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Spencer
has a number of very nice community parks and recreational
trails. Stolley Park is
located in NW Spencer near the headquarters of Eaton Mfg.
Company. Here are a few images from Stolley Park -- taken
in early June of 2004 by Amelia Painter. |
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Spencer Parks |
C. Earl
Page Park ~ located at 3rd Avenue W. and 13th Street W.
Amenities include picnic tables, shelterhouse and playgrounds.
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DeWolf
Park ~ at Hwy 18 and County Road M-50 ~ includes a beautiful
natural area, trails and a picnic area. |
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East
Leach, SE Spencer ~ located in South Grand Avenue and 4th
Street SE. Amenities i nclude a picnic area, volleyball and
basketball courts, playgrounds, shelterhouses, and a skate
park. |
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Fairview Park ~ E. 14th Street and 7th Avenue E. where you can
play tennis and enjoy an open play area and a lively
playground. |
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Score UK
Soccer Complex, Spencer |
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Oneota
Park, SE Spencer ~ 420 10th Avenue SE includes a shelterhouse,
trails, natural areas and fishing is permitted. |
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Pederson
Park - Ball Diamond Complex ~ E. 9th Street and 10th Avenue E.
where all the various Spencer baseball leagues play. Complex
includes eleven ball diamonds, a picnic area, concession
stand, shelterhouse and a children's playground. |
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River
View Park, SE Spencer - includes Spencer Family Aquatic
Center, an eight-court tennis complex, along with public
fishing, hunting, and wildlife observation. |
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Spencer Family Aquatic
Center, 612 4th Street SE, Spencer, IA. ~
New in 1997! The Spencer Family Aquatic Center offers fun for
the entire family. This two-acre complex contains two water
slides, a children's play area, sand volleyball, five lanes
for lap swimming, and plenty of lounge chairs for your
relaxation. For more info call (712) 580-7275. |
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Bob Howe
Thunder Bridge Wildlife Reserve ,
a county area filled with interesting views and wildlife
observation points. |
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Inkapaduta Canoe Trail - a county-wide trail on the Little
Sioux River ~ The 133-mile
Inkpaduta trail starts near Spencer in Clay County and runs
through Cherokee County, ending near Smithland in Woodbury
County. There are 26 designated stops along the way with
signs indicating the distance to the next point. |
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Lost
Island Wildlife & Nature Center, Ruthven ~ just a 15 or 20
minute drive from Spencer. Features include Birding
Observation Booths, campgrounds, a beautiful modern Nature
Center, trails, boat ramps and much, much more. |
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Stolley
Park and Oxbow Area, NW Spencer ~ W. 18th Street and 32nd
Avenue W. ~ includes a trail system that connects to the Oxbow
area, shelterhouses, picnic areas. A great natural area for
fishing, canoeing and observing wildlife. |
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Stouffer
Memorial Wildlife Refuge, East of Spencer |
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Trumpeter Canoe Trail, Trumball/Lost Island Lakes ~
a new canoe trail through a series
of interconnected lakes and wetlands in eastern Clay and
western Palo Alto Counties in NW Iowa. A great place to view
migrating waterfowl, including swans. |
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West
View Memorial Park, Spencer ~ W. 9th Street and 11th Avenue W.
includes a mini-arboretum and nature trails. |
Iowa’s only native nesting swan,
the trumpeter swan is the largest North American waterfowl,
weighing up to 35 lbs. with up to an 8 ft. wingspan. They nested
historically throughout Iowa, the last time in 1883 in Hancock
County. The loss of precious wetland habitat and over hunting
caused their decline. Today, a few Iowa counties have witnessed
wild nesting trumpeter swans again for the first time in over 100
years.
Trumpeters are
the rarest swan in the world. They used to be abundant in North
America but by the early 1900s, they were nearly extinct. Huge
numbers had been shot for their down, feathers or meat. |
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Spencer Parks
& Recreation Dept.
Del
Bredehoeft, Director
(712)
580-7260
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