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Boating in Iowa

Discover 53 state parks offering boating in Iowa

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Iowa State Parks with Boating

Ambrose A Call State Park

Ambrose A. Call State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
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Backbone State Park

+10 Rock Climbing Photography Picnicking Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Snowshoeing Waterfall Viewing RV Biking
Banner Lakes at Summerset State park Iowa

Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
Beeds Lake State Park Iowa

Beeds Lake State Park

+4 Photography Picnicking Waterfall Viewing RV

Big Creek State Park

+5 Paddleboarding Sailing Kayaking Paddling Biking
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Black Hawk State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Paddleboarding Paddling Biking

Bobwhite State Park

+5 Picnicking Bird Watching Ice Fishing Kayaking Paddling
Brushy Creek State Recreation Area Iowa

Brushy Creek State Recreation Area

+7 Horseback Riding Bird Watching Snowshoeing Snowmobiling Ice Fishing Winter Sports Biking
Cedar Rock State Park (Iowa)

Cedar Rock State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
Sunset during Autumn at Union Grove State Park

Elinor Bedell State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
Elk Rock State Park (Iowa)

Elk Rock State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking

Emerson Bay State Park

+4 Bird Watching Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
Fairport State Recreation Area (Iowa)

Fairport State Recreation Area
Frank A. Gotch State Park (Iowa)

Frank A. Gotch State Park

+6 Mountain Biking Scenic Overlooks Kayaking Canoeing RV Biking
Geode State Park (Iowa)

Geode State Park

+5 Ice Fishing Hunting Kayaking Paddling Biking
George Wyth State Park (Iowa)

George Wyth State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
Green Valley State Park (Iowa)

Green Valley State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
Gull Point State Park (Iowa)

Gull Point State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking

Heery Woods State Park

+4 Picnicking Kayaking Paddling Canoeing

Honey Creek State Park

+5 Bird Watching Ice Fishing Hunting Golfing Biking
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Lacey-Keosauqua State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
Lake Ahquabi State Park (Iowa)

Lake Ahquabi State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
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Lake Anita State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
Lake Cornelia State Park (Iowa)

Lake Cornelia State Park

+2 Kayaking Canoeing
Lake Darling State Park (Iowa)

Lake Darling State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
Lake Keomah State Park (Iowa)

Lake Keomah State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
Lake Macbride State Park (Iowa)

Lake Macbride State Park

+5 Picnicking Mountain Biking Bird Watching Sailing Biking
Sunset during Autumn at Union Grove State Park

Lake Manawa State Park

+5 Sailing Jet Skiing Kayaking Paddling Biking

Lake Wapello State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
view of the river at Ledges State Park from a cliff above

Ledges State Park

+6 Rock Climbing Photography Picnicking Scenic Overlooks Waterfall Viewing RV

Lower Gar State Recreation Area

+2 Ice Fishing Paddling

Marble Beach State Recreation Area

+2 Ice Fishing Sailing

McIntosh Woods State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
The Julien Dubuque Monument, a stone tower on a wooded bluff above the Mississippi River in the Mines of Spain State Recreation Area, Iowa

Mines of Spain State Recreation Area and E. B. Lyons Nature Center

Mini-Wakan State Park

+3 Bird Watching Ice Fishing Biking

Nine Eagles State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking

Oak Grove State Park

+8 Cross Country Skiing Snowshoeing Hunting Geocaching Kayaking Paddling Canoeing Winter Sports

Okamanpedan State Park

+2 Bird Watching Ice Fishing

Pammel State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking

Pikes Point State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking

Pine Lake State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
Prairie Rose State Park (Iowa)

Prairie Rose State Park

Preparation Canyon State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
Red Haw State Park (Iowa)

Red Haw State Park

+1 Picnicking

Sharon Bluffs State Park

+3 Bird Watching Hunting Paddling
Springbrook State Park (Iowa)

Springbrook State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking

Templar State Recreation Area

Trapper’s Bay State Park
Viking Lake State Park

Viking Lake State Park

+6 Photography Picnicking Snowmobiling Ice Fishing Scenic Overlooks RV
Volga River State Recreation Area (Iowa)

Volga River State Recreation Area

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
Walnut Woods State Park (Iowa)

Walnut Woods State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking
Wapsipinicon State Park (Iowa)

Wapsipinicon State Park

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking

Wilson Island State Recreation Area

+3 Ice Fishing Hunting Biking

Other Places with Boating in Iowa (Not State Parks)

These places are run by a county, city, federal agency, another state agency, a tribe or a private owner, not by Iowa’s state park system. State park passes, rules and reservations may not apply, so check with the operator before you go.

Lake Icaria State Park (Iowa)

Lake Icaria State Park

Run by the Adams County Conservation Board

+8 Ice Fishing Disc Golf Sailing Jet Skiing Water Skiing Golfing Kayaking Canoeing

Three Mile Lake Recreation Area

Run by the Union County Conservation Board

+3 Bird Watching Hunting Canoeing

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