🦉 Birdwatching on public land in Iowa

249 public places in Iowa are listed for birdwatching (192 wildlife management areas, 57 open-access private land). 57 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

Rules, seasons and closures vary by unit. Confirm with the managing agency before you go.

The places

🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Adams Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Allamakee Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Appanoose Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Audubon Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Boone Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Buchanan Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Buena Vista Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Butler Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Calhoun Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Cass Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Cerro Gordo Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Cherokee Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Chickasaw Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Clarke Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Clay Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Clayton Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Clinton Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Crawford Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Davis Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Decatur Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Dickinson Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Emmet Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Fayette Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Fremont Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Greene Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Hamilton Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Hancock Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Harrison Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Howard Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Humboldt Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Ida Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Iowa Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Jackson Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Jones Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Keokuk Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Kossuth Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Lucas Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Lyon Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Madison Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Mahaska Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Marshall Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Monona Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Osceola Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Page Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Palo Alto Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Pottawattamie Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Ringgold Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Sac Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Sioux Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Story Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Taylor Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Union Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Warren Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Wayne Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Winnebago Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Winneshiek Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Woodbury Countyfree
🦆 Aldo Leopold Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Almer Noyd Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Anders Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Artesian Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ashton Pits Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Auldon Bar Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Badger Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Banner Flats Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Barber Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Bays Branch State Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Beaver Lake State Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Becker Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Big Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Big Marsh Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Big Sioux River Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Big Sioux River Wildlife Area - Nelson TractUnknown — check official site
🦆 Big Sioux River Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Big Springs Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Birge Lake State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Black Hawk Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Blazing Star Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Bloody Run Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Blue Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Blue Wing Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Bluffton Fir Stand Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Boone Forks Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Brights Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Burrows Pond Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 C. A. Block Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Calhoun Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 California Bend State Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Canoe Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Cedar Bend Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Cedar Bottoms Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Center Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Chichaqua Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Clear Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Clear Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Copeland Bend Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Cory Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Crystal Hills Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Dan Green Slough Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Deer Meadow Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Denning Conservation Area Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Dry Mud Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Dudgeon Lake State Wildlife Mgt AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Dunbar Slough Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 East Okoboji Slough Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 East Swan Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Elk Creek Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Elm Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Evan-Hughes Forest Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Farm Creek Public Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Fen Valley Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Fish Farms Mounds Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Four Mile Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Four Seasons Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Fox Hills Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Gabrielson Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Garlock Slough Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Gladfelter Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Good Neighbors Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Goose Lake - Kossuth Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Grannis Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Gray Eagle Wildlife ReserveUnknown — check official site
🦆 Green Island Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hales Slough Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hanging Rock Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hauschen Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hawk Valley Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hazel Brush Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Heffernan Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Heritage Hills Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hoffman Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hogsback Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hogsback Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hogsback Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hogsback Marsh Wildlife Protection AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hogsback Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hogsback Wildlife Area-Hogsback WA AnnexUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hooper Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hull State Game Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Indian Slough Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Iowa River Corridor Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Iowa River Corridor Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ips Property Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ketchum Switch Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Kiowa Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Kirkville Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Koebrick Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Kory Halbur Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lake Anita Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lake Edwards Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lake George Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lake Shawtee Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lake Sugema Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lakeport Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lekwa Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lenon Mill State Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Little River Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Little Rock River Wildlife Area - North UnitUnknown — check official site
🦆 Little Spirit Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lizzard Creek Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Loess Hills Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lost Grove Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lower Morse Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Luton Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Malli Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Marilie Educational Forest Reserve Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Maynard Reese Wildlife Protection AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Medicine Creek Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Millrace Flats Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Mississippi River Islands State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Mississippi River Islands Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Mitchell Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Morse Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Mud Hen Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Neal Smith National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Nobles Lake State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 North Bear Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 North Raccoon River Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ocheyedan River Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Otter Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Otterville Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 PJ Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Paul Todd Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Pheasant Hills Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Pickerel Lake State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Pleasant Valley State Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Plum Creek Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Plum Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Pool Slough Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Prairie Gold Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Princeton Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Quercus Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Raccoon River Heritage Wildlife CorridorUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ram Hollow Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Red Rock Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Rice Lake Area Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Rice Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Rice Lake Wildlife Protection AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Riverview Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Roads End Prairie Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ryan Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Saylorville Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Schoenjahn Wildlife PreserveUnknown — check official site
🦆 Shell Rock Bend Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Silver Lake Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Sny McGill - North Cedar Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 South Bear Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 South Pine Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 South Twin Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Spainer Br Skunk River State Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Spring Run Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Springbrook Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Squirrel Hollow Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Swan Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Sweet Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Sycamore Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Sycamore Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Syracuse Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Table Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Three Rivers Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Trout Run Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Tunnel Mill Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Turin Preserve Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Turkey Run Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Twelve Mile Lake - Emmet Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Union Slough National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Virgin Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Wapello Bottoms Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Wapsi River Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Wapsie Flats Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Waterloo Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Waterman Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Welch Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 West Fork Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 West Fork Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 West Fork Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 West Fork Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 West Fork Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site

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