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The nearby boat ramp allows boating and fishing. The park allows a variety of styles of camping, including 13 rental cabins and 89 camping sites, with 44 powered for RVs. [ 1 ] Several hiking trails are available, including a 6.6-mile (10.6 km) trail circumnavigating the lake. [ 2 ]
The park covers over 700 acres (280 ha) of land and includes the 276-acre (112 ha) Badger Creek Lake. The lake has two boat ramps and multiple fishing jetties; fish living in the lake include bass, bluegill, catfish, and crappie. The entire recreation area is also open for hunting. [1] The recreation area is known for its annual sunflower field ...
Lake Macbride State Park is a 2,180-acre (880 ha) state park in Johnson County, Iowa, United States, located near the city of Solon. The park is composed of two units centered on the 900-acre (360 ha) Lake Macbride. Both the park and the lake are named for Iowa conservationist Thomas Huston Macbride.
A symposium was held in 2007 in Decorah, Iowa, "to share the results of research, management and monitoring work in the Driftless Area." [27] The Nature Conservancy is also interested. Iowa Pleistocene snail Northern monkshood. The Driftless Area contains more than half of the world's algific talus slopes, a type of small, isolated ecosystem. [28]
Decorah is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of the Minnesota-Iowa border. It is the northernmost major community located along U.S. Route 52 in Iowa . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 7.04 square miles (18.23 km 2 ), of which 7.01 square miles (18.16 km 2 ) is land and 0.03 square miles (0. ...
Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area is a 1,927-acre (780 ha) state recreation area in Linn County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Palo. The recreation area is home to the 410-acre (170 ha) Pleasant Creek Lake. Both the lake and the park were formed in the 1960s to provide eastern Iowa with a large recreational lake.
Viking Lake State Park is a 1,000-acre (400 ha) state park in Montgomery County, Iowa, United States, located near the city of Stanton. The park is centered on the eponymous Viking Lake, which covers 136 acres (55 ha). The park's amenities include electric and non-electric campsites, six jetties for fishing, and a swimming beach. A restaurant ...
Rice Lake State Park is a 15-acre (6.1 ha) state park in Winnebago County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Lake Mills. The park is located on the south shore of Rice Lake and provides fishing and boating access to the lake. The lake is home to bass, bluegill, yellow perch, and walleye. It is also visited by migratory birds during their ...