Summit Lake

Summit Lake

Creston, Iowa 50801

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About this Location

250 acre Summit Lake with Mitchell Marsh--a large wetland area at the upper end of the lake. Parking and scoping from this area are decent. The lake is surrounded by private property but there is access to Mitchell Marsh if you make your way to the far NE corner of the lake on 150th Street just west of Green Valley Rd. There is a SMALL questionable parking area on the north side of 150th. You can walk the dike that parallels the marsh northward. Mitchell Marsh actually extends south into Summit Lake on the south, as well as, north of 150th towards Green Valley SP. This northern part can be viewed and walked from the dam.

Start Point: US 34/Iowa 25 (aka Summer Ave) on south side of Creston. Proceed NORTH on IA 25/Summer Ave for 1.6 miles to West Towline Street. Turn left (WEST) and proceed 1.0 miles. Parking is on you left (south side of the road). See notes above for more view areas. 

Lake, marsh, with patches of grassland and some edge woods. Waterfowl, marsh birds, and some woods birds. This is a public hunting area.

Features

  • Roadside viewing

  • Restrooms on site

  • Wheelchair accessible trail

  • Entrance fee

Content from Iowa Ornithologists' Union

Last updated June 22, 2023