Mount Pisgah Cemetery State Preserve

West Tulip Ave., 167th Street, Thayer, IA

Mount Pisgah Cemetery State Preserve is a small portion of a historic cemetery associated with a way station established by the Mormons as they mig... Read More

Three Mile Lake Recreation Area

1577 Creamery Rd., Afton, IA

Boating at Three Mile Recreational AreaFor recreational boating opportunities Three Mile Lake is a great destination!! We have a 400 acre ski zone ... Read More

Pammel State Park

1900 Pammel Park Road, Winterset, IA

Recreational opportunities abound. Individual park development varies from full utility camping and shelter facilities to undeveloped natural areas... Read More

Rolling Thunder Prairie State Reserve

22392 80th Ave, New Virginia, IA

Rolling Thunder Prairie State Preserve is located in the Southern Iowa Drift Plain landform region and contains an undulating prairie landscape bro... Read More

Casey's Paha State Preserve

far western portion of Hickory Hills County Park, New Virginia, IA

Casey’s Paha is a 175-acre preserve that highlights a half-mile portion of a 2.5-mile-long elongated hill known as a “paha.” It i... Read More

Badger Creek State Recreation Area

120th Lane, Van Meter, IA

Lake ActivitiesThe lake at Badger Creek is by far the most popular natural resource, and thus fishing is the most popular form of recreation. The l... Read More

Green Valley State Park

1480 130th Street, Creston, IA

Green Valley Lake is used for all types of boating; water skiing is allowed in a designated area. For safety reasons, there are special regulations... Read More

Lake Ahquabi State Park

16510 118th Avenue, Indianola, IA

A 115-acre man-made lake has a large sandy beach and offers unsupervised swimming. Boats, canoes, kayaks, and paddleboats are available for rent th... Read More

Nine Eagles State Park

23678 Dale Miller Road, Davis City, IA

Fishing on the 64-acre lake for bass, northern pike, tiger muskie, channel catfish, bluegill and crappie is a popular sport. The lake's timbered wa... Read More

Des Moines West KOA

34308 L Avenue, Adel, IA

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

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

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

Easter Lake Park

2830 Easter Lake Drive, Des Moines, IA

The centerpiece of this beautiful park on the southside of Des Moines is its 165-acre lake. Five picnic shelters and three children's playgrounds o... Read More

Red Haw State Park

24550 U.S. Hwy. 34, Chariton, IA

Red Haw State Park has an additional 229 acres south of the existing park designated for public hunting. This area offers upland opportunities and ... Read More

Bobwhite State Park

, Allerton, IA

Bobwhite State Park is a County operated park in Wayne County. It is home to an array of exciting activities such fishing, camping, swimming,... 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