Iowa River — Local services in Belle Plaine

Nice calm river with med/slow current. Water does not taste that good. Water temp can fluctuate, I spoke to the manager and they are working on getting the water heater repaired. They are looking at having the river heated for the entire year. Fishing is also not bad, however you might see an occasional piranha, but they are the tame kind so go ahead and pet them. On Extreme Sunday, they reverse the water and send it back up stream. One of the few rivers in Iowa where you can scuba dive and see ship wrecks from the early 1700’s, watch out for large starfish that love to snack on humans. On Friday nights they have submarine races and the competition...

I spent two and a half hours trying to get my turn to get up that hill behind 30 or 40 other cars and trucks but eventually we all got up the hill and spent the next 2 hours driving 25 to 30 miles an hour on a glare of ice kudos to Iowa Department of Transportation for getting everyone up and down that hill without any accidents they worked hard to remove the ice...

Great views , family friendly ice skate at the boat club in winter, float in the summer fish the rest. kayak season is a blast. Best kept secret in north...