Copper Creek Trail--Preston

About this Location

The bird watching area has a gazebo and is located approximately half a mile from a small parking area. The trail is crushed lime to the gazebo and the lime trail continues another 6 miles. The bird watching area has crushed lime for a base, two milkweed plants, two purple coneflowers, a service berry tree, and a wood duck house. There is a wood duck informational sign so viewers can learn more about the wood duck.
Highway 64 runs through Preston, turn north off Hwy 64 on to Industrial Lane, slightly to the west of the road there will be a ~40-foot gravel drive, where you can park your car. To get to the bird watching area, walk west on the lime trail. In approximately a half mile, you will see a gazebo and the bird watching area.
This area is going to be at the early section of a longer trail that has mixed habitat including pasture, woodland, and riparian corridor along creeks and close to the Maquoketa River.

Features

  • Roadside viewing

  • Entrance fee

Content from Iowa Ornithologists' Union