eXplore Brown County

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Is there a wedding in your future? We have the perfect destination venue.

Our expansive property, over 1,000 acres of hills and valleys in beautiful Brown County, offers several unique locations for your bachelor or bachelorette party, rehearsal dinner, wedding, wedding reception, and post-wedding adventures. We work closely with you, helping to create memories that will be cherished for a lifetime. Is there a wedding in your future? View and download our Wedding Packet below.

Destination weddings can be stressful, trying to find the perfect caterer, that amazing cake, the photographer who can capture your total experience…etc. We have contacts for all of your wedding needs including spa treatments and activities for the groom. What we don’t have on-site, we can find for you through our extensive list of vendors, proven professionals to meet all of your needs and wish lists.

Browse our wedding FAQ's page for details, view and download our Wedding Packet or contact us at info@explorebrowncounty.com for more information. Need to talk? We would love to hear from you - 812.988.7750 and will be happy to assist you in making your wedding an unforgettable experience.

Ceremony Locations

Harvest Hall

The Harvest Hall is a beautifully decorated building located in a Brown County wooded country setting. The inside location is designed to fit everyone’s needs. It is completely heated and air conditioned with a romantic fireplace. A large indoor stage provides the ideal setting for an indoor ceremony if the weather is not perfect for an outdoor wedding. The loft area provides a bird’s eye view, and our wooden staircase with the backdrop gives the bride and her party the perfect, breathtaking entrance. A separate room is set aside for the bride and her wedding party's needs. The hall accommodates up to 200 guests (inside and on the porch). Read more about HARVEST HALL and the amenities that are available.

Dock Overlooking the Lake

Our lake affords a truly stunning and unforgettable backdrop, where your reflections seem to last forever. Guests are comfortably seated along the dam overlooking the lake while the bride and groom exchange their vows on the dock with their family and bridal party surrounding them. This picturesque location accommodates wedding parties up to 100. Zip back over the spot where you got married later in the day or save that adventure for your first day as a married couple!

Outdoor Stage

The Outdoor Shelter/Stage will accommodate large wedding parties. The Stage is surrounded by beautiful Brown County forest and is a favorite location for outdoor weddings. Should your plans for an outdoor wedding be interrupted due to the weather, your wedding ceremony can easily be moved into the Harvest Hall.

Outside the Hall

Outside the Hall there is a grassy area surrounded by woods, perfect for your intimate ceremony. Rent our wedding arch or set up your own gazebo. This cozy location for your small wedding ceremony provides great views of the foliage as well as close access to the restrooms and hall facility.

WARNING: Under Indiana law, an agritourism provider is not liable for an injury to, or the death of, a participant in agritourism activities at this location if the death or injury results from the inherent risks of agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include risks of injury inherent to land, equipment, and animals as well as the potential for you to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death, or for other participants to act in a manner that may cause you injury or cause your death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity. As added by P.L.3-2011, SEC.1. The property used by Valley Branch Retreat Inc. dba eXplore Brown County dba Paintball Valley is a Classified Forest/Tree Farm and an Indiana Agritourism provider.