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Beeds Lake State Park

Iowa · IA

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Beeds Lake State Park is built around a reservoir and one of the most photographed dams in the Midwest. You can fish at the spillway and causeway, hike and camp.

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Beeds Lake State Park is a public recreation area located northwest of Hampton, Iowa, United States. The 319-acre (129 ha) park surrounds a 99-acre (40 ha) reservoir. It features hiking trails, boating, fishing, swimming, camping, picnic areas and shelters, lodges and concessions. The park was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places as Beeds Lake State Park, Civilian Conservation Corps Area in 1990. At the time of its nomination, it contained 21 resources, which included one contributing building, 15 contributing structures, and five non-contributing structures.

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