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...
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State Parks, Preserves, & Public Lands Series
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...
Kevin Mason
- Nov 27, 2022
- 3 min
Clear Lake State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 27
Located on the south shore of Clear Lake in the heart of Cerro Gordo County, a 102 acre state park holds natural and historic treasures....
Kevin Mason
- Nov 20, 2022
- 3 min
Badger Creek State Recreation Area - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 26
Somewhere between West Des Moines, Winterset, and Van Meter in Madison County, a 700+ acre state recreation area holds natural and...
Kevin Mason
- Nov 13, 2022
- 3 min
Heery Woods State Park - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 25
Situated on either side of the Shellrock River just south of Clarksville in Butler County, a 394-acre state park holds natural and...
Kevin Mason
- Nov 6, 2022
- 3 min
Templar State Recreation Area - Notes on Iowa State Park Series, Episode 24
Tucked in alongside Big Spirit Lake in Dickinson County’s Iowa Great Lakes chain, a 10-acre state recreation area holds natural and...
Kevin Mason
- Oct 30, 2022
- 3 min
Lake of Three Fires State Park - Notes on Iowa State Parks Series
Tucked in a series of Southern Iowa Drift Plains hills near the Missouri Border in Taylor County, a 1,155-acre State Park near Bedford...
Kevin Mason
- Oct 16, 2022
- 3 min
Walnut Woods State Park - State Park Series, Episode 21
Located along the Raccoon River Polk County’s West Des Moines, a 260-acre State Park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along...
Kevin Mason
- Oct 9, 2022
- 3 min
Gull Point State Park - State Park Series, Episode 20
Located alongside West Okoboji Lake in Milford of Dickinson County’s Iowa Great Lakes, a 380-acre State Park holds natural and historic...
Kevin Mason
- Oct 2, 2022
- 3 min
"Big Creek State Preserve" - State Parks Series
Located between Arlington and Wadena in Fayette County, a 217-acre State Preserve holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with...
Kevin Mason
- Sep 25, 2022
- 3 min
State Park Series - Twin Lakes State Park
Located between Rockwell City and Pomeroy in Calhoun County, a 15-acre State Park nestled alongside the 453-acre North Twin Lake holds...
Kevin Mason
- Sep 18, 2022
- 4 min
State Park Series - Elk Rock State Park
Located alongside Lake Red Rock between Pella and Knoxville in Marion County, a 997-acre State Park holds natural and historic treasures....
Kevin Mason
- Sep 11, 2022
- 3 min
State Park Series - Beeds Lake State Park
Located just northwest of Hampton in Franklin County, a 419-acre State Park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes...
Kevin Mason
- Sep 4, 2022
- 3 min
State Park Series - Bellevue State Park
Located a little ways south of Dubuque on the Great River Road in at Bellevue in Jackson County, a 788-acre State Park holds natural and...
Kevin Mason
- Aug 28, 2022
- 3 min
State Park Series - Trappers Bay
Located just northwest of the Iowa Great Lakes and adjacent to the town of Lake Park in Dickinson County, a 57.5-acre State Park holds...
Kevin Mason
- Aug 21, 2022
- 3 min
State Park Series - Volga River State Recreation Area
Located just northeast of Fayette in Fayette County, a 5700-acre State Recreation Area holds natural and historic treasures. Come along...
Kevin Mason
- Aug 14, 2022
- 3 min
State Park Series - Fort Defiance
Located just west of Estherville in Emmet County, a 221-acre State Park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes on...
Kevin Mason
- Aug 7, 2022
- 3 min
State Park Series - Green Valley
Located just north of Creston in Union County, a 1060-acre State Park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes on...
Kevin Mason
- Jul 31, 2022
- 3 min
State Park Series - Union Grove State Park
Tucked between Garwin and Gladbrook in Tama County, a 282-acre State park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along with Notes on...
Kevin Mason
- Jul 24, 2022
- 3 min
State Park Series - Elinor Bedell State Park
Situated among the busy shores of the Iowa Great Lakes Region in Dickinson County, a peaceful 80-acre state park holds natural and...
Kevin Mason
- Jul 17, 2022
- 4 min
State Park Series - Wapsipinicon State Park
Nestled alongside the Wapsipinicon River in Anamosa, a diverse and intriguing 394-acre State Park holds natural and historic treasures....
Kevin Mason
- Jul 10, 2022
- 4 min
State Park Series - Ambrose A. Call State Park
Perched atop the geographically unique Algona End Moraine in Kossuth County, a history rich 138-acre State Park holds natural and...
Kevin Mason
- Jul 3, 2022
- 3 min
State Park Series - Lake Macbride State Park
Just a few miles west of Solon in east central Iowa, an enjoyable 2,180-acre State Park holds one of the most unique state park stories...
Kevin Mason
- Jun 26, 2022
- 3 min
State Park Series - Waubonsie State Park
Tucked into Iowa’s extreme southwestern corner at the southern end of the Loess Hills, a stunning 2,058-acre state park holds natural and...
Kevin Mason
- Jun 19, 2022
- 3 min
State Park Series - George Wyth State Park
Stretching the border between Cedar Falls and Waterloo along the Cedar River, a beautiful 1,200 acre state park holds natural and...
Kevin Mason
- Jun 12, 2022
- 3 min
State Park Series - Big Creek
Tucked alongside the Saylorville Reservoir just north of Iowa’s capital city of Des Moines, a beautiful 3550-acre state park holds...
Kevin Mason
- Jun 5, 2022
- 3 min
State Park Series - Pilot Knob
Towering above the surrounding agricultural landscape, a beautiful 700-acre state park holds natural and historic treasures. Come along...
Kevin Mason
- May 29, 2022
- 2 min
State Parks Series: Palisades Kepler
Nestled between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, a stunning 840-acre state park rests on the banks of the Cedar River. Come along with Notes...
Kevin Mason
- Sep 20, 2021
- 1 min
Pilot Knob State Park (short)
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVaUZlwqmUc Fly along with Notes on Iowa as we take a brief look at Pilot Knob State Park!...
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