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Templar State Recreation Area is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) state recreation area in Dickinson County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Orleans.The recreation area is located on the western shore of Big Spirit Lake, the largest of the Iowa Great Lakes, and is one of several state parks and recreation areas in the Great Lakes region.
Vinton is a city in Benton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,938 in the 2020 census , a decrease from 5,102 in 2000 . [ 2 ] It is also part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Vinton: Benton: Southeast: website, operated by the Benton County Conservation Board in 187-acre Rogers Park Calkins Nature Area: Iowa Falls: Hardin: North Central: website, 76 acres, operated by Hardin County Conservation, includes the Calkins Interpretive Center with Native American and natural history artifacts Conard Environmental Research ...
Opinion: Public lands are a small but important part of Iowa's landscape, and lawmakers shouldn't block additions to that legacy, writes Dan Cohen.
The overlook from Pikes Peak State Park in McGregor, in northeast Iowa, is seen on Aug. 25, 2015. Pikes Peak, located in McGregor, came in 47th place overall, with the park's overlook getting ...
Commemorates the site of a fort built to protect the Iowa border during the Dakota War of 1862. Geode State Park: Henry County: Danville: 1,641 664: Skunk River, Lake Geode: Features a 187-acre (76 ha) recreational reservoir and a display of geodes, the Iowa state rock. George Wyth Memorial State Park: Black Hawk County: Waterloo: 1,200 490: 1940
Benton County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,575. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Vinton. [2] The county is named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. Senator from Missouri. Benton County is part of the Cedar Rapids, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area. [3]
The Central Vinton Residential Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Vinton, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. [ 1 ]