DUNDEE, Ia. - Mike Carr has fond memories from Backbone State Park, built 100 years ago on land donated by his grandfather, E.M. Carr, for Iowa's first state park. One of his favorite stories ...

Iowa state parks are preparing for a busy Memorial Day Weekend. A new survey ranked these three parks as the best to host a ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will kick off a yearlong celebration of the centennial of the state park system at Backbone State Park south of Strawberry Point in Delaware County.

Iowa’s very first state park celebrated its centennial over the weekend. Backbone State Park is located in the valley of the Maquoketa River near Strawberry Point in northeast Iowa’s Delaware ...

for the 40th Annual Backbone Bluegrass Festival, coming up July 23-25 at Backbone State Park (Iowa’s oldest state park) in Strawberry Point. Originally organized in 1981 as the Strawberry Point ...

Back for its sixth year, the Iowa State Park Passport program incentivizes residents to check out any and all of the 60 state ...

Iowa's First Day Hikes: Jan. 1, 2025 Guided hikes are listed with an asterisk, and all participating parks and forests are listed alphabetically:Backbone State Park*Big Creek State ParkBellevue ...

Iowa State Park Passport prizes that can ... as an entry for a grand prize of a three-night stay at a cabin at Backbone State Park, and there's no limit to the number of entries per passholder.

There’s something for everyone while enjoying the outdoors.” Backbone State Park in Dundee, Iowa, ranked as the best state park in Iowa host a cookout on Memorial Day, according to the survey.