Turkey Creek Day Use Area

Closed — This is a day-use only facility with no overnight camping. Currently closed for winter season.

About

Turkey Creek Day Use Area is a day-use facility located on the east side of the Coralville Lake Dam in the Iowa River Valley north of Iowa City. The area lies within a heavily wooded forest of mixed hardwood species managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Coralville Lake multiple-use project. The facility provides access to several recreational opportunities including the Turkey Creek Disc Golf Course with nine holes, multiple hiking trails within the Dam Complex (Squire Point, Woodpecker Trail, Tailwater Riverwalk, and the barrier-free Veterans Trail), and the unique Devonian Fossil Gorge located just below the dam. The fossil gorge offers visitors the opportunity to explore a 375-million-year-old sea floor with twenty discovery points and a cell phone audio tour. Wildlife is abundant throughout the area, with white-tailed deer, turkeys, pheasants, waterfowl, and various songbirds commonly observed. This is a day-use only facility with no overnight camping available. The lake itself offers boating, fishing for bass, crappie, walleye and catfish, swimming, and water skiing opportunities.

Directions

From I-80 near 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 0.9 miles across the Coralville Lake Dam. The entrance will be on the right.

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