Palisades-Kepler State Park 
700 Kepler Drive
Mount Vernon, IA 52314
319-895-6039
http://www.iowadnr.gov/Destinations/StateParksRecAreas/IowasStateParks/ParkDetails.aspx?ParkID=610113&idAdminBoundary=202
State Park: Birding, Camp, Fish, Hike, Picnic, Walk, Water Sports
Lies along the beautiful Cedar River in Linn County. The 840-acre park has dramatic river bluffs, deep ravines, majestic hardwood trees, a large variety of wildflowers and an abundance of wildlife. Palisades-Kepler State Park is also important for its prehistoric past. A molar tooth of a mammoth was once found here and the exposed rocks along the Cedar River are laden with fossils of millions of years of history.