Iowa's popular state parks need $100 million in infrastructure repairs, according to an internal state DNR report from November 2023. Why it matters: Outdoor recreation has huge physical ...

Wildcat Den State Park is located just a few miles from the Mississippi River between Davenport and Muscatine. The modern ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Mostly sunny conditions are expected Wednesday for the state-organized First Day Hikes at Iowa state ...

In central Iowa, a guided tour at Ledges State Park starts at 10:30 a.m. on ... Guided hikes are listed with an asterisk, and all participating parks and forests are listed alphabetically: TOP ...

Don't let the frigid weather scare you away; as it turns out, Iowa's countryside becomes especially whimsical in the winter.

IOWA’S DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND HIKE THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR ON JANUARY 1ST. MORE THAN 40 STATE PARKS AND FORESTS WILL OFFER GUIDED OR SELF-LED HIKES.