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Facilities and Activities
Picnicking/Shelters
Honey Creek is a great place for picnics and larger gatherings. Open Picnic
Shelters are located at Sunset at Honey Creek Parkscenic points overlooking the
lake and may be reserved for a fee through the park manager.
Camping
Honey Creek is a favorite camping destination. There are 155 modern campsites
with showers, rest rooms and a trailer dump station. Twenty-eight of the sites
have full recreation vehicle hookups (sewer, water, electricity), and 80 are
equipped with electricity only. Electricity is available year-round in the
campground and the shower building is heated in the winter. The full hookups,
however, are closed during the winter. Starting February 13, 2006 advance
campsite reservations can be booked through the park reservation system. Half of
the campsites are still available for self-registration on a first-come,
first-serve basis.
Trails
Hikers enjoy the miles of multi-use trails and the Woodland Interpretive Trail.
By following the interpretive trail one may learn about the early Indians who
inhabited the area. Displays on the history of Honey Creek are located in a
special shelter at the beginning of the interpretive trail.
Lake Activities (boating, fishing)
Rathbun Lake is very popular with sailboaters, power boaters, water skiers and
anglers. Crappie, walleye and channel catfish are available to challenge
anglers. The park has excellent boat launching ramps and conveniently located
fish cleaning facilities. The boat ramp and parking lot will be repaired and
paved in 1999.
Visitors to Honey Creek State Park return often to enjoy the beautiful setting
of 828 acres of rolling, timbered hills against a background of beautiful Lake
Rathbun, Iowa's largest lake. In 1954, Congress authorized the construction of
Rathbun lake because the Chariton River Valley in south central Iowa was
susceptible to flood and drought problems. The dam was completed in 1969 by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Rathbun Lake provides flood protection for 149,300
acres of land along the Chariton River.
The Corps manages 55 square miles of land and water at Rathbun Lake. Honey Creek
is a part of the Rathbun Lake recreation complex consisting of 11,000 acres with
eight parks, 155 miles of shoreline, two marinas and 21,000 acres of public
land. In addition to Honey Creek State Park, the Iowa Department of Natural
Resources manages the Rathbun Fish Hatchery and Fisheries Research Facility
located below the dam.
Nearby Towns
Honey Creek is located about 12 miles from Moravia and 4 miles from Iconium. The
park is approximately 24 miles from both Albia and Centerville.
Contact Information
Honey Creek State Park
12194 Honey Creek Pl.
Moravia, IA 52571-8879
ph. 641/724-3739
fax: 641/724-9846
E-mail address: Honey_Creek@dnr.state.ia.us |
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