Biking at Black Hawk Park
Cedar Lakes bike trail loop passes through Black Hawk Park and offers riders a scenic view of Fogdall and Cedar Campground. A drinking fountain and restroom facilities are available for trail users.
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Biking at Mc Farlane Park
Biking can be done on the blacktop roads in the park or on the Cedar Valley Nature Trail, which is at the park entrance.
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Boating at Black Hawk Park
Black Hawk Park offers boat ramp access to the Cedar River.
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Boating at Mc Farlane Park
There is a boat ramp in the park where there is access to the Cedar River & Wolf Creek.
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Cabins at Hickory Hills Park
Hickory Hills Park has 4 modern cabins & 3 rustic cabins.
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Cabins at Mc Farlane Park
The park has one efficiency cabin that is designed to let you experience camping without pulling a trailer or pitching a tent. The cabin is a one-room 12’x14’ cabin that sleeps six. Enjoy the beautiful 10’ x 16’ deck overlooking the wooded Wolf Creek Basin. You will need to utilize the shower building for showers and toilet facilities.
The cabin accommodates six people with two sets of bunk beds with the table converting into a double bed. Kitchen furnishings include a microwave, hot plate, dorm-size refrigerator, sink with cold running water, table & chairs, ceiling fan, mop and broom. A picnic table and fire ring with a grill is provided outside. The cabin is air conditioned but not heated. Electric heaters are allowed.
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Cabins at Black Hawk Park
There are two rustic cabins available. Each is furnished with two sets of bunk beds, a dinette that converts into a double bed, microwave, large dorm-size refrigerator, twin hot plate, cold water sink, deck with picnic table and air conditioning. The cabins are handicapped accessible and located next to the shower house.
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Camping at Mc Farlane Park
This 5-acre wooded campground provides electric and water and is equipped with a modern shower house & dump station. A group campground is also available with electric, pit toilets and water. Campers must self-register within one hour of their arrival.
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Camping at Hickory Hills Park
A large camping area is surrounded by RV sites, part of which are full hook-up sites. Electricity is available at each RV site and community water hydrants are scattered throughout the area. Showers, flush toilets and a dump station are provided in season. The group camp area will accommodate RV's and/or tents. Electricity and pit toilets are provided.
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Camping at Black Hawk Park
3 campgrounds. Non-electric, electric & full hookup (water & sewer) available.
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Canoeing & Kayaking at Mc Farlane Park
There is a boat ramp in the park where there is access to the Cedar River & Wolf Creek.
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Fishing at Hickory Hills Park
Fishing is available at Casey Lake in Hickory Hills Park. Casey Lake is managed for largemouth bass, channel catfish, bluegill and crappies. There are also a number of small ponds away from the lake that provide quiet fishing.
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Fishing at Mc Farlane Park
There are several small ponds in the park plus Wolf Creek and the Cedar River. The spring & fall are excellent walleye fishing. Channel catfish, flathead catfish and smallmouth bass are good all season long.
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Fishing at Black Hawk Park
In the adjacent Cedar River and several ponds public may catch northern pike, large and smallmouth bass, walleye. catfish, crappie, and bluegill.
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Hunting at Mc Farlane Park
There are 62 acres of woodland open to hunting. You can find squirrel, rabbit, turkey and deer.
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Hunting at Black Hawk Park
Over 1,100 acres open to public hunting with many accesses throughout the park boundary. Habitat primarily floodplain forest, with intermixed prairie throughout the entire park. Species include white tailed deer, turkey, squirrel, and rabbit, and waterfowl.
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Hunting at Hickory Hills Park
Public hunting is allowed on the west 175 acres of Hickory Hills Park. Since the area is adjacent to and accessible only through the park, regulations prohibit the use of rifles. Other regulations and information are posted at the beginning of the access trail in the hunting area parking lot, near the west end of the lake.
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Other Activities at Black Hawk Park
Field archery range with archery butts at 10, 20, 30, 40 & 50 yards. Personal targets are allowed.
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Other Activities at Mc Farlane Park
There are a wide variety of habitats in the park & on the nature trail which make bird & wildlife watching exciting & productive. There is also a bird feeding station located in the campground.
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Trails & Hiking at Mc Farlane Park
There are mowed woodland trails throughout the park and the Cedar Valley Nature Trail is at the park entrance.
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