Pilot Grove State Preserve

W 260th Street (N and E of Pilot Grove Cemetery), Williamsburg, IA

Pilot Grove State Preserve is in the Southern Iowa Drift Plain landform region and features a wooded area that once was a landmark for early settle... Read More

Lake Keomah State Park

2720 Keomah Lane, Oskaloosa, IA

Lake Keomah State Park is 366 acres of beautiful woods and water. Lovely shaded picnic areas are nestled between the arms of the 83 acre man-made l... Read More

Rock Creek State Park

5627 Rock Creek East, Kellogg, IA

Kellogg is three miles west and two miles south of the park. Newton is four miles south and ten miles west on Highway 6 and is the county seat. Gri... Read More

Williams Prairie State Preserve

Black Hawk Avenue NW, Oxford, IA

Williams Prairie State Preserve is located in the Iowan Surface landform region and contains a wet prairie with more than 300 plant species are fou... Read More

Cedar Bluffs State Preserve

280th Street, Oskaloosa, IA

Cedar Bluffs is a 223-acre preserve featuring a scenic forested bluffland with sandstone cliffs. It is located ten miles west of Oskaloosa in south... Read More

Union Grove State Park

1215 220th Street, Gladbrook, IA

Union Grove State Park, located in northwest Tama County, is a very popular outdoor recreation area. The park was established in 1938. Its focal po... Read More

Lake Darling State Park

111 Lake Darling Road, Brighton, IA

Lake Darling State Park was dedicated on September 17, 1950. J. N. "Ding" Darling, for whom the park was named, "set the gate," a ceremony in which... Read More

Kish Ke Kosh Prairie State Preserve

Robin Avenue, Reasnor, IA

Kish-Ke-Kosh Prairie State Preserve consists mainly of upland prairie, which is recovering from being grazed in the past. It's main upland prairie ... Read More

Hanging Bog State Preserve

Six miles northwest of Cedar Rapids in Linn County, Palo, IA

Hanging Bog State Preserve features a shaded hillside seep that houses a large population of skunk cabbage. It was formed from mineral-rich groundw... Read More

Lake Red Rock

1105 North Highway T15, Knoxville, IA

Lake Red Rock is Iowa's Largest Lake with over 15,000 acres of water and 35,000 acres of land for your enjoyment. Located on the Des Moines River j... Read More

Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area

4530 McClintock Road, Palo, IA

Pleasant Creek Lake is one of the most popular boating spots in eastern Iowa. Four launching sites are conveniently located around the lake. These ... Read More

Rock Island State Preserve

42nd Street, Cedar Rapids, IA

Rock Island State Preserve is a 17-acre area featuring a sand prairie and an associated wetland and woodland. It is located in the northwest part o... Read More

Jones Park

201 Wilson Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA

As a part of AARP's 60th Anniversary, AARP launched an ambitious effort in 2019 to create 53 fitness parks – one each in all 50 states, the D... Read More

Behrens Ponds and Woodland State Preserve

Ponds Lane, Toddville, IA

Karl W. Behrens Memorial Ponds and Woodland is a 29-acre preserve featuring a series of sandy ponds inhabited by the blue-spotted salamander, a rar... Read More

O.B. Nelson Park

West Fillmore Avenue and South 2nd Street, Fairfield, IA

O.B. Nelson Park provides softball fields, sand volleyball courts, playground, a shelter (reserve), restrooms and an enclosed dog park. Read More

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