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Lewis and Clark State Park
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Lewis and Clark State Park is located in Iowa
Lewis and Clark State Park
Lewis and Clark State Park
Location in Iowa
Location Monona, Iowa, United States
Area 176 acres (71 ha)
Elevation 1,047 ft (319 m)
Named for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Governing body Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Website Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources webpage on the park

Lewis and Clark State Park is a state park in the US state of Iowa consisting of 176 acres (71 ha) located in Monona County. The park features camping, picnicking, boating, swimming, and fishing on 250-acre (100 ha) Blue Lake. It has 95 electric camp sites and has a full size replica of a keelboat of the type used by the Lewis and Clark Expedition when they stopped in this area in 1804 on their way up the Missouri River.

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