Family Vacations Directory - Iowa

LPIAFamily vacation spots: Dubuque, Des Moines, Iowa City, and Cedar Rapids.  Best places for fun: Adventureland Amusement Park King's Pointe Waterpark Resort, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Putnam Museum and IMAX,  Blank Park Zoo, and Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad. What’s to do? Picnic in a tall grass prairie and count prairies dogs; visit a Quaker school house and listen to stories. Ride the Fort Madison Farmington & Western Railroad and don’t miss Historic Amana Colonies. Go hiking, biking, fishing, camping, and swimming. Enjoy horseback rides, hay rides, live theatre, music festivals, fresh markets, water parks, and corn mazes.
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ARTICLES
Advice: No Stress Vacations - Pack Less, Plan Less, Spend Less, Do Less. and Have More Fun.

When it involves a family vacation doing less will actually result in more fun. This year more than ever, less will be more. For most parents the wish is to laugh more, sleep more and enjoy family time. Sound about right? [Read More]

USA: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuges – Monarch Madness.

Hundreds of national wildlife refuges and a host of programs by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service protect and restore monarch butterfly habitat, monitor their transcontinental migration, and teach thousands of school children about their unique migration from Mexico through the United States on to Canada – and then back again. [Read More]

Iowa: Lewis & Clark, Creating a Family Field Trip.

Getting out and doing, as well as seeing, the real stuff is energizing for everyone which is why field trip days during the school year are happy days for kids. Organizing a family version takes a little more time but is definitively worth the effort. Begin on the prairie. Sample luscious sweet corn; taste fresh baked bread pioneer style; see bison; hear folk tunes; listen to ghost stories and count the stars covering Iowa each night. America's Heartland iwrote the book on family friendly. [Read More]


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FAMILY VACATION IDEAS
Dubuque, Iowa: Grand Harbor Resort and Waterpark

Indoor waterpark complete with a lazy river. A great place in any season. [Read More]

Grand Harbor Resort and Waterpark

Dubuque, Iowa: Port of Dubuque

Mississippi Meets the Tropics! [Read More]

Port of Dubuque

Middle Amana, Iowa: Rose's Place

Named a National Historic Landmark. See your yourself. [Read More]

Rose's Place


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