Red Rock Reservoir--cemetery overlook

Red Rock Reservoir--cemetery overlook

Pella, Iowa 50219

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About this Location

North of the dam at Lake Red Rock, in northwest Marion Co. Take T-15, the road to the dam at the lake's southeast end, south from G-28, which skirts the north shore. Look for Bos Landon Golf Course on your left and then the Eagle Creek subdivision on your right. At the sign for Eagle Creek, follow the entrance road to its end at a cemetery, and the open water is to the right.

About Red Rock Reservoir IBA

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The entire area is important as a resting area for large concentrations of migrating waterfowl, gulls, and shorebirds. The area is also critical as a wintering area for large numbers of Bald Eagles. Nesting birds include Bobolink, Cerulean Warbler, Black-billed Cuckoo, Wood Thrush, and in some years Kentucky Warbler.

The Red Rock Dam is about five miles southwest of Pella; the refuge area extends northwest beyond Runnells in Polk County to near Hartford in Warren County.

Features

  • Roadside viewing

  • Entrance fee

Content from Iowa Ornithologists' Union and Red Rock Reservoir IBA

Last updated June 20, 2023