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Winter Activities

Getting Cabin Fever? Get outside and come explore our parks during the winter season. Our trails are great to snowshoe and/or cross country ski, or blaze your own! You never know what you will see. Don’t forget about the ice fishing possibilities either!

Snowshoeing and Cross Country Ski

  • Alton Roadside Park
  • Big Sioux Recreation Area
  • Bruce Schomaker Recreation Area
  • DeKoster Wildlife Area
  • Fairview Area
  • Fairview Wildlife Complex
  • Floyd River Wildlife Complex A 
  • Floyd River Wildlife Complex B
  • Floyd River Wildlife Complex C
  • Garfield Wildlife Area
  • Moeller Wildlife Area
  • Nassau Wildlife Area
  • Oak Grove/Big Sioux Park
  • Otter Creek Public Hunting
  • Rock River Area
  • Rock River Access
  • Rock Wildlife Area
  • Sandy Hollow Recreation Area
  • Settlers Canoe Access
  • Sioux County Historical Site
  • Stoll Wildlife Area
  • Vande Weerd Pit
  • Winterfield Pond

Ice Fishing 

  • Alton Roadside Park
  • Big Sioux Recreation Area
  • Fairview Area
  • Moeller Wildlife Area
  • Sandy Hollow Recreation Area
  • Winterfield Pond

***See Fishing for other locations and see what we stock in our ponds with!

ice fishing kids
kids playing in snow
Long Eared Owl in snowy pine tree
Winter Hill in Oak Grove

Oak Grove Park
4051 Cherry Ave
Hawarden, IA 51023

Phone: 712-552-1047
Email: [email protected]

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