Maquoketa Caves State Park: Iowa Hiking and Exploring All Marked Caves (Plus The Hula-Hoop Tree!)

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5 жыл бұрын

#maquoketacaves #caving #iowa
In this episode we travel to Iowa's most amazing state park and explore all the marked caves!

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@neelsnprayer 2 ай бұрын

Loved your video!!!

@BrettsGarage 3 жыл бұрын

My grandparents would take us here as a kid. It was always a blast.

@BeerinBeautifulPlaces 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of good info! I’m on a roadtrip to try to go on an outdoor adventure in each state, and this is where I’m going in Iowa! I’m even more excited about it after watching this!

@pcproffy 9 ай бұрын

Did you end up going!?

@OutsidewithTom 5 жыл бұрын

You've convinced me. We need to visit this place, my 10yr old would love it. Quite a drive from Western Iowa, but I think it will be worth it. Great video, thanks!

@HikePaddleBike 5 жыл бұрын

You guys will have a blast!

@gigeek6752 Жыл бұрын

How was it? I'm thinking of going from council bluffs!

@OutsidewithTom Жыл бұрын

@@gigeek6752 Well, my 10 year old is now 14 and we still haven't been there. Every summer we keep traveling West instead of East.

@gigeek6752 Жыл бұрын

@@OutsidewithTomsame here we usually go to CO, I think we're going here tomorrow on a whim!

@gigeek6752 Жыл бұрын

It is pretty far for those caves you're right! I think we're gonna go to sioux falls 😆

@PROV3it 4 жыл бұрын

I have good memories of a first date here. Thanks for the upload

@SandraJsAdventuresOutdoors 4 жыл бұрын

I love this park, I have hiked it many times. Great video. thanks.

@HikePaddleBike 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@neilruff5890 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this place. Been coming here for 27 years.

@HOWBAZARY 5 жыл бұрын

Been there a lot! Super fun, the Y cave is the best. Camp ground is descent. Great for a weekend of exploring! Not far from Davenport Iowa, I make a bike trip there every year. Great Video!

@carleymiller4760 3 жыл бұрын

Nice informative video, thanks for sharing

@TerryX2Explore 4 жыл бұрын

Hello! Nice to meet you! We are pretty new as KZfaqrs and love meeting and supporting fellow explorers! I am so glad we found your channel. We are from WI and want to find some good places in Iowa to explore. Your channel seems just what we are looking for. This park looks amazing! Can't wait to watch more of your videos!

@HikePaddleBike 4 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! We don't have as many outdoorsy spots as WI, but the few we have are pretty darn cool ;) Happy travels!

@TerryX2Explore 4 жыл бұрын

@@HikePaddleBike I can see that. I knew there had to be some nice places to explore there! 🤗

@TSWSilent678 7 ай бұрын

I came here about 4 or 6 years ago when I was 5 or 3 when I was walking up some rocky stairs and they were a little wet then I did the splits

@Kyan1838 3 жыл бұрын

Yes love hiking here

@peterhamel2927 3 жыл бұрын

You had a lot more guts than I did. Great video. I have always wondered how deep the caves go.

@cosmiceclipse7131 4 жыл бұрын

I have been here several times it is fun

@lucindaturnis6605 4 жыл бұрын

Grew up about 9 miles from the Maquoketa Caves and now live 12 miles away. It's certainly an amazing treasure! Have and continue to spend many many hours there every year. We are blessed. Great vidio man Sorry y'all didn't get a site at the campground.

@HikePaddleBike 4 жыл бұрын

Very blessed to be so close! Thanks for watching!

@jamesbreeden2669 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Man, that's a meted building that your walking in. No joke. Blessings!

@fudhater8592 4 жыл бұрын

17:12 He's pointing at the best cave in the park, at least from an exploration standpoint. It's a lot of crawling and goes WAY back

@rowanmccarthy 5 жыл бұрын

Batman shirt to batcaves. I see you

@HikePaddleBike 5 жыл бұрын

So happy you noticed that. If you couldn't tell, I was really proud of it! 😆

@Kyan1838 3 жыл бұрын

I’m from Iowa I love iowa

@HikePaddleBike 3 жыл бұрын

Me too :)

@Bigodog88travels 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Looks like a beautiful park. I'm from central Illinois and Maquoketa Caves is the #1 park in Iowa I want to visit. Unfortunately the few times I've looked online, it has said the caves are closed. I don't really want to drive 3 hours and the caves be closed. I definitely will make it there eventually.

@HikePaddleBike 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, hopefully they will be able to open up this summer :(

@isabelladebanderas5757 3 жыл бұрын

Is this place open ?

@Lemurs 3 жыл бұрын

Planning on going here, never been.

@josephlemons 4 жыл бұрын

Thinking about driving there on Monday, gonna be a 5 hour drive but I think it will be worth it

@HikePaddleBike 4 жыл бұрын

The trails are open but they've been closing the caves due to COVID-19, I would call and check to make sure the caves are open before making that long of a drive! Good luck!

@Spartanboy123 Жыл бұрын

Which month of the year did you go?

@timmyvechett 4 жыл бұрын

I'm in Altoona looking for a nice quiet camp place not a crowded camp ground more woods camping any suggestions backwoods camping

@HikePaddleBike 4 жыл бұрын

All the state forests have nice backwoods camping. Stephens State Forest is probably the closest. If you want really remote, sandbar camping along the Des Moines river is pretty good too, lots of sandbar space this time of year too! Whiterock is more commercial but has really spaced out campsites so I would throw it into the mix too. Also check out Keuhn Conservation area. They have some nice hike in sites along the raccoon river. Have fun!

@bluestarsilver7586 4 жыл бұрын

Wild cat den