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Directions and Factoids
Directions: From Des Moines, 85 miles southeast on IA 5.

Factoid: Over 700 campsites are available at this 11,000-acre lake in the rolling hills of southern Iowa. Excellent camping, fishing, hunting, boating, state fish hatchery, and Honey Creek Resort, are major attractions.

NOTICE: Many states are discouraging or banning movement of firewood to control spread of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). Not bringing wood from home to your campsite and not taking unused wood you procure while camping home with you is recommended -- required in some states. Check the following website to learn more: http://www.emeraldashborer.info/

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Recreation Services Status
The list below includes Recreation Services Status of USACE managed areas (lines that contain the Corps Castle icon). Others, such as state or private marina operators, run additional parks. Please contact those agencies or individuals for information on the areas they manage.

Open    Partially Open    Closed    Status Unknown

	Area Status
Bridgeview   $				X			D	A GS	X
Reserve Bridgeview
Buck Creek   $				X				A G GS	X		W S
Reserve Buck Creek
Honey Creek Resort Park		E	X		X	X	C	GS	X	BE P	B H W S
Honey Creek State Park		E N D		X	X		D C	GS	X		H I S M
Island View   $				X			D C	A GS	X		W
Reserve Island View
Ohv Area								GS			R
Outlet Area								A GS			S
Prairie Ridge   $				X			D C	GS	X		W M
Reserve Prairie Ridge
Rathbun Fish Hatchery											H
Rathbun Marina		E D	X	X	X	X	D C		X
Rolling Cove				X	X
South Fork				X			D
Corps Managed Managed by Others in Italics $ Corps Fees Collected