Trails 

  • Over Nine Miles
  • Along the Big Sioux River
  • Around the Dunham Prairie
  • Through the Higman Wetlands on the Iowa Side of the River
  • Through the Appley/Von Hagel Public Access Area on the South Dakota Side of the River
  • By the School and Through Town

Boating, Canoeing  

  • Popular on the Big Sioux River
  • Iowa or South Dakota fishing permits are required
  • Discharge of firearms in these areas and motor vehicles on the trails are prohibited

Wildlife

 
Whitetail Deer Woodchuck Beaver Pheasant Duck
Cottontail Rabbit Badger Weasel Quail Pelican
Red Squirrel Raccoon Muskrat Turkey Heron
Red Fox Possum Mink Dove Owl
Coyote Skunk Partridge Geese Bald Eagle

 

Fish

Catfish Carp Paddlefish
Bullhead Gar Sauger
Sunfish Sturgeon Walleye

 

Flowering Plants and Grasses

Purple Cornflower Hoary Vervain    Golden Rod   Partridge Pea
Grey Coneflower Swamp Milkweed Mullein Coreopis
Black-eyed Susan Common Yarrow Sunflower Wild Rose
Butterfly Milkweed Chicory Compass Plant Big Bluestem
Picher Sage Daisy Fleabane Yellow Goatsbeard Little Bluestem
Purple Prairie Clover Jewel Weed Tall Bellflower Sidegoats Grama
Heath Aster Lead Plant Wild Bergamot Indiangrass
Switchgrass Canada Wild Rye Birdsfoot Trefoil Sedges
Reed Canary Grass Orchard Grass Timothy

Parks and Trails


An early-morning walk
is a blessing for the whole day.

–HENRY DAVID THOREAU
 

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Canoeing

 

Take your time and relax down the lazy river on a canoe trip.  Rent a canoe, pack a lunch and enjoy the ride.

  

  

 

Hiking Trails

 

Enjoy over nine miles of walking trails around and through Akron.