Scenic view on Dakota Point Trail at Stone State Park in Sioux City, Iowa

Scenic view on Dakota Point Trail at Stone State Park in Sioux City, Iowa

Bybrian.abeling

If you like scenic views but your knees can’t take a long hike – then I’d recommend the scenic view on Dakota Point Trail at Stone State Park in Sioux City, Iowa.  Here’s the parking location on Google Maps  and here’s the scenic view location on Google Maps. 

A cabin with a view – Five Ridge Prairie Cabin in Plymouth County.

A cabin with a view – Five Ridge Prairie Cabin in Plymouth County.

Bybrian.abeling

The Five Ridge Prairie Cabin has been on my list of places to check out and my wife and I were recently heading back to Des Moines after visiting our daughter in South Dakota, so we made time to stop.  We didn’t stay overnight but instead stopped just to take the hike up to the…