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Tourist Attractions in Iowa
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Pikes Peak State Park
It is the highest bluff on the Mississippi River. Activities:
picnicking, 77 campsites with 60 electrical sites, modern shower
and restroom facilities and a trailer dump station, hiking and
bicycling. For information call: (319)873-2341
Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead
9-5 daily, April-October One of the homesteads of the Cody
family, built of stone in 1847 by Buffalo Bill's father. View
restored home, stagecoach and buffalo. For information call:
(319)225-2981
Buffalo Bill Museum/The Lone Star Steamer
9-5 Mon.-Sat., Noon-5 Sun., May 15-October 15; 9-5 Sat., Noon-5
Sun., October 16-May 14. Memorial and tribute to native son
William F. Buffalo Bill Cody, as well as a museum of steamboat
and pioneer history. Wooden-hull sternwheeler, a national
historic landmark, is on display with a model of the black box
used on airplanes, which was invented by an Iowan. For
information call: (319)289-5580
Blank Park Zoo
10-5 daily, May 1-October 15. Beautifully landscaped 22-acre
zoological park, featuring naturalistic exhibits with more than
800 animals from five continents. Train ride, camel rides, gift
shop and snack bar. For information call: (515)285-4722
National Balloon Museum
9-4 Mon.-Fri., 10-4 Sat., 1-4 Sun.; closed some holidays.
Contemporary building of unusual design houses a collection of
ballooning artifacts and memorabilia depicting the history of
hot-air and gas ballooning, ballooning events and personalities.
For information call: (515)961-3714
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