Pikes Point

With an elevation of 1469.82 feet, Pikes Point is one of Iowa's tallest mountains. Zebulon Pike, an American adventurer, is commemorated by the mountain's name (though he was unable to reach the summit). The summit is higher than any point east of its longitude in the United States.

Pikes Peak or Pikes Point is thought to have formed around 50 million years ago. The mountain was produced by years of molten rock erosion; yet, it is not classified as a volcano.

The mountain has its own weather at all times, and honestly, when you're the biggest thing for kilometers, you can do whatever you want! It will occasionally snow in July, or it will be gorgeous and sunny when it is snowing in town.

Pikes Point State Park was established in 1931. By March 17, 1934, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 778 had completed the shelter, steps, paths, plantings, and footings for the latrine. Gull Point State Park took over management of the park in 1936. It's a little park on a spit of land jutting out into West Okoboji Lake. It has picnic areas, a National Register of Historic Places-listed shelter, a playground, a swimming beach, boating, and fishing on the lake.

County: Dickinson