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Provides public access to one of the Iowa Great Lakes. Elk Rock State Park: Marion County: Knoxville: 850 340 [10] 1978: Lake Red Rock: Comprises two parcels on Iowa's largest body of water. Emerson Bay State Recreation Area: Dickinson County: Milford: 12 4.9: West Okoboji Lake: Provides public access to one of the Iowa Great Lakes. Fairport ...
Iowa: Private One of the few essentially natural glacial pothole lakes remaining in Iowa. Cayler Prairie: 1965: Dickinson: State An example of the increasingly rare virgin prairie grassland. Cold Water Cave: 1987
In 1916, the state of Iowa purchased the first 47.5 acres (192,000 m 2) for use as a quarry, but later transferred the area to the Board of Conservation.The area was initially classified as a state park, and later a "preserve." It was formally dedicated as a geological, archaeological, historical, and biological preserve in 1969.
The Mines of Spain State Recreation Area and E. B. Lyons Nature Center is a state park in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. It is near Dubuque, the eleventh-largest city in the state. The park features picnic areas, 15 miles (24 km) of walking/hiking trails, 4 miles (6.4 km) of ski trails, and the Betty Hauptli Bird and Butterfly Garden.
Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park is a 222-acre (90 ha) state park in Warren County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Indianola. Opened in 2004, the park is located on the site of a 1930s coal mine; its two namesake lakes were formed from the remnants of the mine.
The park was dedicated in 1940 as "Josh Higgins Parkway", named for a popular radio character of the day. In 1956, it was renamed George Wyth Memorial State Park after a well-known Cedar Falls businessman and conservationist. The park is located near Waterloo and Cedar Falls. Its large expanse of woodland is abundant with many varieties of ...
Maquoketa Caves State Park is a state park of Iowa, United States, located in Jackson County. It stands northwest of the city of Maquoketa . In 1991 111 acres (45 ha) on the east side of the park were listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places .
Twin Lakes State Park is a 15-acre (6.1 ha) state park in Calhoun County, Iowa, United States, located near the city of Rockwell City. The park is composed of two areas on the eastern and western shores of the 453-acre (183 ha) North Twin Lake.