THE HAUTE 100: 100 Things to Do in Terre Haute (2024)

Ride a miniature train, eat in a former horse stall or race your car at a quarter-mile dragstrip — what’s on your ultimate Terre Haute list? Here’s ours. In no particular order, The Haute 100: 100 Things to Do in Terre Haute. THE HAUTE 100 1. Ride The Spirit of Terre Haute Train at Deming Park 2. Eat a Square Donut 3. Take a photo with the Larry Bird statue outside Hulman Center 4. Bike the National Road Heritage Trail 5. Experience the Blues at the Crossroads Festival 6. Ride in a boat on the Wabash River 7. Walk the Smith Memorial Labyrinth at Hawthorn Park 8. Attend a Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra concert 9. Take a picture with the co*ke Bottle Sculptures 10. Visit the CANDLES Holocaust Museum 11. Go sledding at Deming Park 12. Eat in a former stall at Stables Steakhouse 13. Complete the high ropes course at the Terre Haute Children’s Museum 14. Visit the Saint Ann Shell Chapel at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 15. Eat sushi at Umi Grill 16. Experience a Terre Haute Community Band concert at Fairbanks Park 17. Watch a dirt-track race at the Terre Haute Action Track 18. Tour the Swope Art Museum 19. Attend an ISU basketball game 20. Eat a giant tenderloin at Park Avenue Diner 21. Attend an event at Rose-Hulman’s Hatfield Hall 22. Bike trails at Griffin Bike Park 23. Experience the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 24. Karaoke with your friends at Tolly's Bar and Grill 25. Visit the pinball arcade at Bank of Pinball 26. Bowl a game at Terre Haute Bowling Center, Vigo Bowl or Imperial Lanes 27. Attend the Banks of the Wabash Festival 28. Watch a North-South high school rivalry game 29. Experience Pioneer Days at Fowler Park's Pioneer Village 30. Walk the Indiana Veterans Memorial Mile at Memorial Stadium 31. Visit the Eugene V. Debs Home 32. Attend a play at the Community Theatre of Terre Haute 33. Go inside the Vigo County Courthouse 34. Race your car in an Arrive-and-Drive event at Crossroads Dragway 35. Order prime rib at The Saratoga 36. Play a round of Disc Golf at Deming Park 37. Experience a movie at Moon Lite Drive-In 38. Watch quarter midget races at Hulman Mini Speedway 39. Visit the Native American Museum at Dobbs Park 40. Have a steak at J. Ford’s Black Angus 41. Watch a Terre Haute Rex baseball game 42. Attend an event in the Red Barn at Sycamore Farm 43. Play a round of miniature golf at Bogey’s 44. Visit the terminal at Terre Haute Regional Airport 45. Target shoot at the indoor range at Top Guns 46. Attend the ISU Homecoming Parade 47. Browse the Terre Haute Farmers Market at The Meadows 48. Go fishing at Dobbs Park Pond 49. Dance the polka at OktoberFest 50. Grab pizza & a beer at the Ballyhoo 51. Play a match at the Tennis Bubble 52. Watch Fourth-of-July fireworks at Fairbanks Park 53. Borrow a book (or an armful!) from the Vigo County Public Library 54. Have a picnic at Collett Park 55. Visit the Indiana Track & Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame 56. Eat an elephant ear at the Vigo County Fair 57. Walk around the pond at Maple Avenue Nature Park 58. Browse the Arts Illiana Gallery 59. Have a glass of wine at Sycamore Winery or WaterTower Estates 60. Attend a semi-pro wrestling match with New Wave Wrestling 61. Play a round of golf at Hulman Links or Rea Park 62. Attend the Wabash Valley Classic basketball tournament 63. Sunday Brunch at O’Shaughnessy Hall at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 64. Sit on the bench with the Max Ehrmann statue at 7th and Wabash 65. Visit Veterans Memorial Museum of Terre Haute 66. Listen to live music at The Verve 67. Watch a cross country meet at the Lavern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course 68. Eat strawberry shortcake at the downtown Strawberry Festival 69. Look through the viewing scopes at Dewey Point 70. Visit the Booker T Washington Community Center 71. Experience Harry & Bud’s 72. Attend Miracle on 7th Street Christmas Festival 73. Tour the Wabash Valley Railroad Museum 74. Grab a table in the balcony at Mogger’s 75. Browse vinyl records at The Local Vinyl 76. Have a beer at the Terre Haute Brewing Co., Sonka, Afterburner Brewing or Treehouse Bar and Grill 77. Celebrate the Birthplace of the Coca Cola Bottle Festival 78. Get coffee from Federal Coffee and Fine Foods, Little Bear Coffee Co. or Loose Goose Coffee Co. 79. View the JI Case Wetlands Wildlife Refuge from the Hawthorn Park overlook 80. Skate at the Wigwam Skate Rink 81. Visit the alpacas and chickens at the White Violet Center at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 82. Get a workout in at Climbing Café 83. Play Trivia Night at Charlie’s Pub & Grill 84. Tailgate at an ISU football game 85. Learn how to crochet, macrame or paint a canvas at Makers Studio at 12 Points 86. Visit Stiffy Green and see Terre Haute history at the Vigo County History Museum 87. Attend a Downtown First Friday event 88. Skateboard at the Voorhees Park Skate Park 89. Pick out a Christmas Tree at Holiday Hill Tree Farm 90. Relax by the fountain at Indiana State University 91. Tour the Christmas Lights Display at Deming Park 92. Attend a concert at the The Mill 93. Watch a demolition derby at the Vigo County Fair 94. Walk the Prairie Restoration path at Dobbs Park 95. Peer into space through the telescope at ISU’s Hook or Rose-Hulman’s Oakley observatories 96. Watch a stage play by Children’s Theatre of Terre Haute 97. Take the kids to The Bouncin Barn 98. Enjoy the barbecue at Rick’s Smokehouse 99. Play pickle ball at Brittlebank Park 100. Visit the White Chapel at Rose-Hulman