Indiana State Road 727

The route is a spur off of SR 127 that serves Pokagon State Park.

Starting from the main entrance into Pokagon State Park, SR 727 travels due east through a heavily forested area, which includes the Potawatomi Nature Preserve as well as two crossings of Pokagon's Trail 3.

[2] SR 727 was first authorized in 1934 between Ashley and Pleasant Lake, along Steuben county road 400W and 500S.

[7][8] The designation was extended west of Ashley to SR 327, south of Helmer, in 1940.

[11][12] The highway commission completed a major rerouting of SR 727 around 1968 when it was moved to its current location.

The original guard house at the end of SR 727, at the entrance to Pokagon State Park . This guard house, like many stone structures at Pokagon, was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps .