OptOutsideIN2025 Winners
Scavenger Hunt
Steve Hess - 2026 Annual Entrance Pass
Mary Schmitt - $50 Camping Gift Card
Josh Drake - $50 Inns Gift Card
Diane Allgyer-Moore - 1-year Outdoor Indiana magazine subscription
Tish Ivory - OptOutside headband
Heather Logan - Smokey Bear lantern and golf ball set
Social Media Photos
Caylen Redden - 2026 Annual Entrance Pass
Stephanie McLaughlin - $50 Camping Gift Card
Christiane Sears - $50 Inns Gift Card
Michael Seefeldt - 1-year Outdoor Indiana magazine subscription
Faith Wesstrom - OptOutside headband
Selected winners should email SPContests@dnr.IN.gov to claim their prize. If winners do not email by Dec. 31, 2025, their prize is forfeited.
Reveal ways to win
Share photos on social media
Posts that do not use the hashtag are not eligible for the drawings.
List of social media accountsShare photos on social media
Use #OptOutsideIN2025 and share photos of the day on select Indiana DNR Social Media accounts.
Join scavenger hunt
Complete at least 10 activities on a scavenger hunt on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025.
Prizes
Prizes include: 2026 DNR annual entrance passes, Outdoor Indiana magazine subscriptions, Indiana DNR camping and inns gift cards, and Opt Outside headbands.
Social media accounts
Use #OptOutsideIN2025 and tag one of the profiles below. Indicate the location in your photo description. We may contact you to use your photo for promotional purposes.
Use #OptOutsideIN2025 and tag one of the profiles below. Indicate the location in your photo description. We may contact you to use your photo for promotional purposes.
Rules
To submit a scavenger hunt entry for consideration in the #OptOutsideIN2025 Scavenger Hunt contest, please read the following rules and regulations.
Requirements:
- Scavenger hunt activities must be completed on Nov. 28, 2025, at an Indiana Department of Natural Resources-managed property.
- Scavenger hunt form must be turned in by Dec. 5, 2025, via email at SPContests@dnr.in.gov or by mail to Indiana State Park, 402 W. Washington Room W298, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Digital entries should be turned in as a PDF or photo file (png, jpeg, jpg). Forms sent via links to external drives will not be eligible.
- Only one scavenger hunt form per person.
- Participants may be contacted for permission to use their photos.
- Winners will be announced on social media and on https://on.in.gov/optoutside after the contest.
- Once announced, selected winners should email SPContests@dnr.in.gov to claim their prize. If winners do not email by Dec. 31, 2025, their prize is forfeited.
- Eligibility: Employees of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources are not eligible.
To submit a picture for consideration in the #OptOutsideIN2024 social media contest, please read the following rules and regulations.
Requirements:
- Photo(s) must be taken on Nov. 28, 2025.
- Photo(s) must be taken at an Indiana Department of Natural Resources-managed property.
- Photo(s) must be shared on Facebook or Instagram on Nov. 28, 2025.
- Must include the hashtag #OptOutsideIN2025 and tag an official DNR social media page.
- Participants may share one or multiple photos but will only be entered once in the drawing.
- Participants may be contacted for permission for use of their photo for promotional purposes.
- Winners will be announced on social media and on on.in.gov/optoutside after the contest.
- Once announced, selected winners should email SPContests@dnr.in.gov to claim their prize. If winners do not email by Dec. 31, 2025, their prize is forfeited.
- Eligibility: Employees of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources are not eligible.
