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Arrowhead Park
I-80, Exit 23
29357 310th Street
Neola, IA
Phone: (712) 485-2295
The park is situated on a 17 acre lake, offers camping, boating, fishing, and numerous other activities year round. You can stay in one of three rustic cabins, pitch a tent and rough it or use one of the 65 campsites with electric service; there are 6 non-electric sites, also. Dump station, showers, hydrants and pit toilets available.
Arrowhead Park
I-80, Exit 23
29357 310th Street
Neola, IA 51559
Phone: (712) 741-2295
The park is situated on a 17 acre lake, offers camping, boating, fishing, and numerous other activities year round. You can stay in one of three rustic cabins, pitch a tent and rough it or use one of the 65 campsites with electric service; there are 6 non-electric sites, also. Dump station, showers, hydrants and pit toilets available.
Avoca Golf Club Inc
1701 N Willow Street
Avoca, IA
Phone: (712) 343-6979
Built in 1960. 9-hole par 36 public
Blue Waters Mini Golf
2929 Mayberry lane
Carter Lake, IA
Phone: (712) 347-5553
Miniature Golf
Botna Bend Park
42926 Mahogany Road
Hancock, IA
Phone: (712) 741-5465
Botna Bend Park
42926 Mahogany Road
Hancock, IA
Phone: (712) 741-5465
Botna Bend Park along the Nishnabotna River offers modern and tent camping, fishing, several picnic shelters, hiking trails, playground, sand volleyball, canoe and kayak rentals. View the majestic bison and elk herds in the park’s pasture areas.
Farm Creek Public Wildlife Area
1 mile South of Hwy 92 on 460th Street
IA
Phone: (712) 328-5638
80 acre public hunting and fishing area. No facilities available
Hitchcock Nature Center
27792 Ski Hill Loop
Honey Creek, IA
Phone: (712) 545-3283
The 1,003 acres are open every day of the year for hiking, camping, picnicking, bird watching, snow sledding, star gazing or simply enjoying nature.

A 22-acre modern campground is equipped with 18 RV sites, shower house, two group tent sites, three cabins, and overlook deck.
Hitchcock Nature Center
27792 Ski Hill Loop
Honey Creek, IA
Phone: (712) 545-3283
Hitchcock has some of the largest remaining prairie remnants in Iowa and provides refuge for plants and animals found nowhere else in the state. The 1,003 acres are open every day of the year for hiking, camping, picnicking, bird watching, snow sledding, star gazing or simply enjoying nature. A 22-acre modern campground is equipped with 18 RV sites, shower house, two group tent sites, three cabins, and overlook deck. There is a fully furnished lodge for meetings, events or retreats. Attend seasonal recreation programs such as hikes, Monarch butterfly tagging, Night Sky Viewing, “HawkWatch” Programs, Mushroom Hunts and more
Hitchcock Nature Center
5 miles North of Crescent, Ia
27792 Ski Hill Loop
Honey Creek, IA
Phone: (712) 545-3293
The 1,003 acres are open every day of the year for hiking, camping, picnicking, bird watching, snow sledding, star gazing or simply enjoying nature.

A 22-acre modern campground is equipped with 18 RV sites, shower house, two group tent sites, three cabins, and overlook deck.
Honey Creek Campground
28120 145th Street
Crescent, IA
Phone: (712) 545-9400
Mabrey Park
1701 Willow Drive
Carter Lake, IA
Phone: (712) 347-6728
City park with access to Carter Lake – perfect for boaters and fishers
Oakland Country Club
712 N Highway
Oakland, IA
Phone: (712) 482-6614
9-hole, par 36 public
Olde Town Park
12515 385th Street
Macedonia, IA
Phone: (712) 741-5465
Located on the historic Mormon Trail near Macedonia Olde Town may not have any modern conveniences, but it does offer a wonderful “back to nature” feeling. Visitors can launch canoes or inner tubes for a relaxing river adventure.
Parkway Cafe' and Campground
857 Chestnut Street
Avoca, IA
Phone: (712) 343-6652
Pheasants Forever Food Plot
Northeast Corner of I-29 and I-680
IA
Phone: (712) 328-5638
The Pottawattamie County Conservation Board maintains a 13.27 acre area to serve as a food plot for pheasants. The area is a mixture of Big Bluestem, Canada Goldenrod, Switchgrass and Indiangrass and is open for public hunting.
Quail Run Golf Course
29515 285th Street
Neola, IA
9-hole, par 36 on 80 acres public 7am to dusk
Red Carpet Inn
1614 Antique City Drive
Walnut, IA
Phone: (712) 784-2233
Shoreline Golf Club
210 Locust Street
Carter Lake, IA
Phone: (712) 347-5173
18 hole par 72 championship course
The Pottawattamie County Fairground
307 West Lincoln Street
Avoca, IA
Phone: (712) 981-7072
Treynor Recreation Area
208 Buck Street
Treynor, IA
Phone: (712) 487-3302
9-hole par 36 public