Unique Hiking Area in the Great Plains, Trails, Trees and Mountains (Hills)
Hitchcock Nature Center的点评
点评:This is an amazing natural place in Iowa with trails, trees, mountains and an observation tower. OK, the elevation at 200 vertical feet is more like hills than mountains. Still once you have been on the plains, these seem like mountains and the other welcomed anomaly is trees. While in Iowa, the center and its trails are just outside of Omaha, Nebraska. In fact, you get great views of the Omaha skyline from the observation tower.
Anyways this is an education center that looks to educate both adults and children as well as conserve this unique landscape. In fact, these hills are a unique geological formation looking over the flat and fertile Missouri floodplain. If you drive from Council Bluffs to Sioux City, you will see these wooded hills for miles that are home to diverse flora and fauna not found in other parts of the plains.
As for the actual property, I hiked from the Nature Center down the Chute to the Heritage Trail before circling back up to the ridge with the Dozer Cut. I will say hiking the ridge to the end of the property going west is a beautiful hike, see the pictures. On my return, I climbed the observation tower which gives great views of the entire conservation property all the way to Omaha miles away. Finally, it is a very inclusive hiking area with a boardwalk that goes for 1/2 mile to allow everyone to see these hills. This is a great hiking place for Iowa and Nebraska and I highly recommend a visit.
翻译:这是爱荷华州一个令人惊叹的自然之地,拥有小径、树木、山脉和观景塔。好的,垂直 200 英尺处的海拔更像是丘陵而不是山脉。一旦你去过平原,这些看起来就像山脉,而另一个受欢迎的异常是树木。在爱荷华州,该中心及其步道就位于内布拉斯加州奥马哈市外。事实上,您可以从观景塔欣赏到奥马哈天际线的美景。
无论如何,这是一个教育中心,旨在教育成人和儿童并保护这片独特的景观。事实上,这些山丘是俯瞰平坦肥沃的密苏里河漫滩的独特地质构造。如果您从康瑟尔布拉夫斯驾车前往苏城,您会看到绵延数英里的这些树木繁茂的山丘,它们是平原其他地区所没有的多种动植物的家园。
至于实际财产,我从自然中心沿着滑道徒步到遗产小径,然后绕着 Dozer Cut 回到山脊。我要说的是,沿着山脊徒步到酒店向西走的尽头是一次美丽的徒步旅行,请看图片。返回时,我爬上了观景塔,从那里可以看到整个保护区的美景,一直到数英里外的奥马哈。最后,这是一个非常包容的远足区,有一条长达 0.5 英里的木板路,让每个人都能看到这些山丘。这是爱荷华州和内布拉斯加州徒步旅行的绝佳去处,我强烈推荐您前往。