Coming South on I-164 bypass turn East onto Boonville-New Harmony Road and then go about 2 or 3 tenths of a mile. Blue Grass Pit's South Parking lot will be on your left as you drive East. If you past the parking lot entrance don't worry for the next road on your right will be the Parking lot and launch ramp for LOON PIT.


There is an information Display in the Blue Grass Pit's Parking lot and you can pick up a map of the area and learn about the various hunting and fishing activities that happen on the Fish and Wildlife Area's Property. Deer season and wild turkey and squirrels are being hunted right now. You may also run into bicyclist who like to park their vehicles in the parking lot and start bike rides from there.

Note: This parking lot is the South End of Blue Grass Pit. There is another Gravel launch ramp at the North East End of Blue Grass Pit.

Next Jan the DNR is proposing to allow gas motors on boats there. However you must remain at no wake speed if you run the gas motor.

Blue Grass Pit is more than a mile long and it takes a strong battery and good trolling motor to make it from one end to the other and back. And that's under calm conditions. If it's windy and blowing from the North going North into the wind allows you to ride the winds back home to the launch ramp. :)

I saw four deer this last week. Two were standing out in the middle of a recently harvested corn field and the other two I saw from the boat. They were hiding among some scrub trees right along the bank at the Blue Grass lake. I was not more than 200ft from them before I saw them in the trees. I have seen large bucks swimming across the pit not for from the South Blue Grass Concrete Launch ramp.

Boy Scouts are building a new concrete platform right next to the water's edge. This platform will be connected to the handicapped parking area via a concrete sidewalk. It's still under construction right now but should be finished in the near future.