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Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
West Branch, Iowa 52358Filed Under: Hiking, Skiing
Few Americans have known greater acclaim or more bitter criticism than Herbert Hoover. Born on August 10, 1874, Hoover was the son of a Quaker blacksmith, orphaned at an early age, and achieved intern ...
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Rathbun Lake
Centerville, Iowa 52544Filed Under: Camping, Cultural, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Hunting, Paddling, Skiing
Over 700 campsites are available at this 11,000-acre lake in the rolling hills of southern Iowa. Excellent fishing, hunting, sailing, state fish hatchery, and Restaurant and Inn, are major attraction ...
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Harpers Ferry, Iowa 52146Filed Under: Hiking, Skiing
Prehistoric mounds are common from the plains of the Midwest to the Atlantic seaboard, but only in this general area was there a culture that regularly constructed mounds in the shape of mammals, bird ...
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Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge
Wapello, Iowa 52653Filed Under: Fishing, Hiking, Hunting, Paddling
The Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge comprises over 8,373 acres, divided into four separate divisions: Big Timber, Louisa, Keithsburg, and Horseshoe Bend. Three divisions - Big Timber, Louisa, and ...
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Saylorville Lake
Johnston, Iowa 50131Filed Under: Camping, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting, Paddling, Skiing
Ten miles to the north of Des Moines, Iowa, is <A href="http://www.saylorvillelake.org">Saylorville Lake</A>, a 26,000 acre (land and water) U.S. Army Cor ...
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Coralville Lake
Iowa City, Iowa 52240Filed Under: Camping, Cultural, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting, Paddling, Skiing
The Coralville Lake Project is comprised of five campgrounds and offers lake and river fishing, camping, boating, swimming and water-skiing. Several public golf courses are just a short drive from the ...
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DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
Missouri Valley, Iowa 51555Filed Under: Cultural, Fishing, Hiking, Hunting, Paddling
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge is part of a network of refuges devoted to preserving and restoring increasingly scarce habitat for migratory waterfowl and other wildlife. The refuge is comprised of ...
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Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
Prairie City, Iowa 50228Filed Under: Hiking, Hunting
The Neal Smith National Wildife Refuge and Prairie Learning Center was created by an act of Congress in 1990, to re-construct tallgrass prairie and restore oak savanna on 8,654 acres of the Walnut Cre ...
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Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
Titonka, Iowa 50480Filed Under: Fishing, Hiking, Hunting
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1937 to provide a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife. The actual slough is all that remains of a pre-glacial r ...
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Lake Red Rock
Knoxville, Iowa 50138Filed Under: Camping, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting, Paddling, Skiing
Lake Red Rock is Iowa's largest lake and is just 10 minutes from Pella, known for its Dutch heritage and 15 minutes from Knoxville, Sprintcar Capital of the World. Lake Red Rock offers camping; shore ...
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