Kish Ke Kosh Prairie State Preserve

Robin Avenue, Reasnor, IA

Kish-Ke-Kosh Prairie State Preserve consists mainly of upland prairie, which is recovering from being grazed in the past. It's main upland prairie ... Read More

Marietta Sand Prairie State Preserve

Knapp Ave, Marshalltown, IA

Marietta Sand Prairie is a 17-acre preserve featuring aeolian (windblown) sand deposits and a sand prairie. It is located seven miles northwest of ... Read More

Rock Creek State Park

5627 Rock Creek East, Kellogg, IA

Kellogg is three miles west and two miles south of the park. Newton is four miles south and ten miles west on Highway 6 and is the county seat. Gri... Read More

Elk Rock State Park

811 146th Avenue, Knoxville, IA

Elk Rock State Park is located on Lake Red Rock, one of Iowa's large impoundments. The area had been inhabited by Native Americans dating back more... Read More

Strasser Woods State Preserve

, Des Moines, IA

Strasser Woods State Preserve contains a 40-acre tract of forest within the city limits of Des Moines. Joseph and Elizabeth Strasser, who had owned... Read More

Margo Frankel State Park

, Des Moines, IA

Union Grove State Park

1215 220th Street, Gladbrook, IA

Union Grove State Park, located in northwest Tama County, is a very popular outdoor recreation area. The park was established in 1938. Its focal po... Read More

Ames High Prairie State Preserve

Ames High School, 1921 Ames High Dr., Ames, IA

The Richard W. Pohl Memorial Preserve at Ames High Prairie (popularly known more simply as “Ames High Prairie”) is a 22-acre preserve c... Read More

Doolittle Prairie State Preserve

560th Avenue, Story City, IA

Doolittle Prairie State Preserve is located in the Des Moines Lobe region and contains a native tallgrass prairie remnant dotted with seasonal mars... Read More

Woodland Mounds State Preserve

North of Keokuk Street, Ackworth, IA

Woodland Mounds State Preserve is a 185-acre area featuring a group of five conical burial mounds dating from the years a.d. 400 to 1100. It is loc... Read More

Pine Lake State Park

22620 County Highway S56, Eldora, IA

Facilities and ActivitiesPicnicking/Shelters/LodgePine Lake offers 4 beautiful picnic areas. One is a quiet river setting near Pine Creek on the ea... Read More

Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park

16510 118th Avenue, Indianola, IA

Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park, Iowa’s newest state park, is nestled in the rolling landscape between Des Moines and Indianola on Highw... Read More

Fallen Rock State Preserve

20997 Co Rd S56, Eldora, IA

This 122 acre state preserve may be accessed through Tower Rock, Fallen Rock Wildlife Area or the Iowa River. The property has many unique at... Read More

Big Creek State Park

8794 NW 125th Av, Polk City, IA

Big Creek Lake's clear water provides great family swimming fun. Refreshments are available at the beach during the swimming season. A large wooden... Read More

Hardin City Woodland State Preserve

30768 170th Street, Steamboat Rock, IA

Hardin City Woodland is a 25-acre preserve containing an upland forest. Named for the nearby remains of Hardin City, an early settlement, it is loc... Read More

Walnut Woods State Park

3155 Walnut Woods Dr. West, Des Moines, IA

Walnut Woods encompasses 260 acres of wooded bottomland along the Raccoon River. Within the park lies a large surviving natural stand of black waln... Read More

Cedar Bluffs State Preserve

280th Street, Oskaloosa, IA

Cedar Bluffs is a 223-acre preserve featuring a scenic forested bluffland with sandstone cliffs. It is located ten miles west of Oskaloosa in south... Read More

Mann Wilderness Area State Preserve

160th Street, Ackley, IA

Mann Wilderness Area is a rugged forested area along the Iowa River Greenbelt. This 103-acre preserve is located five miles north of Steamboat Rock... Read More

Lake Ahquabi State Park