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    Sugar Bottom Recreation Area

    3.9 (8 reviews)

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    Well-established frisbee golf course!
    Rachel L.

    That beach! As someone who lived in Minnesota for the first five years of her adult life, I set the bar high when it comes to beaches. There can never be enough of them, the sand could always be better, the beach could always be cleaner, they could always stand to have a better bathroom nearby (Coralville Lake Beach has composting toilets and no stall doors... really??). BUT, Sugar Bottom's beach is the best I've found in the Lake Macbride / Coralville Lake area, and it's exactly what I've been missing. Great sand, a gorgeous view, real bathrooms with actual stall doors (gasp!), large shade trees on the side, and it's clean! hooray! That life jacket loaner station?! Yup, there's a life jacket loaner station. Something I've never seen before and I love it. I only hope that no one abuses the honor code system they're requesting, so this can become a mainstream thing across all the local beaches. That disc golf course! I'm trying to get better at disc golf, I really am. This course should up my skill level in no time because it's really stinkin' difficult from a technical standpoint. I love how much of it is heavily shaded (at the expense of losing my disc every third throw of course), the tee signs are easy to read and accurately display which target is currently active, and there are lots of built-in benches along the way.

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    Wetherby Park - The park

    Wetherby Park

    5.0(2 reviews)
    8.7 mi

    This review is a little biased because Wetherby Park is right in my backyard. That aside, it really…read moreis a lovely little place. 9-hole disc golf course, walking path, splash pad, playground, pavilion, basketball courts, community garden area, as well as an edible garden that's free to anyone. We're in this park weekly and have sampled everything is has to offer except for the basketball courts. :) It's a great place to spend a few hours. I'm happy to see that the dumpster that was located at the park has been replaced by regular trashcans. The dumpster was really contributing to the litter in the park (in my opinion) and now that trashcans are on site and emptied regularly, people from the neighborhood can't dump their regular trash here. That's my only complaint and it's great improved over the past month or so. A must-visit park in the South District of Iowa City!

    This is a great little park, complete with a splash pad, playground, gazebo with grills and tables,…read moreand a disc golf course. The park has a lovely walking circle to get in your exercise. Plus it is surrounded by cornfields so it feels very Iowa. This park also leases community garden plots every year for very affordable rates. If you live in an apartment or a rental and want to grow your own food but can't, then this is the place for you. 10x50 plots are $25 and slightly smaller plots are $15. One of my girlfriends did this and said the plots were well prepared. The park also has ample parking lot at the end of Taylor street so you don't have to fight for street parking. Final bonus, it's a Pokestop and has benches so you can attach a lure, sit and enjoy the afternoon.

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