Fun local place for exercise and fun! I'd been a few years previous but forgot how fun and…read morechallenging it was! The staff is young so not overly friendly but we got the information we needed and then went to the refresher on belay. There were a lot of unsupervised children while we were there, which is annoying. It's not the staff's fault but it would be nice to be able to use the equipment without kids running into you or cutting you off. A kid also kicked a water bottle from the top floor and almost hit a mother walking with her baby below. It seemed chaotic but it was still fun. I'd love going for an adult only time if that was a thing.

Get Sendy Great…read moreGym, Great Staff, Great Problems. I can't say enough good things about these guys!

Waterworks Park is a beautiful place to take a walk, ride your bike, have a picnic…read more I love spending time on this beautiful path in the summer, there is nothing quite like going over a wood walking bridge on your bike with the shadow from the sun riding below you! This spot is so beautiful my old band even made a music video here once.. https://vimeo.com/14161874 Perfect for a family outing, or just a beautiful place to get a work out in! Bring your suntan lotion and bug spray and have a beautiful day!

This is one of the Des Moines gems that doesn't get enough credit for all it does. It does a lot to…read morecontribute to the local community. You have access to a nice section of woods, a river and some wide open spaces. People have forgotten but they have a kind of a mini arboretum of trees in the front of the park or I should say the section nearest to Fleur drive. They were open to promoting live music events and have for many many years and they finally a build a kind of bandshell that really has wonderful acoustics and is towards the top of a hill. It's usually not very crowded so you could run walk walk your dog and really ride your bike and not feel the same bit of concern as you would have grayslake because the amount of people that are at grays, lake. Grays lake has a natural loop of 2 miles. You could get some much longer walks in within the waterworks Park. It also has several intersections of bike paths that could take you to Cummings or to the west side of Des Moines and some all the way over to the western suburbs and to the downtown. If you've never been a highly recommend you going.

This is one of the best kept secret areas of Saylorville Lake. When you first pull in there is…read moreparking for easy access to the bike trail. After passing that you come into the park and can either go left or straight. If you go left it takes you to the shelter and play area and if you go straight it takes you to the boat ramp and beach areas. The boat ramp is a two vehicle ramp so you can have two boats going in and coming out at a time. There is a huge double parking lot attached. The second part of the parking lot is also used for beach parking. The beach is really nice and has a couple picnic tables with shade over looking it. The shelter and play area is really nice. The play area is new and big and kiddos can play on it for a while. Right next to the play area is the shelter area. The shelter area is huge and in the shape of an L. It has fire places on both ends of the shelter. The play area is to the north of the shelter and on the south side of the shelter is a sand volleyball court and a baseball field. If you were going to have a family reunion or big party this would definitely be a good shelter to rent.

Great quiet and clean place for the kiddos!! There's a bike trail, restrooms and has a short walk…read moreto the waterside.

Visiting Quarry Springs and Quarry Springs Outfitters for the first time, we were pleasantly…read moregreeted by Greg. He explained how we were to pick up our 2 kayaks for our adventure. Everything was awesome, we enjoyed our entire visit to Quarry Springs Colfax, Iowa. We would highly recommend Quarry Springs Outfitters for a total turnkey kayak adventure.

This is a lovely campground with beautiful mature trees and roomy spaces. There is a short walk to…read morerestrooms and showers which are very nice. Some spots are right on the river (look at site map) so are difficult to get especially on weekends. Used our sr. cards and got a great rate. Negatives: sites don't have septic and you have to book thru recreation.gov which is not the easiest site to navigate. All in all, well worth it! Camp host Frank is wonderful!

This is a great big recreation area that is broken up into three parts. When you first pull in you…read morecome to a stop sign and if you turn left you go into the camping area. If you go right you go into the picnic and playground area. If you go straight it takes you down to the boat ramps. I have never been to the campground portion of the rec area so I will leave that part to be reviewed by other people. The boat ramp area is very nice. They have two different sets of boat ramps. They have an upper set of boat ramps which are very long and very steep. They have a lower set of boat ramps which are your standard length and grade. The parking is down by the lower ramps and there is a pretty large parking area. The picnic area is very nice here. They have six shelters and two play areas for kids. Shelter 6 is arguably the best shelter area as it has the nicest playground close to it, a horseshoe area, and it also has an amazing view of the lake. By shelter 1 there is an entrance to the bike trail heading north with plenty of parking. There is also an entrance to the bike trail heading south near the entrance to the campground area. Overall this recreation area is a great place for the family offering lots of different options.

During the pandemic this was our favorite outdoor dining option, after hitting a drive through,…read morewhen the weather was nice. The park is large and has two separate playground areas for the kids. One for the younger ones and a second bigger one for the older children. There is a large shelter area and a couple smaller covered areas. Picnic tables are scattered through the park. The park is well kept, has modern bathrooms, with sand volleyball courts, ball fields, and tennis courts.

Green space on a bluff with dramatic downtown views perfect for chilling with a picnic or if you…read morewant some nature and privacy that Grey's Lake can't provide. It has tennis courts, it has a pond & a playground. You are very close to multiple breweries, if you want to make this a bike ride desticnation or just want to go read a book with lots of shade on a nice day! You bring the blanket, I'll bring the food and brews!

Nice view and it's time for the fish to bite. Small mouth bass! Caught three today. Good spot for…read morefamily and friends

Absolutely gorgeous, well maintained ,clean and safe. Could use a few more water stationsread more