Across Iowa, a total of 83 parks and recreation areas — including 21 that are managed through lease agreements with counties and municipalities — invite visitors to experience tens of thousands of ...

Fifteen of Iowa’s state parks are holding spruce-up events later this month and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is asking Iowans to consider lending a hand. Andy Bartlett, park manager at ...

The East Lake Trail at Backbone State Park near Dundee in Delaware County stretches roughly 2.5 miles along the Maquoketa River. Established in 1920, Backbone State Park was Iowa’s first state park, ...

Carefully curated from every corner of our beloved state, these Iowa state parks offer prime seating for the best shows of the autumn season. We're talking glowing yellows, burning oranges, and rusty ...

In the upper rotunda on the second floor of Parks Library, students are found sitting in a large circle around the room, ...