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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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York River State Park
Williamsburg, Virginia 23188Filed Under: Camping, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Paddling
Located 11 miles west of Williamsburg, York River State Park offers visitors an opportunity to experience the environment of a coastal estuary. This park is known for its rare and delicate environment ...
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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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