We really enjoyed hiking the trails and walking along the river. The campground appears to be an RV park with campers right on top of each other. The trails are listed as hard, but that is only accurate if you are used to hiking table-flat areas. If you geocache, it looks like all of them involve hiking through grasses/weeds, so they probably shouldn't be done in shorts. This park is a nice break from the concrete jungle of the cities.

Sitting around the campfire on July 4th. No music, no fireworks. Group of about 15 so chatter may have been loud. Park Ranger Lucas Wagner came into our group aggressively sticking his face close to people asking how much they’ve had to drink. It after quiet time so he told us we had 10 minutes to break it up. The group broke up and our friend walked to another camper. Wagner immediately arrested him for public intox and claimed on his radio he was being swarmed and felt unsafe. Complete lie. Our buddy was completely compliant and was not read Miranda rights and never given a breathalyzer. Paid a fine and got out of jail 10 hours later. We’ll never go back and will tell everyone who will listen. The Park Ranger is on a power trip.Ive been camping for 30 years and have never seen anything like this before.

Great trip. We arrived at approximately 9 am and made our way towards the entrance of the trail. The beginning of the trail was a little tricky to find and we had to download the all trails app to help us. We opted to hike the Cedar Cliffs and Palisades Loop Trail. The trail was moderate in difficulty and did contain several sections of incline/decline. We hiked the trail after a recent storm in the area, so there were several downed tree branches that we had to maneuver through in order to finish the trail. There were also several rocky spots in the trail that consisted of having to climb up and down several boulders. The views of the water were very pretty and we managed to capture several great photos. There were several viewing platforms on the trail as well, that gave us great views of the water below. Tip: I recommend spending 2 hours here if you truly want to see everything.

Just minutes from Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, this park offers beautiful views and opportunities for unusual exploration. We didn't realize that there would not be any park maps available there - if you like to see the extent of the trails and the park, do some research before you go. We drove down to the river, taking the left fork in the road. Parking at that lowest spot, we hiked out onto the large sandbar (water level was very low), and made our way upstream to the breached low head dam. We climbed along the riprap to reach the intact portion of the dam, then walked along it back to the shore, where we could see an interesting stairway built into the cliff. Climbed up the stairway through a tunnel to reach a cliffside hiking trail! From there, we made our way back to the car. What a fun hike!We also took a few moments to view the Indian mounds area, which is located along the road to the campground (and is labeled). These are probably the most accessible mounds we have ever visited - just walk among them and imagine.

Heavily wooded, well-kept trails with interesting features. Along beautiful Cedar river. I only hiked.