Charles City Whitewater — Attraction in Charles City

This whitewater park is located on the Cedar River in the heart of Charles City, Iowa "America's Hometown" as it calls itself. It features 3 distinct drops. Dam Drop or DD is the first in line. This wave feature was designed to be the Midwest's premiere SUP (Stand Up Paddle) surfing wave, but it great for surfing and spinning kayaks. It is located where the old dangerous low-head dam was at, that was removed to create this park. The next feature is Doc's Drop the powerful hole provides excellent playboating, and vertical moves. The final drop is a wave/hole feature called Exit Exam great for beginning and advance kayakers. Each feature is followed by large eddies on both sides for easy reentry and safe exit. It is open year round and...

Great park by the river with some small rapids that you can go fishing in! If you happen to catch an exceptionally big whale, they have poles with winch cables attached to help you pull it up to your trailer. There's also a paved walking trail that is good for getting your exercise if you are so inclined😀! The "modern architecture" of red chairs bolted upside to cement pads looks a bit out of place, but it's...

This was my first time to Charles City and needed to kill some time and found this park to be a great place to go for a walk. The water falls were a great place to stand on the bridge and just take in the sound of the water and just take it all in. The park and trails were clean I would definitely go back if I was...