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Website. Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area. 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 ...
West Okoboji Lake (sometimes known as West Lake Okoboji) is a natural body of water, approximately 3,847 acres (15.57 km 2) in area, in Dickinson County in northwestern Iowa in the United States. It is part of the chain of lakes known as the Iowa Great Lakes. The area was long inhabited by the Santee or Dakota Sioux.
Lake Macbride State Park. 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.
Badger Creek State Recreation Area. Badger Creek State Recreation Area is a state recreation area in Madison County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Van Meter. 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 ...
Prairie Rose State Park. Prairie Rose State Park is a 422-acre (171 ha) state park in Shelby County, Iowa, United States, located near the city of Harlan. The park, which was established in 1962, surrounds the 218-acre (88 ha) Prairie Rose Lake, a manmade reservoir created in the 1950s. Both the lake and the park were named after the defunct ...
Several hiking trails are available, including a 6.6-mile (10.6 km) trail circumnavigating the lake. [2] The park allows winter usage for snowmobiling and cross-country skiing. A former Boy Scout facility on the south side of the lake, Camp Wapello, was a part of the park from 1984 until 1995.
1,062 acres (4.30 km 2) Elevation. 1,342 ft (409 m) [1] Established. 1961. Governing body. Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Lake Anita State Park is a state park of Iowa, US, featuring a 171-acre (69 ha) reservoir on a branch of the Nishnabotna River. [2] The park is located south of Anita on Iowa State Highway 148.
Max. depth. 33.7 ft (10.3 m) [2] Surface elevation. 778 ft (237 m) [1] Lake Wapello is a man-made lake in the U.S. state of Iowa, 7 miles (11 km) west of the town of Drakesville. The lake is entirely contained in Lake Wapello State Park, [3] which promotes recreational use of the lake. The lake is named for Chief Wapello of the Meskwaki people.