Hickory Hill Park — Attraction in Iowa City

What a unique park, in that it has 7 entrances with many rough paths that are shortcuts to get to areas of the park a lot faster! Not only that, but the park is attached to the Pappy Dickens Preserve, which is beautiful! I've, personally, never seen a city park quite like this. You can learn about so many different plants, trees, birds, and other critters here including, but not limited to the Shagbark Hickory tree, what I believe the park is named after. 🌳 You can hear owls in the middle of the day, which I personally find to be a wonderful outdoors experience. The city plans to expand the park, in the near future, too, which means this park is flourishing! I absolutely love it that they are making an effort to restore prairie throughout this park. It's a good sign for nature (especially given that there's so little native prairie land in Iowa)! This park is well worth...

Just a few steps away from the local HyVee is this beautiful park! There are numerous trails, most of which either circle back, or lead to various open spaces and park entrances. You would have to be extraordinarily unlucky not to see a few deers. The trails are through the woods, and you can hear numerous birds, and occasionally deers. It's a splendid walk. You can introspect in the heart of narure, or you can keep your eyes open for birds, deers, butterflies, and various tiny creatures. It's easy to lose track of time in this splendid park. The only criticism I have is that there aren't enough info about the park (at least in the Conklin...

Nice picnic shelters at two locations, parking at three entrance locations (Bloomington street, north entrance off Dodge, and First Avenue). The south end is mature woods, with a historic smallpox quarantine shelter. The north end is open field, some prairie, abutting additional land of burr oak land trust. In the middle is a large earthen dam and spillway. Lots of people let their dogs run off leash here, but it is not allowed, and people with kids or leashed unfriendly dogs are also plentiful, so keep your leashes on hand and be ready to call your obedient...