Iowa State Parks
Iowa has 87 state parks on record, 39 with swimming and 12 with cabins. 5 have developed campgrounds (120 campsites in total on record).
Iowa sells its own state park pass; check current pricing and eligibility with the Iowa state parks agency.
Iowa state parks map
- State parks
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Land ownership: USGS PAD-US 4.1, dissolved by manager and simplified (parcels under about 2 square km not shown). Unit boundaries simplified. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
| Ambrose A. Call State Park | Kossuth County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Backbone State Park | Delaware County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Maquoketa River | Yes | Not on record |
| Badger Creek State Recreation Area | Madison County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park | Warren County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Beed's Lake State Park | Franklin County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Beeds Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Beeds Lake State Park | Franklin County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Beeds Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Bellevue State Park (Iowa) | Jackson County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Big Creek State Park | Polk County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Big Creek | Not on record | Not on record |
| Bixby State Preserve | Clayton County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Black Hawk State Park | Sac County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Black Hawk Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Brushy Creek State Recreation Area | Webster County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Brushy Creek Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Cameron Woods State Preserve | Not on record | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Cayler Prairie State Preserve | Dickinson County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Cedar Rock State Park | Buchanan County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Clear Lake State Park (Iowa) | Cerro Gordo County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Clear Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Cold Water Spring State Preserve | Winneshiek County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Cold Water Spring | Not on record | Not on record |
| Decorah Ice Cave State Preserve | Not on record | Not on record | No entrance fee | Upper Mississippi River | Not on record | Not on record |
| Dolliver Memorial State Park | Webster County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Yes | Not on record |
| Elinor Bedell State Park | Dickinson County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Elk Rock State Park | Marion County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Upper Mississippi River | Not on record | Not on record |
| Emerson Bay State Recreation Area | Not on record | Not on record | No entrance fee | Emerson Bay | Not on record | Not on record |
| Fairport State Recreation Area | Muscatine County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Fish Farm Mounds State Preserve | Allamakee County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Fort Atkinson State Preserve | Winneshiek County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Mississippi River | Not on record | Not on record |
| Fort Defiance State Park | Emmet County | Yes | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Geode State Park | Henry County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| George Wyth Memorial State Park | Black Hawk County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Gitchie Manitou State Preserve | Lyon County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Green Valley State Park | Union County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Yes | Not on record |
| Gull Point State Park | Dickinson County | Not on record | No entrance fee | West Okoboji Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Hanging Bog State Preserve | Not on record | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Hartley Fort State Preserve | Not on record | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Hayden Prairie State Preserve | Howard County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Honey Creek Resort State Park | Appanoose County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Honey Creek | Not on record | Not on record |
| Honey Creek State Park (Iowa) | Appanoose County | Not on record | $8 (agency/Wikipedia; confirm season) | Honey Creek | Not on record | Not on record |
| Indian Village State Preserve | O'Brien County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Lacey-Keosauqua State Park | Van Buren County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Lacey Lake | Yes | Not on record |
| Lake Ahquabi State Park | Warren County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Kayak sunset Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Lake Anita State Park | Cass County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Lake Anita | Not on record | Not on record |
| Lake Darling State Park | Washington County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Lake Darling | Yes | Not on record |
| Lake Icaria State Park | Adams County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Main Ski Zone - Lake | Yes | Not on record |
| Lake Keomah State Park | Mahaska County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Lake Keomah | Not on record | Not on record |
| Lake Macbride State Park | Johnson County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Lake Macbride | Not on record | Not on record |
| Lake Manawa State Park | Pottawattamie County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Missouri River | Not on record | Not on record |
| Lake of Three Fires State Park | Taylor County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Lake of Three Fires | Yes | Not on record |
| Lake Wapello State Park | Davis County | Not on record | No entrance fee | State Park Lake | Yes | Not on record |
| Ledges State Park | Boone County | Yes | No entrance fee | Wildlife Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Lewis and Clark State Park (Iowa) | Monona County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Blue Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Little Maquoketa River Mounds State Preserve | Not on record | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Maquoketa Caves State Park | Jackson County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Marble Beach State Recreation Area | Not on record | Not on record | No entrance fee | Marble Beach | Not on record | Not on record |
| McIntosh Woods State Park | Cerro Gordo County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Mines of Spain State Recreation Area and E. B. Lyons Nature Center | Dubuque County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Mini-Wakan State Park | Dickinson County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Spirit Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Nine Eagles State Park | Decatur County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Cleat Tie-Down Point on Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Okamanpedan State Park | Emmet County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Old State Quarry State Preserve | Johnson County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Palisades-Kepler State Park | Linn County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Cedar River | Yes | Not on record |
| Pikes Peak State Park | Clayton County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Pikes Point State Park | Dickinson County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Spirit Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Pillsbury Point State Park | Not on record | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Pilot Grove State Preserve | Not on record | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Pilot Knob State Park | Hancock County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Pine Lake State Park | Hardin County | Yes | No entrance fee | Pine Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area | Linn County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Yes | Not on record |
| Prairie Rose State Park | Shelby County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Prairie Rose Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Preparation Canyon State Park | Monona County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Red Haw State Park | Lucas County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Rice Lake State Park (Iowa) | Winnebago County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Rice Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Roberts Creek State Preserve | Clayton County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Rock Creek State Park | Jasper County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Slinde Mounds State Preserve | Allamakee County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Springbrook State Park | Guthrie County | 120 sites | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Stone State Park | Plymouth County | Yes | No entrance fee | Wildlife Lake | Yes | Not on record |
| Templar State Recreation Area | Dickinson County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Trapper's Bay State Park | Dickinson County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Trapper's Bay | Not on record | Not on record |
| Turkey River Mounds State Preserve | Clayton County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Twin Lakes State Park (Iowa) | Calhoun County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Union Grove State Park (Iowa) | Tama County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Union Grove Lake | Yes | Not on record |
| Viking Lake State Park | Montgomery County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Viking Lake | Not on record | Not on record |
| Volga River State Recreation Area | Fayette County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Walnut Woods State Park | Polk County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Wapsipinicon State Park | Jones County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Waubonsie State Park | Fremont County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Wildcat Den State Park | Muscatine County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Wilson Island State Recreation Area | Pottawattamie County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Woodman Hollow State Preserve | Webster County | Not on record | No entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |