Polk County Wings
Iowa Scavenger Hunt
*All picnics are potluck
More than one county can be done at the same time Just pick a route and go.
Some places are also when bike events are going on so check those out to.
Sherrill,Ben, E-mail nanaress@aol.com
Kathy,Don, E-mail Don.thomason@dmps.k12.ia.us
*All picnics are potluck
Adair Co. - Adair-Jessie James train robbery, picture of 4 bikes around the track.
Audubon Co. - Audubon -Albert the Bull, 6 people around the bull or 3 bikes and 6 people.
Adams Co. - *Corning - Lake Icaria, picnic. Picture of someone eating fried chicken.
Allamakee Co. - Waukon - House of the clocks -10 or more bikes & the Muffler man and steer.
Appanoose Co. - Centerville - Historical coal mining Museum -2 people in coal car (if can) or picture on front of sign.
Benton Co. - Vinton - Vinton Court House, 6 or more bikes in front of courthouse.
Black hawk Co. - Cedar Falls - Little Red schoolhouse. 4 bikes or more bikes.
Boone Co. - *Ledges State Park picnic 15 people or more picture of picnic.
Bremer Co. - Denver - Mile High City of Iowa picture in front of sign 4 or more bikes or people.
Buchanan Co. - Quasqueton-Cedar Rock, picture in front of
the house 4 or more people. Hours 11-5 Closed on Monday.
Buena Vista Co. - Storm Lake – light house picture around a lighthouse 4 or more bikes.
Butler Co. - Parkersburg - Historical home picture with 4 or
more bikes.
Calhoun Co. - Rockwell City - Correctional Facility 4 or more bikes in front of sign ( maybe they give tours and take one).
Carroll Co. - Manning - Haus Barn 6 or more bikes by barn (this is a restaurant).
Cass Co. - Lewis - George B. Hitchcock house 6 or more bikes in front of house.
Cedar Co. - West Branch - Hoover library 3 or more bikes in front of library.
Cerro GordoCo. - Mason City - Music Man Square- 6 or more bikes in parking lot (maybe camp at Rock Falls Campground
and tour several counties from here).
Cherokee Co. - Cherokee - Sandford Museum & Planetarium 3 or more bikes in front of sign.
Chickasaw Co.- Nashua - Little Brown Church 4 or more bikes on front of church.
Clarke Co.- Osceola - Lakeside Casino take a picture of 10 people in front of Casino or sign.
Clay Co. - Spencer - Parker Historical Museum 3 or more bikes on front of museum.
Clayton Co. - Strawberry Point - Wilder Memorial Museum
and Largest Strawberry 3 or more bikes picture of both places.
Clinton Co. - Clinton - Showboat theater 3 or more bikes in
front of theater.
Crawford Co. - Dension -Donna Reed Center 6 or more bikes
by sign.
Dallas Co. - Adel Sweet Corn Festival 20 or more bikes in
the parade Sherrill's kids and friend will take the pictures this
is August 12th.
Davis Co. - Bloomfield Southfork Restaurant Picture by sign
6 or more bikes.
Decatur Co. - *Davis City - 9 Eagles State Park 6 or more
bikes in front of sign and a picnic.
Delaware Co. - Manchester -Trout Hatchery, 3 or more
bikes in front of the hatchery.
Des Moines Co. - W. Burlington - Snake Alley 3 or more
bikes at the bottom of snake alley.
Dickinson Co. - Okoboji- Arnolds Park-Riverboat Queen II picture on the boat with 3 or more people.
Dubuque Co - Sherrill-Picture of sign with Sherrill in the picture
Emmet Co.- Esterville - Fort Defience 3 or more bikes on
front of fort.
Fayette Co. - Clermont - Montauk Historical Iowa Governor Home 3 or more bikes in front of the house.
Floyd Co. - Nora Springs – There is a rock in the road by the park. 3 or more bikes around the rock & people on the rock.
Franklin Co. - Hampton County court house 3 or more bikes
in front of the court house.
Fremont Co. - Sidney- 10 or bikes under the Rodeo sign.
Green Co. - Jefferson- Mahanay Bell Tower 6 or more bikes around the tower.
Grundy Co. - Grundy Center- Herbert Quick schoolhouse 6
or more bikes in front of the school.
Guthrie Co. - *Springbrook- Picnic at the shelter house 10 or more bikes and people. The shelter house is at the top. May have to reserve the shelter I am not sure on that.
Hamilton Co. - Williams Hemken Museum 6 or more bikes in front of museum.
Hancock Co. - Britt - Hobo Museum 3 or more bikes in front
of museum.
Hardin Co. - Iowa Falls. swinging bridge.
6 or more bikes or people in picture.
Harrison Co. - Magnolia - Sawmill Hollow run picture of 6 or more bikes by sawmill.
Henry Co. - Mt. Pleasant - Mid West Central Railroad train 3 or more bikes by train.
Howard Co - Lime Springs - Lidtke Mill Historical Site 3 or
more bikes by sign.
Humbolt Co. - *Dakota City - Park, picnic & picture 6 or more bikes by the park sign.
Ida Co. - Museum of natural history 3 or more bikes in front of museum.
Iowa Co. - Tour Amana Colonies. Take picture in every colony.
8 or more bikes in every picture.
Jackson Co. - Bellevue - Dyas Hexagonal Barn 4 or more bikes in front of barn.
Jasper Co. - Baxter - Eat at O'Kelly's restaurant and take
picture outside of restaurant 10 or more bikes
(they have bike night on Wednesday).
Jefferson Co. - Lockridge - Johnny Clock. 4 or more bikes in front of clock.
Johnson Co. - Iowa City -Firefighters Memorial Park. Picture
of 8 or more bikes in parking lot & picture of people at memorial.
Jones Co. - Anamosa- Anamosa Motorcycle Museum 3 or more bikes in front of museum.
Keokuk Co. - Sigourney-Dumont museum of Dream world Collectable 8 or more bikes in front of the museum.
Kossuth Co. - Algona- POW camp 3 or more bikes picture in front of camp. Museum is only open on Sat. and Sun, from 1-4
Lee Co. - Keokuk- National cemetery 10 or more bikes at gate. Also there is the lowest point in Iowa somewhere in this county
so take a picture at the lowest point.
Linn Co. - Cedar Rapids - Statue of Liberty, 7 or more bikes
or people around Statue. Duffy collectable cars also picture
in front of building. (Sherrill has directions to Statue).
Louisa Co.- Toolesboro - Indian Mounds, 3 or more bikes in
front of the Indian mounds.
Lucas Co. - C&C cycle 9 or more bikes in front of building.
Lyon Co. - Rock Rapids - Court House 10 or more bike in front of court house.
Madison Co. - *Winterset - Imes Bridge picture of 12 or more bikes by bridge. Then go to Pummel park for picnic.
Take picture of picnic.
Mahaska Co. - SW. Oskaloosa - Round Barn 11 or more
bikes in front of the barn.
Marion Co. - Pella- Tulip Time picture by a windmill 15 or more bikes with the windmill. (tulip Festival is May 4-6).
Marshall Co. - Marshalltown - Stone Restaurant, eat and get picture in front of restaurant 17 or more bikes.
Then stop by Don and Kathy's and see their new house.
Mills Co. - Glenwood - Court House 4 or bikes and picture in front of court house.
Mitchelle Co. - St. Ansgar – Shopping. Picture of 6 or more bikes by sign.
Monona Co. - *Onawa - Lewis and Clark Park. Picnic & picture of 6 or more bikes at entrance of park.
Monroe Co. - Melrose- July 4th parade. Dress as leprechauns
& decorate bikes in green.11 or more bikes in parade
(Don has people to take the pictures).
Montgomery Co. - Red Oak - WWII Museum. 5 or more
bikes picture in front of museum.
Muscatine Co. - Muscatine - Pine Grist Mill and Pearl Button museum picture of 4 or more bikes of both places.
O'Brien Co. - *Paulina -Mills Creek Park. Picnic & camping
5 or more bikes in picture.
Osceola Co. - Sibley-Highest point in Iowa. 10 or more bikes
around sign.
Page Co. - Clarinda is Glen Miller Birthplace 7 or more bikes picture in front of the house.
Palo Alto Co. - Westbend – At Grotto 14 or more bikes.
Plymouth Co. – LeMars – Ice Cream capitol 10 or more
bikes, picture in front of building and this picture has to have
Don and Kathy in it.
Pocahontas Co. - Pocahontas - Statue of Pocahontas 5 or more bikes in picture.
Polk Co. - *Picnic at Big Creek picture of sign -
THE WHOLE Motorcycle GROUP.
Potawattamie Co. - Council Bluffs-Dodge house then go to the oldest Dairy Sweet in the USA and eat ice-cream 7 or
more bikes in picture of both places.
Poweshiek Co. - Grinnell - Louis Sullivan Bank 12 or more bikes picture in front of the bank.
Ringgold Co. - *Beaconsfield is the Smallest town in Iowa, population is 11, need to double this for one day have to
have at least 22 people will have a picnic at the park,
picture with all the people that we can get there from the town.
Sac Co. - Sac City - Largest popcorn ball, 11 bikes or more
in picture with popcorn ball.
Scott Co. - SW McCausland- Buffalo Bill Cody’s homestead,
3 or more bikes in picture.
Shelby Co. - *SW Jacksonville- Prairie Rose Park 7 or more bikes picture of sign picnic.
Sioux Co. - Orange City -The Old factory 7 or more bikes picture of factory.
Story Co. - Story City - Antique Carousel 15 or more bikes picture of people and carousel.
Tama Co. - Gladbrook - Matchstick marvels picture of 12
bikes or more. Also in Tama picture of 12 bikes or on
Lincoln Highway Bridge.
Taylor Co. - *Bedford- Lake of 3 fires park (Chapter H&P
with GWRRA are having a camp out June 9 and 10 if want
to cam with them let them know by April 1st) picture 5 or
more bikes with sign.
Union Co. - Creston - 12 mile Lake 22 people or more in picture for lake.
Van Buren Co. - Lacey Keosauqua Park look for geodes
5 or more bikes. add to Van Buren Co
Wapello Co. - Eldon - American Gothic house 5 or more
bikes.
Warren Co. - Summerset Winery take picture of 12 or more bikes with the sign.
Washington Co. - Kalona- Mennonite Museum and Archives
3 or more bikes in picture.
Wayne Co. - *Humeston - See tank in campground 10 or more bikes then up town to park for picnic picture of tank
has to have Ben in it.
Webster Co. - Dolliver State Park go to fence of shoes and leave a shoe get picture of this.
Winnebago Co. - Forest City- Pilot Knob State Park picture with tower 10 or more bikes.
Winneshiek Co. - Spillville - Billy Clocks Picture in front of building Also go to Festina to smallest church get pictures
with people around church 5 or more bikes.
Woodbury Co. - Sioux City- Trinity Heights, Picture of Jesus and Mary 8 or more bikes.
Worth Co. - Grafton - Eat at Gobblers Roost 8 or more bikes picture with sign.
Wright Co. - Dows -1 room school house 9 or more bikes picture around the school.
add to Van Buren Co.
Dutchman’s store in Cantril; the round barn close to Cantril; Lake Sugema south of Keosauqua; the Hotel Manning in Keo; the new bridge at Keo; the old bridge and Iron & Lace at Bentonsport; Bonaparte has The Retreat (restaurant in an old mill); Farmington has Hel-Mart with a train layout upstairs
