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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the custodian of the Wildlife Complex, describes it as a "combination of prairies, shallow lakes, wetlands and oak savanna." [ 1 ] Formerly managed as the shallow "Trumbull Lake", [ 1 ] the Dewey's Pasture complex is today managed as a complex of wetlands, oriented towards a diverse population of wading ...
Pages in category "Lakes of Iowa" ... Black Hawk Lake (Sac County, Iowa) Brushy Creek State Recreation Area; Bussey Lake; C. Carter Lake (Iowa–Nebraska) Clear Lake ...
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 ...
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.
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.
Lake of Three Fires State Park is a 1,155-acre (467 ha) state park in Taylor County, Iowa, United States, located 4.3 miles northeast of the city center of Bedford. The park is centered on the eponymous 85-acre (34 ha) Lake of Three Fires. It was established in 1935 and named for a Potawatomi group that once lived there.
The State of Iowa acquired the property for the park in several parcels through the efforts of Dr. E.E. Speaker of Lake View, who also served on the State Board of Conservation. [4] The parcels included a former gravel quarry, a 30-acre (12 ha) farm on the southeast side of the lake, and the 30-acre (12 ha) Denison Beach.
The prime attraction of the 1,640-acre (660 ha) park is Lake Geode, a 187-acre (76 ha) lake built in 1950. Over the years, the lake has become well known for excellent fishing for largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie, channel catfish, bullhead, red-eared sunfish. Geode State Park joined the Iowa park system in 1937.