List of National Natural Landmarks in Iowa
From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in Iowa. There are 8 in total.
Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Ownership | Description | |
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1 | Anderson Goose Lake | 1975 | Iowa | Private | One of the few essentially natural glacial pothole lakes remaining in Iowa. | ||
2 | Cayler Prairie | 1965 | Dickinson | State | An example of the increasingly rare virgin prairie grassland. | ||
3 | Cold Water Cave | 1987 | Winneshiek | Private | An exceptional example of an extensive cave system well decorated with speleothems. | ||
4 | Dewey's Pasture and Smith's Slough | 1975 | Clay, Palo Alto | State | Pothole lakes created during the last glacial epoch. | ||
5 | Hayden Prairie State Preserve | 1965 | Howard | State | A true prairie remnant. | ||
6 | Loess Hills | 1986 | Harrison, Monona | State, private | The best examples of loess topography in the Missouri River Bluffs region. | ||
7 | White Pine Hollow State Forest | 1967 | Dubuque | State | The only known remaining white pine tract in Iowa. | ||
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