List of Iowa state parks

Iowa has many recreational opportunites, a large part being state parks. The Iowa DNR is responsible for maintaining the facitilites. County-managed state parks are listed separately at the end.

State parks of Iowa listed alphebetically.
Name of Area	County	Nearby City
Ambrose A. Call State Park	Kossuth	Algona
Backbone State Park	Delaware	Strawberry Point
Badger Creek State Park	Madison	Van Meter
Beed's Lake State Park	Franklin	Hampton
Bellevue State Park	Jackson	Bellevue
Big Creek State Park	Polk	Polk City
Black Hawk State Park	Sac	Lake View
Brushy Creek State Park	Webster	Lehigh
Cedar Rock State Park	Buchanan	Quasqueton
Clear Lake State Park	Cerro Gordo	Clear Lake
Dolliver Memorial State Park	Webster	Lehigh
Elk Rock State Park	Marion	Knoxville
Elinor Bedell State Park	Dickinson	Spirit Lake
Fort Atkinson State Park	Winneshiek	Fort Atkinson
Fort Defiance State Park	Emmet	Estherville
Geode State Park	Henry	Danville
George Wyth Memorial State Park	Black Hawk	WAterloo
Green Valley State Park	Union	Creston
Gull Point State Park	Dickinson	Milford
Honey Creek State Park	Appanoose	Moravia
Lacy-Keosauqua State Park	Van Buren	Keosauqua
Lake Ahquabi State Park	Warren	Indianola
Lake Anita State Park	Cass	Anita
Lake Darling State Park	Washington	Brighton
Lake Keomah State Park	Mahaska	Oskaloosa
Lake MacBride State Park	Johnson	Solon
Lake Manawa State Park	Pottawattamie	Council Bluffs
Lake of Three Fires State Park	Taylor	Bedford
Lake Wapello State Park	Davis	Drakesville
Ledges State Park	Boone	Boone
Lewis and Clark State Park	Monona	Onawa
Maquoketa Caves State Park	Jackson	Maquoketa
McIntosh Woods State Park	Cerro Gordo	Ventura
Mines of Span & E.B. Lyons State Park	Dubuque	Dubuque
Nine Eagles State Park	Decatur	Davis City
Okamanpedan State Park	Emmet	Dolliver
Palisades-Kepler State Park	Linn	Mount Vernon
Pikes Peak State Park	Clayton	McGregor
Pilot Knob State Park	Hancock	Forest City
Pine Lake State Park	Hardin	Eldora
Pleasant Creek State Park	Linn	Palo
Prairie Rose State Park	Shelby	Harlan
Preparation Canyon State Park	Monona	Moorhead
Red Haw State Park	Lucas	Chariton
Rice Lake State Park	Winnebago	Lake Mills
Rock Creek State Park	Jasper	Kellogg
Shimek State Forest	Lucas	Chariton
Springbrook State Park	Guthrie	Cuthrie Center
Stephens State Forest	Lucas	Chariton
Stone State Park	Plymouth	Sioux City
Twin Lakes State Park	Calhoun	Rockwell City
Union Grove State Park	Tama	Gladbrook
Viking Lake State Park	Montgomery	Stanton
Volga River State Park	Fayette	Fayette
Walnut Woods State Park	Polk	Des Moines
Wanata State Park	Bunea Vista	Peterson
Wapsipinicon State Park	Jones	Anamosa
Waubonsie State Park	Fremont	Sidney
Wildcat Den State Park	Muscatine	Muscatine
Wilson Island State Park	Harrison	Missouri Valley
Yellow River State Forest	Allamakee	Waukon

County-managaed State parks of Iowa listed alphebetically.
Name of Area	County	Nearby City
Cold Springs State Park	Cass	Lewis
Crystal Lake State Park	Hancock	Crystal Lake
Eagle Lake State Park	Hancock	Britt
Echo Valley State Park	Fayette	West Union
Frank A. Gotch State Park	Humboldt	Dakota City
Heery Woods State Park	Butler	Clarksville
Lake Cornelia State Park	Wright	Cornelia
Kearny State Park	Palo Alto	Emmetsburg
Mill Creek State Park	O'Brien	Paullina
Oak Grove State Park	Sioux	Hawarden
Oakland Mills State Park	Henry	Oakland Mills
Pammel State Park	Madison	Winterset
Sharon Bluffs State Park	Appanoose	Centerville
Spring Lake State Park	Greene	Grand Junction
Swan Lake State Park	Carroll	Carroll
Twin Lakes State Park	Calhoun	Rockwell

Sources

Iowa State Park Bureau

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