State park
Templar State Recreation Area
The park entrance is 1.6 miles from Orleans. Day use is free. Templar State Recreation Area is a state park in Dickinson County, Iowa.
Templar State Recreation Area map
Templar State Recreation Area boundary from USGS PAD-US or the managing agency, simplified for display. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
Fire restrictions
Fire restriction orders for this unit are not tracked here yet. Restrictions change with the season, so check the current orders before any campfire, stove or target shooting.
Common questions
- Templar State Recreation Area is free to visit.
- Templar State Recreation Area is 1.6 miles from Orleans.
Before you go
Templar State Recreation Area is 1.6 miles from Orleans.
Trails
- Hoover National Monuments Effigy Mounds National Trail Named on agency or Wikipedia page
What to see
- State recreation area Designation in agency park name
- State park system unit Listed on the agency park identity roster
- Visitor destination Agency-published park identity page
Public lands next to Templar State Recreation Area
- State parkTemplar State Recreation Area borders Marble Beach State Recreation Area.
- State parkGull Point State Park is 0.9 miles away, straight line between the two boundaries.
- State parkMini-Wakan State Park is 1.6 miles away, straight line between the two boundaries.
Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.
- iowadnr.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- en.wikipedia.org (accessed 2026-09-30)
- www2.census.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- iowadnr.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- iowastateparks.reserveamerica.com (accessed 2026-09-30)
- en.wikipedia.org (accessed 2026-09-30)