| Name of Area | County | Nearby City |
|---|---|---|
| Ambrose A. Call State Park | Kossuth | Algona |
| Backbone State Park | Delaware | Strawberry Point |
| Badger Creek State Park | Madison | Van Meter |
| Beed's Lake State Park | Franklin | Hampton |
| Bellevue State Park | Jackson | Bellevue |
| Big Creek State Park | Polk | Polk City |
| Black Hawk State Park | Sac | Lake View |
| Brushy Creek State Park | Webster | Lehigh |
| Cedar Rock State Park | Buchanan | Quasqueton |
| Clear Lake State Park | Cerro Gordo | Clear Lake |
| Dolliver Memorial State Park | Webster | Lehigh |
| Elk Rock State Park | Marion | Knoxville |
| Elinor Bedell State Park | Dickinson | Spirit Lake |
| Fort Atkinson State Park | Winneshiek | Fort Atkinson |
| Fort Defiance State Park | Emmet | Estherville |
| Geode State Park | Henry | Danville |
| George Wyth Memorial State Park | Black Hawk | WAterloo |
| Green Valley State Park | Union | Creston |
| Gull Point State Park | Dickinson | Milford |
| Honey Creek State Park | Appanoose | Moravia |
| Lacy-Keosauqua State Park | Van Buren | Keosauqua |
| Lake Ahquabi State Park | Warren | Indianola |
| Lake Anita State Park | Cass | Anita |
| Lake Darling State Park | Washington | Brighton |
| Lake Keomah State Park | Mahaska | Oskaloosa |
| Lake MacBride State Park | Johnson | Solon |
| Lake Manawa State Park | Pottawattamie | Council Bluffs |
| Lake of Three Fires State Park | Taylor | Bedford |
| Lake Wapello State Park | Davis | Drakesville |
| Ledges State Park | Boone | Boone |
| Lewis and Clark State Park | Monona | Onawa |
| Maquoketa Caves State Park | Jackson | Maquoketa |
| McIntosh Woods State Park | Cerro Gordo | Ventura |
| Mines of Span & E.B. Lyons State Park | Dubuque | Dubuque |
| Nine Eagles State Park | Decatur | Davis City |
| Okamanpedan State Park | Emmet | Dolliver |
| Palisades-Kepler State Park | Linn | Mount Vernon |
| Pikes Peak State Park | Clayton | McGregor |
| Pilot Knob State Park | Hancock | Forest City |
| Pine Lake State Park | Hardin | Eldora |
| Pleasant Creek State Park | Linn | Palo |
| Prairie Rose State Park | Shelby | Harlan |
| Preparation Canyon State Park | Monona | Moorhead |
| Red Haw State Park | Lucas | Chariton |
| Rice Lake State Park | Winnebago | Lake Mills |
| Rock Creek State Park | Jasper | Kellogg |
| Shimek State Forest | Lucas | Chariton |
| Springbrook State Park | Guthrie | Cuthrie Center |
| Stephens State Forest | Lucas | Chariton |
| Stone State Park | Plymouth | Sioux City |
| Twin Lakes State Park | Calhoun | Rockwell City |
| Union Grove State Park | Tama | Gladbrook |
| Viking Lake State Park | Montgomery | Stanton |
| Volga River State Park | Fayette | Fayette |
| Walnut Woods State Park | Polk | Des Moines |
| Wanata State Park | Bunea Vista | Peterson |
| Wapsipinicon State Park | Jones | Anamosa |
| Waubonsie State Park | Fremont | Sidney |
| Wildcat Den State Park | Muscatine | Muscatine |
| Wilson Island State Park | Harrison | Missouri Valley |
| Yellow River State Forest | Allamakee | Waukon |
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