Abandoned Ski Resort: 500 Acres in Starlight, Indiana, From the Air

A 500-acre former ski resort in Starlight, Indiana, closed in the 1980s, with its old runs still traced in the tree line.

Shaun WilsonFAA Part 107 licensed pilot 2 min read

Some properties only make sense from the air. This one is 500 acres in Starlight, Indiana, and it used to be a ski resort.

The resort closed in the 1980s. From the road it reads as woods and hills. From a few hundred feet up you can still trace the old ski runs winding down through the trees, decades after the last lift ran.

What the aerial tour shows

  • The full 500 acres and the way the Southern Indiana hills fold together
  • The old ski runs, still visible in the tree line
  • The roads, clearings and open ground across the property
  • How the land sits among the farms and woods around it

Why aerial video fits a property like this

Properties like this rarely come available. Unique real estate, development ground and landscapes that cannot be shown from the street are where aerial video earns its keep: a buyer sees the size, the terrain and the history of the place before setting foot on it.

For large acreage the same flight can also carry boundary-line overlays, so the parcel reads at a glance.

Watch the aerial tour

Abandoned Ski Resort on 500 Acres in Southern Indiana | Aerial Real Estate Tour

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