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

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

Pine Lake State Park

22620 County Highway S56, Eldora, IA

Facilities and ActivitiesPicnicking/Shelters/LodgePine Lake offers 4 beautiful picnic areas. One is a quiet river setting near Pine Creek on the ea... Read More

Fallen Rock State Preserve

20997 Co Rd S56, Eldora, IA

This 122 acre state preserve may be accessed through Tower Rock, Fallen Rock Wildlife Area or the Iowa River. The property has many unique at... Read More

Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge

9981 Pacific Street, Prairie City, IA

Mann Wilderness Area State Preserve

160th Street, Ackley, IA

Mann Wilderness Area is a rugged forested area along the Iowa River Greenbelt. This 103-acre preserve is located five miles north of Steamboat Rock... Read More

Elk Rock State Park

811 146th Avenue, Knoxville, IA

Elk Rock State Park is located on Lake Red Rock, one of Iowa's large impoundments. The area had been inhabited by Native Americans dating back more... Read More

Chichaqua Valley Recreation Trail

, Bondurant, IA

This scenic recreational trail begins just east of Bondurant and extends for 20 miles to the Jasper County town of Baxter. The Polk County trailhe... Read More

Strasser Woods State Preserve

, Des Moines, IA

Strasser Woods State Preserve contains a 40-acre tract of forest within the city limits of Des Moines. Joseph and Elizabeth Strasser, who had owned... Read More

Ames High Prairie State Preserve

Ames High School, 1921 Ames High Dr., Ames, IA

The Richard W. Pohl Memorial Preserve at Ames High Prairie (popularly known more simply as “Ames High Prairie”) is a 22-acre preserve c... Read More

GreenBelt Lake

Hwy 63, Waterloo, IA

8 mile stretch of the Black Hawk Creek, a prairie, a couple of lakes, and miles of trails for biking, hiking, and cross country skiing. Greenbelt ... Read More

Cedar Bluffs Natural Area and State Preserve

1169-1271 280th St, Oskalossa, IA

This very unique 225 acre area contains a wide variety of deciduous trees, wildflowers, ferns, and other plant life, made accessible by a carefully... Read More

Easter Lake Park

2830 Easter Lake Drive, Des Moines, IA

The centerpiece of this beautiful park on the southside of Des Moines is its 165-acre lake. Five picnic shelters and three children's playgrounds o... Read More

Woodland Mounds State Preserve

North of Keokuk Street, Ackworth, IA

Woodland Mounds State Preserve is a 185-acre area featuring a group of five conical burial mounds dating from the years a.d. 400 to 1100. It is loc... Read More

Robinson Bird Sanctuary

, Waterloo, IA

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

Denman Woods

South off Grand Avenue at 31st St, Des Moines, IA

Another part of this complex is Denman Woods, accessed by turning south off Grand Avenue at 31st St. After about .5 miles, the road crosses RR trac... Read More

Squirrel's Nest