Lookout Rock
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Lookout Rock is only about a mile from Moonville on Hope-Moonville Road. You will cross Raccoon Creek and drive up a hill. This large Sandstone outcropping will be seen on the right-hand side of the road.
Lookout Rock can provide spectacular views of Raccoon Valley, especially when the leaves are off the trees.
To get to Lookout Rock, Take State Route 93-Take State Route 56 to State Route 278 south-following the signs toward Lake Hope State Park. You will pass the iron furnace on the right and then the park lake. After the lake, make the first left on to Wheelabout Road. Almost immediately, the road will fork-veer to the left side of the fork. Follow this road until you get to a metal, one-lane bridge crossing over Raccoon Creek. Just before the bridge and on the left, you will see a pretty well-worn dirt trail that will lead along the bottomland and then up a gravel incline to the old tracks. The Moonville Tunnel is on the left. Continue about a mile up the hill and Lookout Rock is on the right.