Prairie Creek Recreation Area — Attraction in Maquoketa

We are from Northern Iowa and ended up camping in Maquoketa over the weekend. We found this place because we enjoy seeing new territory. This area had a wide variety of terrain and skill levels. This place is a beautiful resource for the hiker or outdoor enthusiast. I would have rated it higher except for the signage on trail could be marked better especially when going from mowed trail to game trail types. We will return someday to explore what we missed this time. Great gift from the family that...

Latest park in Maquoketa all the land was donated by one individual Bobby Jo Martin on condition it remains in it’s original pristine natural beauty the lodge has windows that open and close a large open area fireplace place to set up for pot lucks nearly two dozen picnic tables in lodge. New beautiful foot bridge at bottom of hill for path walking in wooed area.Pond is stocked with game fish .Quite serene peaceful atmosphere to walk dogs plenty of timber open area for...

For RUNNERS: the place is beautiful prairie … the trails are all grass, which can be great for the legs! However with all the different loops it is easy to get lost and backtrack… but if you’re going for distance plan to do several loops to get your miles with inclines and hills :) ! Overall it was peaceful and pretty private for a...