Parks & Facilities

Pammel State Park

Pammel Park was originally one of the first State Parks in Iowa (dedicated in 1928). It is noted for its natural woodland beauty highlighted by its signature limestone ridge known as the “backbone”. It’s features include:

Backbone Shelter and Pammel Park Lodge
Picnic Grounds
Modern Campgrounds and Modern Bathrooms
Play Equipment
Trails
Middle River Ford
Harmon Tunnel
Yurt Cabins
Dump Station
Nature Center Activities

Cedar Covered Bridge Park

Cedar Covered Bridge Park

Picnicking, weddings, home of Cedar Covered Bridge, gazebo

Shelter Houses

Clanton Creek
Natural Resource Area

Public hunting, fishing, hiking, hike-in camping

Education/Programs

Criss Cove

Fishing, camping, hiking, nature study & photography

New Nature Center

Fellowship Forest

Fishing, hiking trails, primitive hike-in camping, picnicking/shelter

Camping/Cabins

Goeldner Woods

40 acre timber, picnic area, pit-vault bathroom, hiking trails

Shelter Houses

Guye Woods

Cable suspension bridge, river fishing, public hunting, hiking trails

Education/Programs

Hanson Prairie Preserve

30 acres of tall-grass prairie, Cedar Creek, walking trails, hiking

New Nature Center

Jensen Marsh

80+ acres of wetland/marsh, tall-grass prairie, upland timber, abandoned railroad bed hiking trail, public hunting

McBride Timber Preserve

McBride Timber Preserve

40 acre timber, picnic area, pit-vault bathroom, hiking trails

Middle River Park

Middle River Park

Cable suspension bridge, river fishing, public hunting, hiking trails

Schildberg Access

Schildberg Access

30 acres of tall-grass prairie, Cedar Creek, walking trails, hiking

Winterset Outdoor Classroom

Winterset Outdoor Classroom

5 acres of wetlands and prairie areas used for education

Click to print the County Parks Map (Shown Below)

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