Recreation Areas

Recreation Areas in Iowa

Facility Name Description Activities Davenport Museum of Art The Davenport Museum of Art actively serves the public by collecting, conserving, and exhibiting art, and by promoting appreciation and creation of visual art through education. As a vital,  more... Museum/Visitor Center DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge is part of a network of refuges devoted to preserving and restoring increasingly scarce habitat for migratory waterfowl and other wildlife. The refuge is comprised of  more... Autotouring , Fishing , Hiking , Historic/Cultural Sites , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge The "driftless area" of the Upper Midwest derives its name from the fact that it was unglaciated during the most recent glacial event about 12,000 years ago. Glaciers surrounded but did not pass over  more... Fishing , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Effigy Mounds National Monument Prehistoric mounds are common from the plains of the Midwest to the Atlantic seaboard, but only in this general area was there a culture that regularly constructed mounds in the shape of mammals,  more... Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Winter Sports Herbert Hoover National Historic Site Few Americans have known greater acclaim or more bitter criticism than Herbert Hoover. Born on August 10, 1874, Hoover was the son of a Quaker blacksmith, orphaned at an early age, and achieved  more... Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Wildlife Viewing , Winter Sports Iowa Wetland Management District The Iowa Wetland Management District is part of Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge and is very different from other wetland management districts. Under a Memorandum of Understanding with the Iowa  more... Fishing , Hunting Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge The Neal Smith National Wildife Refuge and Prairie Learning Center was created by an act of Congress in 1990, to re-construct tallgrass prairie and restore oak savanna on 8,654 acres of the Walnut  more... Autotouring , Hiking , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge The Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge comprises over 8,373 acres, divided into four separate divisions: Big Timber, Louisa, Keithsburg, and Horseshoe Bend. Three divisions - Big Timber, Louisa,  more... Fishing , Hiking , Hunting , Wildlife Viewing The National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium The Mississippi River Museum is dedicated to collecting, interpreting and sharing the rich and important history of the Mississippi River, America's river systems, and our local and regional  more... Museum/Visitor Center Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1937 to provide a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife. The actual slough is all that remains of a pre-glacial  more... Autotouring , Fishing , Hiking , Hunting , Wildlife Viewing