Cook Park

Cook Park is a nature reserve in Pottawattamie, Iowa. Cook Park is situated near the neighborhood Golden Spike Mobile Home Park, as well as near the hamlet Chautauqua.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Grenville M. Dodge House and Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial.

Grenville M. Dodge House

Protected area

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Grenville M. Dodge House is a historic house museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. This Second Empire mansion, built in 1869, was the home of Grenville M.

The Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, also known as the Black Angel, is a historic object located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. This is the only work in Iowa by the American sculptor Daniel Chester French.

Golden Spike Monument (Council Bluffs, Iowa)

Monument

Photo: Chipchicken, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Council Bluffs and Carter Lake.

Council Bluffs

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Council Bluffs is a city in Southwest Iowa, just across the Missouri River from Omaha. It is known for its casinos and ties to the transcontinental railroad. It is sometimes called "Iowa's Leading Edge."…

Carter Lake

Town

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Carter Lake is a city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. A suburb of Omaha, Nebraska, it sits surrounding the south and west sides of the region's major airport, Eppley Airfield. Carter Lake is situated 4½ miles west of Cook Park.

Omaha

Photo: JonClee86, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Omaha is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska, with about 486,000 residents in 2020. Tourist attractions in Omaha include history, sports, outdoors and cultural experiences.

Cook Park

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Pottawattamie, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.26396° or 41° 15′ 50″ north

Longitude

-95.83237° or 95° 49′ 57″ west

Elevation

1,132 feet (345 metres)

Open location code

86H67579+H3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1036412892

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

4852556

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Golden Spike Mobile Home Park and Chautauqua.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Saint Pauls Lutheran Church and Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Garden.

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