Imagine driving into a park and coming up over a hill to view a beautiful lake and campground. Chickasaw County has several campgrounds from lake views to primitive sites along the river, some in towns and others in the country. Many include fishing spots, playgrounds, tennis courts, flower gardens and horseshoes.

One of our beautiful parks is the Lakeshore Drive Walking and Biking Trail at the end of Lakeshore Drive in Nashua. Many beautiful wild flowers bloom for your enjoyment in July and August. It is just under a mile walk with views of the lake,and the flowers along the path with some benches to rest on. You may discover a rabbit, birds or an occasional deer, or a family dog being exercised.

Another beautiful park is the Mattke Park at Plum Creek Bike & Nature Trail in Fredericksburg. You can bike or walk along, cross an ornate iron bridge and see beautiful flowers, a pond, a vineyard, old barns, animals grazing in the pasture and the site of an old creamery. Fredericksburg once was the Dairy Capital of Iowa.

In New Hampton there is Mikkelson Park where you can watch a concert or other public events like the Davis Motorcycle Rally with friends from all over the United States.

Some of our other parks contain rock quarries, old cemeteries, skateparks, big playground equipment and tributes to our veterans, even an old ghost town. Come and see...

Chickasaw Campgrounds:

Airport Lake Park 2047 190th St., 2 mi. NW of New Hampton	641-394-4714
38 sites, 8 w/ electricity, pit toilets/shelters/hiking/lake & jetty/boat ramp-no wake motor use/beach.
Cedar View Park 400 Charles City Rd., Nashua	641-435-4156
37 sites w/ water & electric, restrooms w/showers/ tenniscourts/ horseshoes/ volleyball/ boating-boat ramps to lake/ fishing/ shelters/ skate park/ swimming. Lakeside sites.
Chickasaw Park East Entrance: 1271 220th St.
West Entrance 2228 Chickasaw Park Drive Ionia shelter/ horseshoes/ 10 acre manmade lake.
Haus Park 1726 165th St., North Washington
7 acres, 10 primitive sites, 2 single table shelters.
Howards Woods 2555 Addison Ave., NW of Nashua
20 acres, 20 primitive sites, 1 shelter/ boat ramp to Cedar River.
River Ranch Campground 2475 Cheyenne Ave. NE of Nashua	641-435-2108
RV Hookups, primitive and modern camping, cabins/ showers/ volleyball/ hiking trails/playground/ animals. Availability to horse trail rides.
Saude Recreation Area 1145 Stevens Ave., SW of Protovin
75 acres, 15 primitive sites, 1 shelter/ ball diamond.
Split Rock Park 3090 Pembroke Ave., SW of Fredericksburg	641-394-4714
80 acres-72 sites-42 w/ electricity. Toilets: pit & flush/ showers/ shelters/ dump station/ hiking/ lake fishing/ boat ramp-no wake motor use/ swimming-beach/ 10 acre man made lake/ playground/ horseshoes.
Twin Ponds Nature Center 1811 240th St., Ionia	641-394-4714
157 acres-20 primitive sites. Nature Center, activities, displays/ hiking trails/ butterfly garden.