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Spook Cave. Coordinates: 43.034480°N 91.308609°W. Spook Cave is a flooded cave located about seven miles (11 km) west of McGregor in rural Clayton County, Iowa. It is privately owned and operated as a tourist attraction offering escorted boat rides into the cave. The cave was first discovered in 1953 and opened for business in 1955.
Cold Water Spring State Preserve. Coordinates: 43.44111°N 91.96028°W. Cold Water Spring State Preserve is a 60-acre (240,000 m 2) parcel state preserve protecting a spring that issues from Cold Water Cave, an extensive cave system in Winneshiek County, Iowa and Fillmore County, Minnesota. The spring is a tributary of the Upper Iowa River .
43°30′N91°00′W43.5°N 91°W The Driftless Area, also known as Bluff Country and the Paleozoic Plateau, is a topographical and cultural region in the Midwestern United States [ 1 ] that comprises southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and the extreme northwestern corner of Illinois. The Driftless Area is a USDA ...
Springbrook State Park. / 41.77667°N 94.45944°W / 41.77667; -94.45944. Springbrook State Park is a state park in Guthrie County, Iowa, United States, located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the city of Yale. The park contains a 17-acre (6.9 ha) spring -fed lake and timber-covered rolling hills along the Middle Raccoon River.
December 20, 1978. Decorah Ice Cave State Preserve has one of the largest ice caves in the Midwestern United States. [2] It consists of a 3-acre (1.2 ha) parcel of land at the edge of Barbara Barnhart VanPeenen Memorial Park in the northern portion of the city of Decorah, in Winnesheik County, Iowa. Ice Cave is open to the public as an 'enter ...
Environment of Iowa. Landforms of Iowa, based on Prior (1991) Topography of Iowa, with counties and major streams. The environment of Iowa has been heavily affected by agricultural production since it became a U.S. state in 1846. However, there remain natural areas in Iowa that reflect a wide varieties of environmental niches.
The region covers an area of about 800,000 sq. km and expands across three Canadian provinces (Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta) and five U.S. states (Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota, and Montana). The hydrology of the wetlands is variable, which results in long term productivity and biodiversity.
Bixby State Preserve. Bixby State Preserve is a nature reserve located in southwestern Clayton County, Iowa, in the midwestern United States. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Edgewood. It is operated by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources as one of the Iowa state preserves . Bixby State Preserve is one of the few places in the world ...