Iowa / Johnson County

East Overlook Day Use Area

Closed — Currently closed for the winter season. Day-use areas at Coralville Lake typically operate seasonally from spring through fall.

About

East Overlook Day Use Area is a day-use facility managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, located on the east side of Coralville Lake Dam in the Iowa River Valley. The site sits among a heavily wooded forest of mixed hardwood species, providing a scenic setting for picnicking and outdoor recreation. The Dam Complex offers access to multiple recreational opportunities including several trails such as Squire Point, Woodpecker Trail, Tailwater Riverwalk, and the barrier-free Veterans Trail. The nearby Devonian Fossil Gorge, located just below the dam, offers visitors a unique opportunity to explore a 375-million-year-old sea floor and discover fossil remains of sea life that once inhabited this tropical marine environment, with twenty discovery points and a cell phone audio tour. Turkey Creek Disc Golf Course is also located within the Dam Complex. Coralville Lake itself is a multiple-use project providing flood control and low flow augmentation, as well as opportunities for boating, fishing, swimming, and water sports. Anglers can find large and smallmouth bass, crappie, walleye, and catfish. Wildlife is abundant throughout the project area, with white-tailed deer, turkey, pheasant, waterfowl, and songbirds commonly seen.

Directions

From Interstate 80 at Iowa City, take Exit 244 towards Dubuque St./North Liberty. Travel north on Dubuque St. for 3 miles and turn right onto West Overlook Rd. NE. Travel 1.1 miles, then at the second stop sign turn right onto Prairie Du Chien Rd. NE. Travel east 0.7 miles across the Coralville Lake Dam. The East Overlook Day Use Area will be on the right side of the road.

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