The Indianapolis Rowing Center (IRC), the only community rowing center in the city, is located inside beautiful Eagle Creek Park. We row on Eagle Creek Reservoir, which is an ideal rowing venue. IRC has more than 40 boats for club use and ample storage space for members’ rowing shells.
The 2,000-meter course on Eagle Creek Reservoir was the site of the 1987 Rowing events at the Pan-Am Games, the 1994 World Rowing Championships, the 2002 and 2003 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships, and has hosted the USRowing National Championship Regatta 13 times since 1987. The Indianapolis Rowing Center also hosts high-school and collegiate regattas in the spring and a fall head race, called the Head of the Eagle, each October.
Locations:
IRC Executive Director’s Office: Located at the Eagle Creek Park Office at 7840 W. 56th St. Thank you to the Eagle Creek Park Foundation and Eagle Creek Park for hosting IRC! Phone: 317-327-7100
IRC Boathouse: Located within Eagle Creek Park at 7350 Eagle Beach Drive (no mail delivery). The Boathouse Manager’s office is located within the IRC Boathouse. Phone: 317-298-9456
IRC Mailing Address: PO Box 53223, Indianapolis, IN 46253
Driving Directions to the IRC boathouse and regatta site:
From the north:
1. Take Lafayette Rd. south.
2. Turn right (west) onto 56th St.
3. Pass I-465.
4. Turn right (north) into Eagle Creek Park.
5. Skip to instruction “A”, below.
From the south:
1. Take I-465 West (If you have a choice of only North or South, go North! The point is to avoid traveling East around the beltway, because the park is on the west side of Indianapolis).
2. Exit at 56th St.
3. Turn left (west) onto 56th St.
4. Turn right (north) into Eagle Creek Park.
5. Skip to instruction “A”, below.
From the west:
1. Take 56th St. east
2. Turn left (north) into Eagle Creek Park.
3. Skip to instruction “A”, below.
From the east:
1. Take 56th St. west.
2. Go past Lafayette Rd.
3. Pass I-465.
4. Turn right (north) into Eagle Creek Park.
From the 56th St. park entrance:
A. Take the first left, toward the beach and water sports area.
B. Take the first right (“Water Sports Center”), onto a short gravel road through the woods and the gate of the center.
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