Mines of Spain Trail — Attraction in Dubuque

Used to be a nice place to go find some solitude with a Doobie, now it's so full of strange loud people carrying cameras and scaring away all the wildlife you'll be lucky to see a frog. All the parking areas are full up with cars. I have zero issues knocking some weird spandex shorts and goofy helmet wearing tour de France looking rich guy right into the catfish creek. Keep your distance...

Stopped in Dubuque for business and wanted to take a nature walk to de-stress. This was a nice slice of nature and especially pretty during fall as the leaves were changing. Signage could use some upkeep and I'm always disappointed by telescopes that don't work but interesting enough...

The best place ever. The cliff areas are amazing. Clear trails, clean trails, and trails are easy to manage. Some trails are harder then others but what a variety! Something...