Great Parks along the 2010 RAGBRAI Route - Sioux CityBy now you have a lot of miles in the saddle and are probably anxious to be biking on RAGBRAI next week. You may even have packed your “Bike It” shirt from the Iowa Nature Store.
After you arrive in Sioux City on Saturday and get settled in at a campground or with your host family, you will want to get a few miles in and stretch those legs a little. I suggest you will be very happy with a little ride north to Stone State Park and Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center. The center tells the story of the geology, plants and animals of the loess hills region of western Iowa and features a variety of interpretive displays, including a "walk-under" prairie, a 400-gallon aquarium of native fish, and natural history dioramas. A children's discovery area provides opportunity to handle furs, antlers, fossils, and other artifacts. Two miles of hiking trails exist around the nature center. The center is managed by the Woodbury County Conservation Board. A Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp was located in the northwestern area of the park from 1935 to 1939. The CCC were responsible for constructing the majority of the park's facilities, including: entrance portals, staff residences, the Calumet shelter, and the rustic stone lodge. The Nature Center will be open on Saturday from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
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