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Cedar Rapids as Vacation Headquarters for Northeast Iowa
Northeast Iowa offers vast recreation centered on Cedar Rapids as a convenient base. The region showcases state parks, caves, lakes, historic towns, and scenic river drives with CCC lodges, golf, boating, and tours. Visitors can explore Anamosa, McGregor, Guttenberg, Backbone, and Amana colonies plus many vantage points along the Mississippi.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Hudson
Palisades
Cedar
Mount Vernon
Pals
CCC
Stone City
Westport
Linn County
Dark Hollow
Macbride State Park
Solon
Wapsipinicon State Park
Anamosa
Wapsie River
Backbone
Strawberry Point
Delaware County
Maquoketa
Silver Lake
Delhi
Manchester
Hartwick Lake
Wild Cat den State Park
Muscatine
Highlands
Mississippi
Maquoketa Caves
Jackson County
Bellevue State Park
Little Switzerland of America
Bixby
Edgewood
Pike’s Peak
McGregor
Bixby State Park
Bear Creek
Guttenberg
Little Switzerland
Prairie la Porte
Old Country
Elkader
Waukon
Lansing
Pictured Rocks
Pike’s Peak State Park
Joliet
Marquette
Grand Canyon
Zebulon Pike
Colorado
McGregor Heights
Wild Life Refuge
Amana
America
Amanas
Tama
Iowa City
State University
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
John Brown
Scattergood Seminary