Herbert Hoover Official language(s) English Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Largest metro area Des Moines metropolitan area Area  Ranked 26th  - Total 56,272 sq mi (145,743 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 199 miles (320 km)  - % water 0. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... Navajo National Monument Devils Tower National Monument Statue of Liberty National Monument Fort Matanzas National Monument A National Monument is a protected area of the United States that is similar to a national park (specifically a U.S. National Park) except that the President of the United States can quickly... Effigy Mounds National Monument is a national monument in Iowa in the midwestern United States. ... National Historic Site is a designation for a protected area of historic significance. ... The Herbert Hoover National Historic Site buildings and grounds in West Branch, Iowa, are preserved by the National Park Service to commemorate the life of the 31st President of the United States. ...

Ambrose A. Call • Backbone • Badger Creek • Beed's Lake • Bellevue • Big Creek • Bixby • Black Hawk • Brushy Creek • Cedar Rock • Clear Lake State Park • Dolliver Memorial • Elk Rock • Elinor Bedell • Fort Atkinson • Fort Defiance • Geode • George Wyth Memorial • Green Valley • Gull Point • Honey Creek • Lacy-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 • McIntosh Woods • Mines of Spain & E.B. Lyons • Nine Eagles • Okamanpedan • Palisades-Kepler • Pikes Peak • Pilot Knob • Pine Lake • Pleasant Creek • Prairie Rose • Preparation Canyon • Red Haw • Rice Lake State Park • Rock Creek • Slinde Mounds • Springbrook • Stone • Templar • Twin Lakes • Union Grove • Viking Lake • Volga River • Walnut Woods • Wanata • Wapsipinicon • Waubonsie • Wildcat Den • Wilson Island Iowa has many recreational opportunites, a large part being state parks. ... Backbone State Park is Iowas oldest state park. ... Bixby State Preserve is located in northwestern Clayton County, Iowa about three miles north of Edgewood. ... Elk Rock State Park is a state park in Iowa located in Marion County situated on both upstream banks of Red Rock Reservoir. ... Green Valley State Park is a state park in Iowa in the United States. ... Lake Darling State Park entrance sign Lake Darling State Park is a state park in Iowa. ... Lake Keomah State Park is a state park of Iowa. ... The Ledges State Park is a state park in Iowa in the United States. ... Fort Clatsop replica (destroyed by fire in 2005) Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks, in the vicinity of the mouth of the Columbia River, commemorate the Lewis and Clark Expedition. ... Maquoketa Caves State Park is located in Jackson County, Iowa, northwest of Maquoketa. ... Pikes Peak State Park (EPA) Pikes Peak State Park is an Iowa State Park located in northeastern Clayton County, situated on the limestone bluffs overlooking the Upper Mississippi River, opposite the confluence of the Wisconsin River with the Big River. ... Entrance sign Red Haw State Park is a state park in Iowa. ... Entrance sign Bridge over Rock Creek Lake for county road F27 Rock Creek State Park is a state park in Iowa. ... Slinde Mounds State Preserve contains ancient Indian mound burials in some hill prairie. ... Stone State Park is located in northwestern Iowa, in the bluffs and ravines adjacent to the Big Sioux River. ... Wildcat Den is a state park in Muscatine County, Iowa. ...

Backbone • Barkley • Gifford • Holst • Loess Hills • Pilot Mound • Shimek • Stephens • White Pine Hollow • Yellow River Iowa state forests This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... Backbone State Park is Iowas oldest state park, dating from 1920. ... Shimek State Forest is an Iowa state forest maintained by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. ... Yellow River State Forest, Paint Creek segments (EPA) Yellow River State Forest is partly forested land owned by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. ...

Amana Colonies • Blood Run Site • Dubuque County Jail • Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School • George M. Verity • Grenville M. Dodge House • William P. Hepburn House • George B. Hitchcock House • Herbert Hoover Birthplace • Indian Village Site • James B. Weaver House • Julien Dubuque's Mines • Lone Star • Merchants' National Bank • Iowa Old Capitol Building • Phipps Site • President • Sergeant Floyd Monument • Sergeant Floyd • Terrace Hill • Toolesboro Mound Group • Van Allen and Company Department Store • William M. Black • Woodbury County Courthouse A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... List of Registered Historic Places in Iowa: Adair Adair Viaduct Greenfield Adair County Courthouse Catalpa (Greenfield, Iowa) Loucks Grove Church Warren Opera House Block and Hetherington Block Stuart Chicago,Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Stuart Passenger Station Corning Adams County Jail Corning Opera House Snider Bridge Nodaway Noah Odell House... The following is a list of United States National Historic Landmarks by state, together with the total number of landmarks for each U.S. state or jurisdiction as of December 2004: This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. ... The Powder House at the Amana Colonies The Amana Colonies are a group of settlements of German Pietists in Iowa comprising seven villages. ... Dubuque County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. ... Grenville M. Dodge wearing a major generals uniform Grenville Mullen Dodge (April 12, 1831 – January 3, 1916) was a Union army officer on the frontier and during the Civil War, a U.S. Congressman, businessman, and railroad executive who helped construct the Transcontinental Railroad. ... William Peters Hepburn (November 4, 1833 – February 7, 1916) was an American Republican congressman for Iowa, remembered for the Hepburn Act. ... Reverend George B. Hitchcock (1812-1872) was an American involved in housing slaves on their way to freedom. ... Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933), was a world-famous mining engineer and humanitarian administrator. ... James Baird Weaver James Baird Weaver (June 12, 1833 – February 6, 1912) was a United States politician and member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa as a member of the Greenback Party. ... Merchants National Bank (1914) building is located at 833 Fourth Street in Grinnell, Iowa. ... The Iowa Old Capitol Building is located in Iowa City, Iowa. ... Sergeant Floyd Monument, Sioux City, Iowa Charles Floyd (1782 - August 20, 1804) was a United States explorer, an officer and quartermaster in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. ... Terrace Hill Terrace Hill is the official residence of the Governor of Iowa. ... The Toolesboro Mound Group, a National Historic Landmark, is a group of Hopewell mounds on the north bank of the Iowa River near its discharge into the Mississippi. ... The Van Allen Building, A National Historic Landmark The Van Allen Building is a four story building in Clinton, Iowa designed by Louis Sullivan and commissioned by John Delbert Van Allen (October 5, 1850-December 30, 1928). ... Woodbury County is a county located in the state of Iowa. ...