This park, just north of Hudson, consist of 359 acres open to public hunting. The park runs from the highway 58 access point to Shaulis Road. The area is dominated by flood plain woodlands and provides excellent habitat for white tailed deer, and squirrel. Silver maple, cottonwood, American elm, and green ash dominate bottom land/floodplain forest sites such as you would find in the Black Hawk Creek Greenbelt. Floodplain or bottom land forests exist along tributaries which make make farming difficult or impossible. The area adjacent to a stream is called a riparian area. The tree species you find here have root systems that can withstand prolonged periods of time under water which often occurs in the Greenbelt area.
Park boundaries may not be clearly marked in all locations within the park so please be aware of park boundaries and respect private property.
Location
The Green belt has two public access points. One public access point that includes parking is located just north of Hudson on highway 58. The public access point on highway 58 is just outside of Hudson as you travel north on highway 58. Currently there are no signs posted at the public access. There is another entrance and parking area off of West Shaulis road ; however, the immediate area off of the parking IS NOT open to public hunting. The access point off of Shaulis is part of the Katoski Greenbelt wildlife are and within the city limits consequently not open to hunting. It is recommended that hunters access the park from the access point off of highway 58 just north of Hudson.
Operating Hours & Seasons
Contact Us:
Black Hawk County Conservation Board
1346 West Airline Hwy
Waterloo, IA 50703
Phone: (319) 433-PARK (7275) Fax: (319) 433-7276
conservation@co.black-hawk.ia.us
The park is open from 6:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Closures