General Information

Cellphone reception is limited at camp, but available away from camp.
The closest stores to the Field Station are about 15 miles away in the towns of Whitehall and Harrison.
Except on weekends, the students spend their evenings at the Field Station.
On weekends, no student is allowed to leave the Field Station except for activities approved by the director.
All of the evening work, study and recreation are done in the main lodge or in the classroom/lecture building.
Ample showers are available in two bathhouses that are separate from the dormitories.
ATM machines are available at various locations during the caravan trips, and on Saturday evening trips to town.
Prepaid phone cards are necessary to make outgoing calls on the student phone located in the lodge.

Visitors are welcome at the Field Station, but must have written approval at least two weeks prior to the course start date.
Send an email to: iugfs@indiana.edu or phone (812) 855-1475 for instructions regarding visitors and to obtain the necessary form for approval.

You are not permitted to have firearms or fireworks in your possession at the Field Station or in university vehicles.

Judson Mead Geologic Field Station