Wapsipinicon State Park

Wapsipinicon State Park
Iowa State Park
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Jones

Location	Anamosa
- elevation	876 ft (267 m) ^[1]
- coordinates	42°05′43″N 91°17′08″W / 42.09528°N 91.28556°W / 42.09528; -91.28556Coordinates: 42°05′43″N 91°17′08″W / 42.09528°N 91.28556°W / 42.09528; -91.28556

Area	394 acres (159 ha)

Founded	1923
Management	Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Location of Wapsipinicon State Park in Iowa
Website: Wapsipinicon State Park

Wapsipinicon State Park Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Architectural style	Rustic
NRHP Reference #	14000669^[2]
Added to NRHP	September 22, 2014

Wapsipinicon State Park is located south of Anamosa, Iowa, United States. The 394-acre (159 ha) park is along the sandstone and limestone bluffs of the Wapsipinicon River, from which it derives its name. It is one of the oldest state parks in Iowa, and it was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.^[2]

Description

Dedicated in 1923, Wapsipinicon is one of the first state parks established in Iowa.^[3] The facilities in the park were developed in the 1920s and the 1930s utilizing the Rustic style of architecture. The park has several archaeological sites where evidence of Pre-Columbian era societies lived.^[4] Two historic bridges that cross the river are also part of the park's historic nature, including the Hale Bridge, which was moved here in 2006.^[5]

The park's recreational activities include camping, fishing and boating. Trails are provided for hiking, cross country skiing and snowmobiling. There are also a couple of caves to explore, including an ice cave. The park is a terminus for the Northeast State Park Bike Route, which connects it to Pikes Peak State Park and Backbone State Park by way of county highways.^[3] Hunting is allowed in season in an adjacent 140 acres (57 ha) that was acquired in 1990. A nine hole golf course in the park is maintained by the Wapsipinicon Country Club.

References

↑ "Wapsipinicon State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1979-04-30. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 "Wapsipinicon State Park". Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
↑ "Wapsipinicon State Park Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
↑ "Hale bridge". Iowa Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2016-11-02.

Protected areas of Iowa

Federal

National Monument	Effigy Mounds

National Historic Site	Herbert Hoover

National Wildlife Refuges	DeSoto Driftless Area Neal Smith Northern Tallgrass Prairie Port Louisa Union Slough Upper Mississippi River

State

State Parks	Ambrose A. Call Backbone Badger Creek Banner Lakes at Summerset Beeds Lake Bellevue Big Creek Black Hawk Brushy Creek Cedar Rock Clear Lake Dolliver Memorial Elk Rock Elinor Bedell Emerson Bay Fairport Fort Defiance Geode George Wyth Memorial Green Valley Gull Point Honey Creek Lacey-Keosauqua Lake Ahquabi Lake Anita Lake Darling Lake Keomah Lake MacBride Lake Manawa Lake of Three Fires Lake Wapello Ledges Lewis and Clark Maquoketa Caves Marble Beach McIntosh Woods Mines of Spain & E.B. Lyons Mini-Wakan Nine Eagles Okamanpedan Palisades-Kepler Pikes Peak Pikes Point Pilot Knob Pillsbury Point Pine Lake Pleasant Creek Prairie Rose Preparation Canyon Red Haw Rice Lake Rock Creek Springbrook Stone Templar Trapper's Bay Twin Lakes Union Grove Viking Lake Volga River Walnut Woods Wapsipinicon Waubonsie Wildcat Den Wilson Island

State Forests	Backbone Barkley Gifford Holst Loess Hills Pilot Mound Shimek Stephens White Pine Hollow Yellow River

State Preserves	A.F. Miller Ames High Prairie Anderson Prairie Behrens Pond and Woodlands Berry Woods Bird Hill Bixby Bluffton Fir Stand Brush Creek Canyon Brushy Creek Cameron Woods Casey's Paha Catfish Creek Cayler Prairie Cedar Bluffs Cedar Hills Sand Prairie Cheever Lake Clay Prairie Claybanks Forest Cold Water Spring Crossman Prairie Decorah Ice Cave Dinesen Prairie Doolittle Prairie Fallen Rock Fish Farm Mounds Five Ridge Prairie Fleming Woods Fort Atkinson Freda Haffner Kettlehole Gitchie Manitou Hanging Bog Hardin City Woodland Hartley Fort Hayden Prairie Hoffman Prairie Indian Bluffs Primitive Area Indian Fish Trap Iowa's State Preserves System Kalsow Kish-Ke-Kosh Prairie Lamson Woods Liska-Stanek Prairie Little Maquoketa Malanaphy Springs Malchow Mounds Manikowski Prairie Mann Wilderness Area Marietta Sand Prairie Mericle Woods Merrill A. Stainbrook Merritt Forest Montauk Mossy Glen Mount Pisgah Cemetery Mount Talbot Nestor Stiles Prairie Ocheyedan Mound Old State Quarry Palisades-Downs Pecan Grove Pellett Woods Pilot Grove Pilot Knob Retz Woods Roberts Creek Rock Creek Island Rock Island Roggman Boreal Slopes Rolling Thunder Prairie Saint James Lutheran Church Savage Woods Searryl's Cave Sheeder Prairie Silver Lake Fen Silvers-Smith Woods Slinde Mounds Starr's Cave Steele Prairie Stinson Prairie Strasser Woods Sylvan Runkel Toolesboro Mounds Turin Loess Hills Turkey River Mounds White Pine Hollow Williams Prairie Wittrock Indian Village Woodland Mounds Woodman Hollow Woodthrush

County

State Parks (Leased)	Bobwhite Cold Springs Crystal Lake Eagle Lake Echo Valley Frank A. Gotch Heery Woods Lake Cornelia Lake Icaria Kearny Margo Frankel Mill Creek Oak Grove Oakland Mills Pammel Sharon Bluffs Spring Lake Swan Lake Three Mile Lake

Iowa Department of Natural Resources

National Register of Historic Places in Jones County, Iowa

Anamosa	Anamosa Main Street Historic District Anamosa Public Library Antioch School Edmund and Mary Ann Walworth Booth House Farm No. 1, Iowa Men's Reformatory Fremont Mill Bridge John A. Green Estate Hale Bridge Iowa Men's Reformatory Cemetery Iowa Men's Reformatory Historic District Jones County Courthouse Lower Road Bridge Rick's Brewery Col. William T. and Elizabeth C. Shaw House State Quarry, Iowa Men's Reformatory Wapsipinicon State Park Historic District

Cascade	Farm Creek Historic District Kenny Farmstead Archeological District

Monticello	Ely's Stone Bridge S.S. Farwell House Moore's Ford Bridge Odd Fellows Hall St. Luke's Methodist Church

Olin	Business Part of Olin Historic District

Scotch Grove	Corbett's/Eby's Mill Bridge Scotch Grove Historic District

Stone City	St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Stone City Historic District

Wyoming	Dr. Martin H. Caulkins House and Office

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Jones County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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