Comments for Outdoors Iowa http://www.outdoorsiowa.com An Iowa Adventure Guide Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Ledges State Park by mscott http://www.outdoorsiowa.com/2009/04/15/ledges-state-park/comment-page-1/#comment-199 mscott Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:25:16 +0000 http://www.outdoorsiowa.com/?p=54#comment-199 @dmdoug: I would recommend this hike in the fall or winter when the undergrowth is gone and the water is low. Maybe you hit one of the streamlets that feeds Pea's Creek. Check out the <a href="http://www.outdoorsiowa.com/2008/10/19/peas-creek-walk/" rel="nofollow">trip report on Pea's Creek</a>. The water was at a perfect level the day we walked it. Give it another shot and let me know how you like it. Hikes are never the same experience twice. @dmdoug: I would recommend this hike in the fall or winter when the undergrowth is gone and the water is low. Maybe you hit one of the streamlets that feeds Pea’s Creek. Check out the trip report on Pea’s Creek. The water was at a perfect level the day we walked it.

Give it another shot and let me know how you like it. Hikes are never the same experience twice.

]]> Comment on Ledges State Park by mscott http://www.outdoorsiowa.com/2009/04/15/ledges-state-park/comment-page-1/#comment-198 mscott Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:11:11 +0000 http://www.outdoorsiowa.com/?p=54#comment-198 @jes lovett: Horseback riding is not allowed in Ledges State Park. I would recommend <a href="http://www.iowadnr.gov/forestry/yellowriver.html" rel="nofollow">Yellow River State Forest</a> or <a href="http://www.iowadnr.gov/forestry/shimek.html" rel="nofollow">Shimek State Forest</a>. You can also find information on <a href="http://www.iowadnr.gov/trails/equestrian.html" rel="nofollow">equestrian trails at the DNR site</a>. @jes lovett: Horseback riding is not allowed in Ledges State Park. I would recommend Yellow River State Forest or Shimek State Forest. You can also find information on equestrian trails at the DNR site.

]]> Comment on Ledges State Park by jes lovett http://www.outdoorsiowa.com/2009/04/15/ledges-state-park/comment-page-1/#comment-196 jes lovett Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:31:13 +0000 http://www.outdoorsiowa.com/?p=54#comment-196 Is there any horseback riding at Ledges? If not, where is a good place? Is there any horseback riding at Ledges? If not, where is a good place?

]]> Comment on Ledges State Park by dmdoug http://www.outdoorsiowa.com/2009/04/15/ledges-state-park/comment-page-1/#comment-191 dmdoug Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:24:17 +0000 http://www.outdoorsiowa.com/?p=54#comment-191 That hike-in trail that goes down the hill takes you a creek not shown on that map. I took that trail to the creek in April, lost the trail at the creek but took a left and walked it until it fed into another creek which is Peas creek, and then followed Peas to 250th Street. I tracked it with my GPS. Tried it twice again this summer. Couldn't find the trail past this creek because of the undergrowth and I had no bushwacking gear and didn't walk through the creek because both times the water was too high. I have not tried it from the other direction. That hike-in trail that goes down the hill takes you a creek not shown on that map. I took that trail to the creek in April, lost the trail at the creek but took a left and walked it until it fed into another creek which is Peas creek, and then followed Peas to 250th Street. I tracked it with my GPS. Tried it twice again this summer. Couldn’t find the trail past this creek because of the undergrowth and I had no bushwacking gear and didn’t walk through the creek because both times the water was too high. I have not tried it from the other direction.

]]> Comment on Ledges State Park by mscott http://www.outdoorsiowa.com/2009/04/15/ledges-state-park/comment-page-1/#comment-188 mscott Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:03:06 +0000 http://www.outdoorsiowa.com/?p=54#comment-188 Follow the trail for the hike-in tent sites in the main campground. At the last tent site the trail ends. Continue down the hill on a rough trail. You will have to do some mild bushwhacking. At the bottom of the valley is Pea's Creek. We took a left and head southwest into the park towards 250th street. I would like to try to go right and northeast next time. You could also do a loop hike starting at the first eastern water crossing on 250th street in the park valley. Hike up as far as you want and then hike out to the same point. Follow the trail for the hike-in tent sites in the main campground. At the last tent site the trail ends. Continue down the hill on a rough trail. You will have to do some mild bushwhacking. At the bottom of the valley is Pea’s Creek. We took a left and head southwest into the park towards 250th street. I would like to try to go right and northeast next time.

You could also do a loop hike starting at the first eastern water crossing on 250th street in the park valley. Hike up as far as you want and then hike out to the same point.

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