White Pine Hollow State Preserve

Heim Road, New Vienna, IA

White Pine Hollow is a 712-acre preserve featuring a rugged landscape with groves of white pine trees. Formerly known as “Pine Creek Hollow&r... Read More

White Pine Hollow State Forest

Northwest Dubuque County, New Vienna, IA

White Pine Hollow is located in northwest Dubuque County, just northwest of the town of Luxemburg. This 944 acre area consists of a 712 acre state ... Read More

Turkey River Mounds State Preserve

Estes Point Road, Guttenberg, IA

Turkey River Mounds State Preserve is a 62-acre area containing a large complex of ancient Indian mounds on a spectacular narrow ridge overlooking ... Read More

Merritt Forest State Preserve

West Noble Road, Colesburg, IA

Merritt Forest is a 20-acre “virgin” old-growth forest. It is located four miles south of Guttenberg in Clayton County. Several trees o... Read More

Bixby State Preserve

37894 Fortune Avenue, Edgewood, IA

Bixby consists of 184 acres of rugged algific slopes, mature hard wood forests and a trout stream. The area is for day use only. Perfect for a quie... Read More

Retz Woods State Preserve

Grain Road, Elkader, IA

Lyle Retz Memorial Woods is a 49-acre preserve featuring a rugged forested area in the Paleozoic Plateau landform region. It is located 4.5 miles s... Read More

Little Maquoketa River Mounds Preserve

Highway 52, Dubuque, IA

Situated high atop a limestone ridge, overlooking the Little Maquoketa River just north of Dubuque on Highway 52 & 3, this 41 acre preserve fea... Read More

Mossy Glen State Preserve

Eagle Avenue, Edgewood, IA

Mossy Glen is an 80-acre preserve featuring a rugged forested area along the Silurian Escarpment. It is located 6 miles northwest of Edgewood and 6... Read More

Pikes Peak State Park

32264 Pikes Peak Road, McGregor, IA

In this area, Native Americans of the Woodland Culture of 800 to 1200 A.D. sculpted earthen "effigy" mounds on ridge tops, in the shapes of animals... Read More

Mines of Spain State Recreation Area and E. B. Lyons Interpretive Center

8991 Bellevue Heights, Dubuque, IA

The earliest known inhabitants of the Mines of Spain State Recreation Area during historical times were the Mesquakie Indians. Their village was lo... Read More

Roberts Creek State Preserve

Fawn Hollow Rd., Saint Olaf, IA

Roberts Creek State Preserve is located in the Paleozoic Plateau landform region and contains a forested slope populated by the nationally threaten... Read More

Catfish Creek State Preserve

Mines of Spain Road, Dubuque, IA

Catfish Creek Preserve is located in the north half of the 1,300-acre Mines of Spain Recreation Area, on the south side of the city of Dubuque, in ... Read More

Backbone State Park

1282 120th Street, Dundee, IA

Backbone State Park was dedicated in 1920. It was Iowa's first state park and remains one of the most significant. Backbone is named for its narrow... Read More

Effigy Mounds National Monument

151 Highway 76, Harpers Ferry, IA

No visit to Allamakee county would be complete without stopping at Iowa's only national monument, the Effigy Mounds. There are 210 known prehistori... Read More

Yellow River State Forest

729 State Forest Road, Harpers Ferry, IA

The Paint Creek Unit is of primary interest to the recreationist. It has the Big Paint Creek, Little Paint Creek and equestrian campgrounds with ca... Read More

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