Sharon Bluffs State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 80
Located along the Chariton River east of Centerville in Appanoose County, a 144-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures....
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State Parks, Preserves, & Public Lands Series
Kevin Mason
- Nov 26
- 4 min
Black Hawk State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 79
Located on the southeastern edge of Lake View in Sac County, an 86-acre state park and adjacent 957-acre lake hold natural and historic...
Kevin Mason
- Nov 19
- 4 min
Bixby State Preserve - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 78
Located north of Edgewood in Clayton County, a 184-acre former state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes on...
Kevin Mason
- Nov 12
- 3 min
Lake Anita State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 77
Located along the Turkey Creek on the southern edge of Anita in Cass County, a 1,062-acre state park holds natural and historic...
Kevin Mason
- Nov 5
- 3 min
Geode State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 76
Located along the Skunk River between Mt. Pleasant and Burlington in Henry County, a 1,640-acre state park holds natural and historic...
Kevin Mason
- Oct 22
- 4 min
Three-Mile Lake Recreation Area - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 73
Located near Afton in Union County, 2700-acre recreation area holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes on Iowa as we...
Kevin Mason
- Oct 15
- 3 min
Swan Lake State Park - Notes on Iowa State Parks Series, Episode 73
Located just south of Carroll in Carroll County, a 510-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes on...
Kevin Mason
- Oct 8
- 3 min
Rock Creek State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode, 72
Located between Newton and Grinnell near Kellogg in Jasper County, a 1,697-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come...
Kevin Mason
- Oct 1
- 4 min
Lake Cornelia - Notes on Iowa State Parks Series, Episode 71
Located near Clarion in Wright County, a 122-acre former state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes on Iowa...
Kevin Mason
- Sep 24
- 3 min
Lake Manawa - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 70
Located near Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County, a 1,529-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes...
Kevin Mason
- Sep 17
- 4 min
Shimek State Forest - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 69
Located in Iowa’s southeastern corner near Farmington in Lee and Van Buren counties, a five-unit, 9,448-acre state forest holds natural...
Kevin Mason
- Sep 10
- 4 min
Gitchie Manitou State Preserve - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 68
Located in Iowa’s extreme northwestern corner near Larchwood in Lyon County, a 91-acre state perverse holds natural and historic...
Kevin Mason
- Sep 3
- 5 min
Yellow River State Forest - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 67
Located in Iowa’s northeastern corner of Allamakee County, a seven-unit, 8,584-acre state forest holds natural and historic treasures....
Kevin Mason
- Aug 27
- 4 min
Lake Wapello State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 66
Located near Drakesville in Davis County, a 1,150-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes on Iowa as...
Kevin Mason
- Aug 20
- 4 min
Springbrook State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 65
Located near Yale in Guthrie County, a 770-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes on Iowa as we...
Kevin Mason
- Aug 13
- 4 min
Lake Ahquabi State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 64
Located near Indianola in Warren County, a 770-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes on Iowa as we...
Kevin Mason
- Aug 6
- 3 min
Fish Farm Mounds State Preserve - Notes on Iowa State Parks Series, Episode 63
Located along the Mississippi River floodplain in extreme northeastern Iowa near New Albin in Allamakee County, a 3-acre state preserve...
Kevin Mason
- Jul 30
- 3 min
Brown's Lake-Bigelow Park, Notes on Iowa State Parks Series, Episode 62
Located South of Sioux City near Salix in Woodbury County, a 36-acre former state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along...
Kevin Mason
- Jul 16
- 3 min
Prairie Rose State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 60
Located near Harlan in Shelby County, a 422 acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes on Iowa as we...
Kevin Mason
- Jul 9
- 3 min
Pioneer State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 59
Located between Osage and Riceville along the Little Cedar River in Mitchell County, an 18-acre former state park holds natural and...
Kevin Mason
- Jul 2
- 3 min
Viking Lake State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 58
Located between Stanton and Villisca in Montgomery County, a 1,000 acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with...
Kevin Mason
- Jun 18
- 3 min
Preparation Canyon - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 56
Located near Pisgah in the heart of the Loess Hills on the border between Monona and Harrison counties, a 334-acre state park holds...
Kevin Mason
- Jun 4
- 4 min
Lost Island State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 54
Located north of Ruthven in Palo Alto County, a former state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes on Iowa as...
Kevin Mason
- May 28
- 4 min
Wildcat Den State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 53
Located near the Mississippi River between Muscatine and Davenport in Muscatine County, a 423-acre state park holds natural and historic...
Kevin Mason
- May 21
- 3 min
McIntosh Woods State Park - Notes on Iowa State Parks Series, Episode 52
Located between Clear Lake and Ventura in Cerro Gordo County, a 60-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with...
Kevin Mason
- May 14
- 3 min
Mill Creek State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 51
Located near Paullina in O’Brien County, a 139-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes on Iowa as we...
Kevin Mason
- May 7
- 1 min
Red Haw State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 50
Come along with Notes on Notes on Iowa to explore the history of Red Haw State Park! Located near Chariton, Iowa, in Lucas County, a...
Kevin Mason
- Apr 30
- 3 min
Frank Gotch State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 49
Located four miles south of Humboldt at the confluence of the Des Moines River’s east and west forks in Humboldt County, a 67-acre state...
Kevin Mason
- Apr 23
- 3 min
Margo Frankel Woods State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 48
Located on the northside of Des Moines in Polk County, a 136-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes...
Kevin Mason
- Apr 16
- 3 min
Emerson Bay State Recreation Area - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 47
Located alongside West Okoboji in the Iowa Great Lakes chain of Dickinson County, a 12-acre state recreation area holds natural and...
Kevin Mason
- Apr 9
- 3 min
Bobwhite State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 46
Tucked next to one of Iowa’s lakes near Allerton and Corydon in Wayne County, a 96-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures....
Kevin Mason
- Apr 2
- 4 min
Rice Lake State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 45
Tucked next to one of Iowa’s natural lakes near Lake Mills in Winnebago County, a 15-acre state park holds natural and historic...
Kevin Mason
- Mar 26
- 3 min
Wanata State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 44
Nestled along the Little Sioux River just south of Peterson in Clay County, a 144-acre former state park holds natural and historic...
Kevin Mason
- Mar 19
- 3 min
Banner Lakes at Summerset - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 43
Located between Des Moines and Indianola in Warren County, a 222-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with...
Kevin Mason
- Mar 12
- 4 min
Mines of Spain State Recreation Area - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 42
Located on the might Mississippi River on the southern edge of Dubuque, a 1,439 acre state recreation area holds natural and historic...
Kevin Mason
- Mar 5
- 4 min
Pillsbury Point State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 41
Located on the shore of West Okoboji Lake of the Iowa Great Lakes chain in Dickinson County’s Arnold’s Park, Iowa’s smallest state park...
Kevin Mason
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Lake Keomah State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 40
Located east of Oskaloosa in Mahaska County, a 366-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes on Iowa as...
Kevin Mason
- Feb 19
- 4 min
Okamanpedan State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 39
Located east of Estherville and north of Dolliver located on the Iowa-Minnesota border at the headwaters of the Des Moines River’s East...
Kevin Mason
- Feb 12
- 3 min
Nine Eagles State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 38
Located east of Lamoni across Interstate 35 near Davis City and a stone’s throw from the Iowa-Missouri border in Decatur County, a...
Kevin Mason
- Feb 5
- 4 min
Dolliver Memorial State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 37
Located alongside the Des Moines River just south of Fort Dodge in Webster County, a 595-acre state park holds natural and historic...
Kevin Mason
- Jan 29
- 4 min
Maquoketa Caves State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 36
Tucked into the rolling hills of eastern Iowa’s Jackson County near Maquoketa, a 323-acre state park holds natural and historic...
Kevin Mason
- Jan 22
- 3 min
Pikes Point State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 35
Jutting out into West Okoboji in the Iowa Great Lakes chain near Spirit Lake in Dickinson County, a 15-acre state park holds natural and...
Kevin Mason
- Jan 15
- 4 min
Pikes Peak State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 34
Located on one of the highest bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River just south of McGregor in Clayton County, a 970-acre state park...
Kevin Mason
- Jan 8
- 4 min
Ledges State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 33
Located along the Dragoon Trail between Boone and Madrid not far from where Kate Shelley crossed the high bridge on the Des Moines River,...
Kevin Mason
- Jan 1
- 4 min
Backbone State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 32
Located just south of Strawberry Point to stretch across the border between Clayton and Delaware County, a 2001-acre state park holds...
Kevin Mason
- Dec 25, 2022
- 4 min
Pammel State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 31
Located just southwest of Winterset in Madison County, a 350-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes...
Kevin Mason
- Dec 18, 2022
- 3 min
Oak Grove State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 30
Located just north of Hawarden on the banks of the Big Sioux River in Sioux County, a 101-acre state park holds natural and historic...
Kevin Mason
- Dec 11, 2022
- 3 min
Honey Creek State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 29
Located between Chariton, Centerville, and Albia in the northwestern corner of Appanoose County, an 828-acre state park holds natural and...
Kevin Mason
- Dec 4, 2022
- 3 min
Echo Valley State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 28
Just outside West Union in the heart of Fayette County, a nearly 300-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along...
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