Newly built! Zero entry and play areas for the little! Covered areas for moms, and a concession…read morestand for frozen snacks and drinks! Very well ran with attentive lifeguards. They offer private lessons, for $60 a week. My child is starting his third week! There is a slide in the deeep end that goes into 10 ft water. Ropes separating from 3-; feet and deeper. The bathrooms are ALWAYS clean, and the water is always warm! We will be purchasing a season pass next year.

I'm hesitant to rate this place highly because I'd hate to see it crowded! Lake Darling is a hidden…read moregem! Quiet, especially after dark and early in the morning (I don't sleep in). Weekends are busier, but during the week the activities and numbers of people are sparse. Brighton is four miles away with a Dollar General. Washington is next with a Hy-Vee going into town and a WalMart at the other end. Also a beautiful YMCA if you want to exercise. Casey's at each end of town if you need a pizza. We love Lake Darling!

Very clean and inviting facilities absolutely gorgeous a place you can get lost in and clear your…read moremind....

Chautauqua! This park is apparently named after an Indian…read moretribe that used to hang out around here. This large, green park is situated on the edge of town, along the Crow Creek (also named after an Indian tribe.) The park is along a big loop that you can barely fit a car down most of the way. There are plenty of places to pull off in the shade and park and get out and explore the varied landscape of Chautauqua Park. The park offers a wide range of activities, from frisbee golf, to horse and hiking trails, to soccer goals, and playgrounds. There's lots of areas to just explore, with big hills and the stream that meanders through the park. There's a little something for everyone here. The park is large enough that you can get your own area to play, or meet up with others to relax. The park seems to have a lot of history. It's clean. Not very well lit, but still feels safe since you're in this small town.

This is such a cute park. It had disc golf! It also connects to the loop trail which is amazing…read more Take a stroll there! You won't regret it.

What a wonderful resource. I swim in Bonifield Lake and walk around its shores enjoying the waters…read moreand the forest. What I enjoy most is the opportunity to make photographs and videos of the wonderful wildlife found so abundantly there from Canadian Geese and woodpeckers, to fox and deer. Not to mention the frolicking squirrels. The park is well maintained, run and appreciated by all. A little sanctuary from a busy, bustling life, in the stillness, tranquility and wonderful, warmth of mother nature's embrace. Many thanks to all involved in making it possible and keeping it going. It's a priceless treasure I think we all take for granted when we should be thanking our lucky stars each and every day.

A pleasant park by the lake! This Waterworks park is named…read morefor the fact that the low end of the lake is the Fairfield Waterworks, where they're pumping the water and filtering it and probably adding fluoride and such, and pumping it to your homes. So don't go peeing in the lake, okay?! They have public restrooms set up by the side of the lake so you don't have to do that. The restrooms look like concrete bunkers, filled with crude graffiti. There's swimming in the lake, with a cordoned off area with buoys and a beach volleyball net and some picnic areas. There's some trails that go around the lake. Waterworks Park has ample parking and good signage to let you know where to park and where to go. It's a nice green park with lots of grass and trees for shade. There's plenty to see and do around here. It seems like it'd be fun to ride horses around here!

Pretty place, alot of paths to explore. Its quiet, quaint. The cave, in which this place is named…read moreafter is closed for the bats. So it should just be named Starr. Kinda the only reason I went was to see the caves. Theres alot of litter as well. I didnt get to see inside the building, but the rock climbing literally has boards nailed to it so its closed I guess. No mask requirements but I mean the only thing you can do it walk through paths, everythings out of order or closed. They have benches everywhere so you can enjoy the view of the many closed sites. If you want a workout rather then an experience, here's your wet dream.

Fun place to keep going to! A definite recommendation for…read morethose who like to get out of the house. Don't forget your camera and mosquito repellent.

We had a Celebration of Life for our mom at BGC, so there were just a few days to plan and prepare…read more Sarah was an amazing, action oriented event planning professional who turned our vision into reality! She had on point suggestions that were very helpful. Everything was perfect and we can't thank them enough- and we aren't even members! A shout out to Laura who also took great care of us and Theresa who helped us with the set up!

Welcome to Fairfield IA TM center! I usually don't comment in review sections but I felt compelled…read more to somewhat rebuttal the earlier reviewer regarding this particular TM center. My daughter who is 17 was taught TM here at the TM center. We came from New Orleans, LA to get her trained here. The practice of TM is one of the gifts I am giving my daughter as a graduation present this year. TM is the gift that keeps giving in my opinion. My daughter will have it for the rest of her life which makes me happy to know that she now has a special tool to face life with me by her side or individually as she flourishes and goes off to college. I felt that the level of teaching delivered and repetition of the information was necessary for her to completely understand the whys and expectations of what happens in the physiology when one transcends. An earlier reviewer said that there was too much repetition and talk about the same thing I disagree with the opinion as each time I listen to the training I remember something new thus allowing me to experience a more enjoyable transcendence leading to more bliss. The price is the price; no one who comes here should expect 5 star hotel quality accommodation. The facility is practical clean and comfortable. They even have wifi. People may have a more plush experience at a spa however when one comes to learn TM we are coming for the technique and training not the facility. It is my opinion that the price of TM should never be looked at as one does when shopping to find a bargain. The technique is priceless as it will last for a lifetime. In closing, the facility is accommodating clean and practical. The teaching and knowledge of the program is phenomenal and the teachers are experts in the field. The technique is scientifically backed thus when one comes to stay for a week or a few days you are getting the accommodations as a convenience but you are really getting the tool of TM WHICH IS PRICELESS and backed scientifically if practiced correctly. Repetition by the teacher is done because there is so much knowledge which is given during in TM training, the teacher just wants the student to have it all and remember and understand it all . In hind sight in my opinion some of the teachers words are forgotten until we hear them again therefore we must not think of repetition of knowledge as a bad thing we should see it as the teacher's concern for their students.

I loved this place...a wonderful, relaxed center where you can learn TM, as well as follow up or…read morehave your meditation checked (kind of like a "10,000 mile" personal tune-up). Or just stop by and get your questions answered by certified teachers of TM. There are also pleasant, quiet rooms with private bathrooms where you can stay if you're learning TM, or if you're in Fairfield for a TM weekend or one-day or weeklong retreat, or if you're taking an advanced course. You can have meals just up the street at the all-organic cafeteria at Maharishi University of Management. I thought that the meals were amazingly inexpensive...$8 for breakfast buffet and $10 for lunch or dinner buffet. There are also all sorts of other places to eat in Fairfield only about a mile away. Seems like kind of an ideal setup to me.

So fun. Fun little out of the way place. Be warned if you go to the back end of it like we did it's…read moredown a long road that says dead end.

There's been a bridge over this a deep gulch for more than 100 years. It connects two residential…read morestreets that would otherwise require a long walk around. It's a cheap thrill and free diversion for any age. However, I wouldn't advise it for anyone with a fear of heights, who's unstable on their feet, or is anxious about a moving pathway. This bridge spans an 80-foot gulch. It does sway profoundly in the middle. It moves up and down and sideways. It's also about 15 minutes from highways 218 in Iowa or 61 in Illinois. That puts you about 30 minutes out of the way round trip , plus time to cross the bridge over and back. There's a Dairy Queen style ice cream shop nearby for a cool treat. So, if you need a break or diversion for the kids this is a novelty for no or little cost.