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This is a list of 63 state parks and recreation areas in Iowa. These state parks of the U.S. state of Iowa can be split into two groups based on management. The first group are those state parks managed by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Within the Des Moines metropolitan area, the park preserves a bottomland hardwood forest featuring the largest natural stand of black walnut trees in North America. [2] The Raccoon River meanders through the 260-acre (110 ha) park, providing fishing and canoeing opportunities. The park also provides picnic areas, a limestone lodge built in the ...
McIntosh Woods State Park is a 60-acre (24 ha) state park in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Ventura. The park, which opened in 1944, is located on the north shore of Clear Lake, the second-largest lake in the state. It is a popular access point to the lake for fishers and boaters on account of its three-lane boat ramp.
It is Iowa's smallest state park and unlike the others, it is an urban park. [3] At 6.48 acres (2.62 ha), it is a narrow park that extends along a point of land into West Okoboji Lake adjacent to private summer houses. [4] The overlook at the north end of the park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [2]
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
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.
Legacy Woods Nature Sanctuary in West Des Moines could be an attraction for people interested in nature, history and hands-on learning. New plans for West Des Moines arboretum include 300 trees ...
Ledges State Park is a state park in Boone County, Iowa, United States, located approximately four miles (6.4 km) south of the city of Boone. The park contains a sandstone gorge carved by Pea's Creek, a tributary of the Des Moines River. The gorge is 100 feet (30 m) deep in places, with concretions jutting from the cliffs.