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Elinor Bedell State Park is a state park of Iowa, United States. It is located on the east shore of East Okoboji Lake and represents one of the last remaining open spaces on the Iowa Great Lakes. The 80-acre park was a gift of former U.S. Congressman Berkley Bedell and his wife Elinor.
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Elinor Bedell State Park
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Elinor Bedell State Park

1619 260th Ave, Spirit Lake, IA 51360
4.5(105)
Open until 10:30 PM
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Elinor Bedell State Park is a state park of Iowa, United States. It is located on the east shore of East Okoboji Lake and represents one of the last remaining open spaces on the Iowa Great Lakes. The 80-acre park was a gift of former U.S. Congressman Berkley Bedell and his wife Elinor.

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9th Annual Ice Hole Festival
9th Annual Ice Hole Festival
Thu, Jan 29 • 7:30 PM
West Lake Okoboji. IA, Arnolds Park, IA, United States
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2026 Ice Hole Festival in Iowa
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Randy BentonRandy Benton
Made a visit here today. Came away very impressed. Looks like a wonderful, rather large play area for kids. The paved trail that wanders through the park makes it nice for hiking or biking. I was here for bird and wildlife watching and wasn't disappointed. Enjoyed my day !!
Kathryn LappegardKathryn Lappegard
Beautiful newer facility. The shelter has seating for 120, with kitchen and restrooms. Playground is steps away, plenty of parking. Trails that lead to the lakefront and through the surrounding woods. I'm very impressed.
Daniel RaymondDaniel Raymond
A nice little park to stop by, however several trails were not maintained and severely overgrown. Looks as if staff hasn't been out here yet this year
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Made a visit here today. Came away very impressed. Looks like a wonderful, rather large play area for kids. The paved trail that wanders through the park makes it nice for hiking or biking. I was here for bird and wildlife watching and wasn't disappointed. Enjoyed my day !!
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Beautiful newer facility. The shelter has seating for 120, with kitchen and restrooms. Playground is steps away, plenty of parking. Trails that lead to the lakefront and through the surrounding woods. I'm very impressed.
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A nice little park to stop by, however several trails were not maintained and severely overgrown. Looks as if staff hasn't been out here yet this year
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5.0
7y

We are camping at Elinor Bedell park and absolutely love the layout and beautiful trails. The campground itself is very level and nice. Our two children 3 & 5 love the playground! If has covered shelters everywhere, very nice public restrooms. The playground even has a beautiful play log cabin my son and daughter both love. Our pup molly loves the walk from the camper to the play area. Our energy family is staying in town to change meters and we always love for state parks to camp together in. This one is very nice. A little hard to find on Garmin. Word of advice use your GPS on your phone. I have ran into 2 DNR employees who could use some warmth in their customer service skills. In a place so beautiful, with a challenging winter ahead warm attitudes would be a...

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5.0
3y

What a beautiful new park Eleanor Bedell State Park I want to thank the creators of Berkeley Fishing rule line lures poles and bait hard and soft. I also enjoyed my time working at Pier fishing many moons ago and thank the bedells for all of their generous donations here at the Iowa Great Lakes and to all the people he employs around the world thanks again Tom for the new park. Reverend TW Morfitt @ Marry,Bury,orBaptize. May God's love and speed bless you and yours in 2022 and upcoming 2023 happy holidays Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, and Rastafarians and if I forgot anybody else enjoy the holiday season. Love,...

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3.0
3y

We camped in a Class C motorhome here. We reserved and paid online. There was no tag on our site and nowhere to check in. We finally saw someone in the 4th day who wanted to know why we had not dropped money in the self registration and I had to explain that we reserved online. He said our tag probably blew away. It is a beautiful park but the sites are extremely long and extremely unlevel. The hookups are all at the very back of the sites so take extra long hoses. We were there in mid April and there was no water anywhere, not even a restroom open. The trash was nearly full with a chain across it so it was hard to squeeze...

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