county boundary, designated by a letter. Clicking on a watershed name below will take you to separate page with more information on that watershed.

Letter

Watershed

A
B
C
D

Lower East Fork White
Muscatatuck
Blue-Sinking
Silver-Little Kentucky