Iowa Outdoors Map
Iowa Outdoors Featured Locations
"Iowa By Trail" App
Des Moines, Iowa
17-year cicadas swarm parts of Iowa
Jester Park, 12130 NW 128th St., Granger, Iowa
Acoustic Ecology
2248 125th Street, Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (Okoboji)
All Ability Cycles
220 E Lincoln Way, Jefferson, Iowa 50129
Althea Sherman Tower
28112 215th Street, Garnavillo, Iowa 52049
Amateur astronomers and the art of astrophotography
Ia 141, Coon Rapids, Iowa 50058
Andrew Peters, Landscape Painter
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Archery and bowfishing
Hardenbrooks Cafeteria, Des Moines, Iowa 50317
Ashton Observatory
8717 West 122nd Street North, Mingo, Iowa 50168
Barefoot running
Wyth Road, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613 (Waterloo & Iowa City)
Barred Owl Trail | Trail in a Minute
County Road W68, Strawberry Point, Iowa 52076 (Backbone State Park)
Bellevue State Park | Iowa By Air
Bellevue State Park, Bellevue, Iowa 52031
Big Creek State Park, Polk County, Iowa
Big Creek Lake State Park, 8550 NW 142nd Ave, Madrid, Iowa 50156 (Madison)
Big Sand Mound
Muscatine, Iowa 52761
Bixby Ice Cave Trail | Trail in a Minute
Fortune Avenue, Edgewood, Iowa 52042
Black Hawk State Park | Trail-in-a-Minute
224 S State Road, Lake View, Iowa 51450
Boy Scouts Winter Survival Training
Armory, Osborn Dr, Ames, Iowa 50012
BRR Bike Ride, Perry, Iowa
2315 1st Avenue, Perry, Iowa 50220
Buck Christensen Photographer (Council Bluffs)
South Shore Drive, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51501 (Lake Manawa State Park)
Building & Hiking Iowa's Trails
429 Ave, Bellevue, Iowa 52031 (Bellevue State Park)
Camp Courageous
Camp Courageous, 12007 190th St, Monticello, Iowa 52310
Casting Away Disabilities
12194 Honey Creek Pl, Moravia, IA 52571 (Honey Creek State Park)
Cedar Cliff Trail | Trail-in-a-Minute
Kepler Drive, Mount Vernon, Iowa 52314 (Cedar Falls)
Charles City Whitewater Park, Iowa
Court Street, Charles City, Iowa 50616
Chronic Wasting Disease
Harpers Ferry, Iowa
Cold Water Kayaking, Des Moines River, Iowa
Winneshiek County
Color the Wind Kite Festival
1005 North Shore Drive, Clear Lake, Iowa 50428
Cordova Park | Iowa by Air
Cordova Park Observation Tower, Otley, Iowa 50214 (Cordova Park)
Creek Walking at Ledges State Park | Trail-in-a-Minute
255th Street, Madrid, Iowa 50156 (Ledges State Park)
Cross Country or Nordic Skiing
Fox Run Trail, Granger, Iowa 50109
Dancehall Cave | Trail-in-a-Minute
10970 98th Street, Maquoketa, Iowa 52060 (Maquoketa Caves State Park)
David Heusinkveld: Tragedy & Recovery
Amana, Iowa
Decorah Eagle Nest
Siewers Spring Road, Decorah, Iowa 52101
Decorah Eagle Nest: UPDATE
Siewers Spring Road, Decorah, Iowa 52101
Decorah Eagle Update, Decorah, Iowa
Siewers Spring Road, Decorah, Iowa 52101
Decorah Mountain Biking Trails
Ice Cave Road, Decorah, Iowa 52101
Devonian Fossil Gorge
4103 Prairie Du Chien Rd NE, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 (Coralville)
Devonian Fossil Gorge | Iowa by Air
Devonian Fossil Gorge, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 (Coralville)
Disc Golf in Iowa
Walnut Ridge Disc Golf Course, 7202 Eagle Crest Dr, Johnston, Iowa 50131
DNR Law Enforcement
Big Creek Beach, 8550 NW 142nd St, Madrid, Iowa 50156 (Big Creek Lake)
Dog Sledding, Great Western Trail, Warren County, Iowa
Great Western Trail, Warren County, Iowa
Doolittle Prairie Walk
14284 560th Avenue, Story City, Iowa 50248
Driftless Area Flyathon
766 Donahue Road, Harpers Ferry, Iowa 52146
Eagles of Decorah Viewing Event
Siewers Spring Road, Decorah, Iowa 52101
Edible Outdoors (Louisa County)
13882 I Avenue, Wapello, Iowa 52653
Emerald ash borer invades Iowa
Indianola, Iowa
Equine Assisted Therapy
1957 Meadowlark Road, Decorah, Iowa 52101
Ewing Park Flow Trail
Ewing Park, Des Moines, Iowa 50320
Fireflies in Iowa
Fairfield, Iowa
Fish tanks at the DNR Building
3036 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50317
Fly tying at the Fair
3036 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50317
Fort Dodge Regional Trail | Trail-in-a-Minute
9th Street Southwest, Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501
Forts & Fires
F.W. Kent Park, Oxford, Iowa 52322 (Tiffon)
Four-Mile Creek | Adopt a Stream
Sleepy Hollow Haunted Scream Park, 4051 Dean Ave, Des Moines, Iowa 50317 (Pleasant Hill)
Gardening the Outdoors
Des Moines, Iowa
Geocachers hunt for hidden treasures
Honey Creek State Park, Moravia, Iowa
Gitchie Manitou State Preserve | Trail-in-a-Minute
48056 Riverside Place, Larchwood, Iowa 51241 (Langwood)
Goats on the Go
Winterset, Iowa City, Ames, Ruthven
GORUCK military style workout regimen
1418 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Gravel Road Bike Race, Iowa
2060 Jewel Drive, Grinnell, Iowa 50112
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, 909 Robert D Ray Dr, Des Moines, Iowa 50316
Hartman Reserve Nature Center | Trail-in-a-Minute
623 Reserve Drive, Waterloo, Iowa 50701 (Cedar Falls)
High Trestle Trail Bridge, Madrid & Woodward, Iowa
Madrid, Iowa 50156
Hitchcock Nature Center
Fox Run Ridge Trail, Honey Creek, Iowa 51542
Honey Creek Resort
Rathbun Lakeshore Grille, 12633 Resort Dr, Moravia, Iowa 52571 (Honey Creek State Park)
Horseback Camping
Hill Road, Fayette, Iowa 52142
Horseshoe Bluff Trail | Trail-in-a-Minute
Horseshoe Bluff Nature Trail, Dubuque, Iowa 52003
Hot Air Ballooning Over Iowa
15335 Jewell St, Indianola, Iowa 50125
Ice Harvesting Demonstration
389 Lansing Harpers Road, Lansing, Iowa 52151
Ice scuba diving
Okoboji, Iowa
Iceboating on Clear Lake, Iowa
505 North Shore Drive, Clear Lake, Iowa 50428
Iowa Statewide Community Tree Inventory
801 11th Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa 50112
Iowan Hobbyist Drone Videographers
255th Street, Madrid, Iowa 50156 (Boone & Cedar Falls)
ISU's traveling Insect Zoo
4400 Ontario Street, Ames, Iowa 50014
Jeff Grewe: Arborist Photographer
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Jester Park's Nature Playscape
Jester Park Bison, Madrid, Iowa 50156 (Granger)
Jim Frink: Fungi photographer
Iowa City, Iowa
Julian Dubuque Monument | Iowa by Air
Julien Dubuque Monument, Julien Dubuque Drive, Dubuque, Iowa 52003
Justin Rogers Owl Photographer
1515 P Ave, Madrid, IA 50156 (Ledges State Park)
Kenny Salwey, The Last River Rat
Guttenberg, Iowa
Keokuk's Bald Eagle Appreciation Days
Victory Park, Keokuk, Illinois 52632
Kiteboarding, Rathbun Lake, Iowa
Intaglio Place, Mystic, Iowa 52574 (Lake Rathbun)
Lacey-Keosauqua State Park
Park Road, Keosauqua, Iowa 52565
Lake Darling Restoration
Lake Darling Road, Brighton, Iowa 52540 (Clay)
Lake MacBride State Park
1871 Macbride Rd NE, Solon, Iowa 52333
Lake Manawa State Park | Trail-in-a-Minute
North Shore Dr, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51501
Lake Okoboji Yacht Club, Iowa
Okoboji, Iowa
Lake Red Rock photographer Ron Huelse
Red Rock Reservoir, Knoxville, Iowa 50138
Langwood Challenge Course
14007 H Avenue, Wapello, Iowa 52653
Learning About Birds of Prey, Iowa
Maytag Student Center, 401 Broadway St, Pella, Iowa 50219
Ledges State Park | Iowa By Air
255th Street, Madrid, Iowa 50156 (Ledges)
Lewis and Clark State Park
Lewis And Clark State Park, 21914 Park Loop, Onawa, Iowa 51040
Loess Hills Prairie Burn
Onawa, Iowa
Loess Hills Prescribed Fire
Onawa, Iowa
Loess Hills State Forest | Iowa By Air
314th Street, Moorhead, Iowa 51558 (Pisgah)
Mahaska Recreation Trail | Trail-in-a-Minute
Old Highway 163, Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577
Making bamboo fly fishing rods
1210 Northwest 18th Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50023
Manchester Whitewater Park
201 South Franklin Street, Manchester, Iowa 52057
Maquoketa Caves Night Photography
Maquoketa Caves State Park, 10756 98th St, Maquoketa, Iowa 52060
Maquoketa Caves State Park, Jackson County, Iowa
9688 Caves Road, Maquoketa, Iowa 52060 (Strawberry Point)
Mark Hirsch and THAT TREE
Dubuque, Iowa
Master Gardeners' serene oasis on the Fairgrounds
Hardenbrooks Cafeteria, Des Moines, Iowa 50317
Maynard Reece: Iowa Wildlife Artist
3512 Ingersoll Ave, Des Moines, Iowa 50312
Middle River water trail
Roseman Covered Bridge, Elderberry Ave, Winterset, Iowa 50273
Mines of Spain
Monument Drive, Dubuque, Iowa 52003
Mirza Kudic | Urban Photographer
602 Robert D Ray Drive, Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Mississippi Lock and Dam Fishing
24143 Hwy, Bellevue, Iowa 52031
Mississippi River aerial photographry
Lansing, Iowa
Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, Dubuque, Iowa
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, 350 E 3rd St, Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Mississippi River Pool Restoration
Lansing, Iowa 52151 (Harpers Ferry)
Missouri River Paddlefish
175th Street, Whiting, Iowa 51063 (Onawa)
Motor Motor 5k Run
Galaxy Road, Elkader, Iowa 52043
Mount Lucia Trail | Trail-in-a-Minute
Wahkaw Circle, Sioux City, Iowa 51109 (Stone State Park)
Mount Trashmore
2201 C Street Southwest, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404
Mountain biking
Ia 141, Coon Rapids, Iowa 50058
Nahant Marsh Comeback
4220 Wapello Avenue, Davenport, Iowa 52802
National Junior High School Rodeo Finals
3109 Logan Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50317
Nature Photographer Carl Kurtz
160th Street, Saint Anthony, Iowa 50239
Nature Photographer Cindy Skeie
Browns Woods State Park, Iowa
Nature Photographer Kip Ladage
Bremer County, Iowa
Nature Photographer Larry Stone
Elkader, Iowa
New County Conservation Centers
Pony Creek Park, Pacific Junction, Iowa 51561
Night paddle
County Road D46, Duncombe, Iowa 50532 (Fort Dodge)
Nine Eagles Campground Trail | Trail-in-a-Minute
31181 Nine Eagles Rd, Davis City, Iowa 50065 (Pleasanton)
Off-Highway Vehicles
2390 220th Street, Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501
Okoboji classic boat rendezvous
Ferris Wheel @ Arnolds Park, Arnolds Park, Iowa 51331 (Okoboji)
Outdoor Journey for Girls, Iowa
Springbrook State Park, Guthrie Center, Iowa 50115
Outdoors photographers compete at Iowa State Fair
3493 Capitol Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50317
Paddle-in Campsites: Lake Red Rock
Red Rock Reservoir, Iowa
Paddling Iowa's rivers
2572 Village Road, Decorah, Iowa 52101 (Bluffton)
Palisades-Keplar State Park
Kepler Drive, Mount Vernon, Iowa 52314 (Cedar Rapids)
Pammel State Park, Madison County, Iowa
2508 Pammel Park Trail, Winterset, Iowa 50273
Peregrine falcons return to river cliffs
2452 Sunny View Drive, Lansing, Iowa 52151 (Marquette)
Photographer Bryan Conley
Cordova Park Observation Tower, Otley, Iowa 50214 (Cordova Park)
Photographer Derek Bailey and Country Features
1500 Harpen St, Milford, Iowa 51351 (Gull Point State Park)
Photographer Rich Herrmann
5656 145th Street Northeast, Lisbon, Iowa 52253 (Sutliff)
Pike's Peak State Park, McGregor, Iowa
Bridal Veil Trail, McGregor, Iowa 52157
Pine Lake State Park | Trail-in-a-Minute
22054 Co Hwy S56, Eldora, Iowa 50627
Power Gliders, Madison County, Iowa
2906 North 8th Avenue, Winterset, Iowa 50273
Prairie Photography Outing
56314 170th Street, Ames, Iowa 50010 (Milford)
Preperation Canyon State Park | Trail-in-a-Minute
Preparation Canyon Road, Moorhead, Iowa 51558 (Pisgah)
Project AWARE
CHANGES EACH YEAR, 2011 was Turkey & Volga
Public skateparks
1330 6th Street, Ames, Iowa 50010 (and Oskaloosa)
Raptor Banding
George Flagg Parkway, Des Moines, Iowa 50321
Rebuilding the Decorah Eagle Nest
Siewers Spring Road, Decorah, Iowa 52101
Rehabilitating injured birds at SOAR
Dedham, Iowa 51440 (Carroll)
Reiman Gardens at Iowa State University
Reiman Gardens, 1407 University Blvd, Ames, Iowa 50014
Restoring Iowa Wetlands
1228 S Cape Pt, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
Rochester Prairie Cemetery
1173 Cemetery Road, Tipton, Iowa 52772
Rock climbing
County Road C57, Dundee, Iowa 52038 (Backbone State Park)
Rowing in Iowa
Beckwith Boat House, 1201 N. Dubuque St., Iowa City, Iowa
Saving Engeldinger Marsh
11970 Northeast 118th Avenue, Maxwell (Farrar)
Searching Iowa Waterways for Invasive Mussels
4445 Sand Road Southeast, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Shooting Sports
Izaak Walton League, 16383 118th Ave., Indianola, IA 50125
Silo Ice Climbing, Cedar Falls, Iowa
2524 Jepsen Road, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery, Iowa
Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery, 122 252nd Ave, Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360
Springtime Wildflower Photographer Tom Rosburg
16565 118th Avenue, Indianola, Iowa 50125
Stone State Park
Stone State Park Drive, Sioux City, Iowa 51109
Sunset Ridge Trail | Trail-in-a-Minute
State Highway 239, Hamburg, Iowa 51640 (Waubonsie State Park)
Survivor Camp
Walnut Ridge Disc Golf Course, 7202 Eagle Crest Dr, Johnston, Iowa 50131
Sweet Marsh Paddling (Waverly, Iowa)
Waverly, Iowa
Taxidermy Gives Creatures New Life
2514 Victory Lane, Saint Charles, Iowa 50240
The Civilian Conservation Corp and Backbone State Park
129th Street, Dundee, Iowa 52038 (Backbone State Park)
The Iowa Storm Chasing Network
207 3rd Street Southwest, State Center, Iowa 50247
The Journey of the Hale Bridge, Wapsipinicon State Park, Iowa
Walworth Avenue, Anamosa, Iowa 52205 (Wapsipincon State Park)
The Return of the Prairie Chicken, Kellerton Grasslands, Iowa
Kellerton Grasslands, Iowa
The Season for Snowmobiles
Marshalltown, Iowa
Tom Gustafson, Okoboji Drone Photographer
Okoboii, Iowa
Tracking shovelnose sturgeon in Iowa waters
Bellevue, Iowa
Trout Run Bike Trail, Decorah, Iowa
Siewers Spring Road, Decorah, Iowa 52101
Trumpeter swans
Creston, Iowa
Turkey vultures
Clive, Iowa
Twilight Cruise
199 River Dr, Le Claire, Iowa 52753
Urban Trout Fishing, Manchester, Iowa
22693 205th Avenue, Manchester, Iowa 52057
Voyageur Canoe Paddling with Grade Schoolers
South Avenue, Sabula, Iowa 52070
Water quality successes
Des Moines, Iowa
Waterhawks Ski Team
Eagle Lake, Evansdale, Iowa 50707 (Waterloo)
Western Iowa's Loess Hills
Western Iowa's Loess Hills
Whiterock Conservancy BioBlitz (Coon Rapids)
Ia 141, Coon Rapids, Iowa 50058
Wildcat Den State Park | Trail-in-a-Minute
1886 Wildcat Den Road, Muscatine, Iowa 52761 (Durant)
Wildcat Den State Park, Muscatine County, Iowa
Pine Creek Grist Mill, Muscatine, Iowa 52761 (Durant)
Wind Turbine Climbing (Greene County)
S Avenue, Dana, Iowa 50064 (Jefferson)
Winter Trout Fishing, Decorah, Iowa
Siewers Spring Road, Decorah, Iowa 52101
Young Birders, Pike's Peak State Park, Iowa
Solon, Iowa
Youth Outdoor Skills Day
Us 61, Maquoketa, Iowa 52060, United States (Hurstville)
Zipline Adventure, Dubuque, Iowa
11764 Kennedy Road, Dubuque, Iowa 52001