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IOWA
CITY
Area Parks
State
Parks
Lake Darling Recreation Area
15 miles southwest of Washington on Hwy. 78 (319) 694-2323
1,387 total acres 81 electric campsites, 37 non-electric
campsites, trailer dump station, picnic shelter, interpretive
trail, hiking trail, swimming, fishing, 299 acre lake,
boat rental, boat ramp, hunting, playground.
Lake Macbride State Park
4.5 miles west of Solon on Hwy 382 Phone: (319)644-2200
2,180 acres including hiking, biking, snow mobile, cross-country
ski trail, picnic areas, fishing boating, disc golf, horseshoes,
swimming beach, playground, shelters, 82 non-electric
campsites, 40 electric campsites, trailer dump station,
group camp area and showers.
F.W.
Kent Park
3 mi. west of Tiffin on Hwy 6 Phone: (319) 645-2315
1,030 acres including: hiking, biking, cross-country
skiing, picnic areas, fishing boating, horseshoes, nature
study, swimming beach, playground, shelters, 48 non-electric
campsites, 38 electric campsites, a trailer dump station,
group camp area and showers.
Area
Parks
Coralville Lake & Devonian Fossil Gorge
3.4 miles north of I-80 exit 244 on Dubuque St. Phone:
(319) 338-3543 8,400 acres including hiking, biking,
off-road biking, cross-country skiing, snow-mobile trails,
picnic areas, fishing, boating, disc golf, horseshoes,
nature study, swimming beach, playground, shelters,
111 non-electric campsite, 381 electric campsites, trailer
dump station, group camp areas and showers.
Macbride
Nature & Recreation Area
0.5 miles north of Mehaffey Bridge on County Rd. F28
Phone: (319) 335-9293 480 acres including: hiking, cross-country
skiing, picnic areas, fishing, boating, nature study,
raptor center, archery, shelters, 12 non-electric camping
sites, and a group camp area.
Iowa City Parks
There are 33 parks in Iowa City. Park hours are 6:00
a.m. to 10:30 p.m. For complete parks information, call
the Iowa City Recreation Department at (319) 356-5100.
Black Springs Circle Park, 0.9 acres at Dill
and Rider
Brookland Park, 3.8 acres at Myrtle and Melrose
Play equipment and picnic shelter
Chauncey Swan Park, 0.6 acre at Washington and Gilbert
City Park, 105.2 acres off, Park Road along the
Iowa River
Features play equipment, picnic shelters, swimming pool,
picnic tables, tennis court, basketball courts, hiking
and jogging trails, boat ramp and canoe dock.
College Green Park, Washington & Dodge Streets 2.4
acres
Featuring play equipment, cooking grills, picnic tables,
basketball courts
Court Hill Park, 8.6 acres between Friendship and
Court streets
Play equipment, basketball court and soccer fields.
Crandic Park, Rocky Shore & Dill Streets 5.2 acres
With play equipment, cooking grills, picnic tables,
and a riverfront.
Creekside Park, 1858 7th Avenue, 2.3 acres.
Play equipment, shelter, restrooms, playfield, softball
field, basketball court.
Fairmeadows Park, 4.9 acres at 2500 Miami
Play equipment, shelter, open playfield
Glendale Park, Glendale and East Ralston Creek,
0.8 acres
Play equipment
Happy Hollow Park, 3.3 acres at 800 Brown St.
Amenities include play equipment, shelter, picnic tables
Harrison Hill, Harrison and Linn streets, 0.3 acres
Play equipment
Hickory Hill Park, Davenport & 7th Streets
190 acres of mostly undeveloped forest and fields. Park
entrances do have shelters, cooking grills, picnic tables,
hiking and jogging paths.
Highland Park, Highland and Keokuk, 0.4 acres
Play equipment
Hunters Run, Duck Creek Drive, 26.6 acres
Undeveloped
Kiwanis Park, 14 acres at Aber Ave. and Teg Drive.
Undeveloped
Mercer Park, 1317 Dover Street 30.5 acres
Features play equipment, shelters, cooking grills, swimming
pool, ball fields, tennis and basketball courts.
Napoleon Park, 2501 S. Gilbert 28.8 acres
With restrooms, softball fields, riverfront and picnic
tables.
Ned Ashton Park,
0.6 undeveloped acres at Benton St. along the Iowa River.
North Market Square,
1.5 acres at Fairchild and Johnson Play equipment, shelter,
playfield, basketball courts.
Oak Grove Park, Page Street and Dodge
1.6 acres with play equipment, shelter and picnic tables.
Pheasant Hill Park,
3.3 acres along Concord Circle Features picnic shelter
and play equipment.
Reno Street Park, Reno Street and Fairchild 1.3
acres
With play equipment and picnic shelters.
Ryerson's Woods, Highway 218 South
49.2 acres of hiking and jogging paths, nature study
Scott Park, Along Scott Park and Court Street
43 acres and play equipment, picnic tables, open playfield
and soccer fields
I.C. Kickers Soccer Park,
108 acres along South Sycamore Street with soccer fields.
Sturgis Ferry Park, S. Riverside Drive
37.9 acres with picnic shelter, riverfront and a boat
ramp.
Terrell Mill Park, N. Dubuque St. and Taft
17.6 acres with picnic shelter
Tower Court Park, Tower and George St
0.4 acres with play equipment and picnic tables
Villa Park, Westgate Street and Macbride Drive
6.5 acres with play equipment, picnic shelter, and picnic
tables
Wetherby Park, 2400 Taylor
24.3 acres with play equipment, picnic shelter, restrooms,
playfield, softball and soccer fields and garden plots.
Whispering Meadows Wetlands, Lakeside Drive and
Whispering Prairie Avenue
17.8 acres with sand volleyball, biking trail and nature
study.
Willow Creek Park, W. Benton St. & Teg Dr.
Play equipment, shelters, cooking grills and soccer
fields. 27.2 acres
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