Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve and Center

Floyd County, IA

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Fossil & Prairie Center sign Fossil & Prairie Center Fishing dock in the quarry Rockford Brick & Tile Co kilns Kiln interior

Discover Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve and Center in Rockford

Looking for a unique experience?  Stroll through acres of native Iowa prairie, discover & collect ancient sea life from the quarry are and visit the company that unearthed these treasures.

Features Available at Various Facilities

  • Electricity
  • Handicap Accessible
  • Picnic Table
  • Refuse cans
  • Collect your own Devonian fossils
  • Hike trails through native prairies and fossil quarry.

  Center trail, Prairie trail, Upper trail, North trail, Creeping Juniper trail, Leopold trail, and Kiln trail

  • Observe the historic beehive kilns used by the Rockford Brick & Tile Co.
  • Visitor Center contains compelling exhibits that interpret the unique features of the Park
  • Canoe access to the Winnebago River. For information on river conditions . . . 
  • No Admission fee.

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