A growing community of adventure seekers
is using off highway vehicles and our
state has several great parks
specifically designed for your next
off-road adventure. Whether you're a daring
adrenaline seeker or want to cruise
along slowly in a multi passenger
vehicle. These OHV Parks have something
for everyone, right here in Iowa.
Kramer: As more and more people buy off-highway
vehicles or OHV there's more demand for
places to ride them. OHV is an umbrella
term that includes all-terrain vehicles
or ATVs off-road motorcycles like dirt bikes,
side-side-by side machines, and
snowmobiles. Kleen: Midway through the process
of building and designing this park,
all of a sudden we have a new machine
that was fastest growing machine out
there now. The side-by-sides are you know
family orientated you know people that
want to take their spouse that may or
may not want to ride they can switch-off
if they both want to drive you and take
your family out.
It makes the sport way more sociable to
go out and and visit with your friends
and stop and you can point out the
wildlife or whatever you want to do
while you're out riding. Siepker: About 30 years
ago,
Iowa didn't have any parks where people
could legally ride off-highway vehicles.
Now there are eight parks scattered
across the state. Gypsum City OHV Park
located southeast of Fort Dodge is the
largest park in Iowa for motorized
recreation. At almost 800 acres it's
about as big as the other seven Iowa
parks combined and features more than 60
miles of trails. Kleen: I've ridden all over the
country in the United States and Canada
and these are as good at trails as there
are in the mid- what are in the country
actually. People that come out to ride
these trails are just blown away once
they get out here and see what we
actually have. Cosgrove: So the ability to be able
to provide that active recreation in the
motorized sport, provide a tourism area
for our community, and then also be able
to manage wildlife on an 800 acre
facility... All is you know a great fits
within the mission of what we do in
Webster County Conservation Board. Kramer: The
park sits on land that was once used for
gypsum mining. Iowa ranks third in the
country in gypsum production and
two-thirds of Iowa's gypsum comes from
the Fort Dodge area. An industry dating
back to the 1850s. Three different
national companies donated the park
property. The land is no longer suitable
for urban development or much of
anything else...
but the combination of flats open areas
with rolling hills, tight turns, and
wooded terrain is perfect for an OHV park.
Plautz: We have a lot of property that could be
reclaimed. We have additional property
that we think will be reclaimed and
owned for further recreational purposes
once the gypsum is mined out of it. It's
a perfect reuse for a property like this.
and it avoids reclamation laws the
preview previously existed for those
companies so it's really a win-win for
everyone.
Pirie: They're all good that I've been to but I
think this one's the best, it's the hilliest.
It's just about all timber and
phase 2 anyway and for us guys it's...
I couldn't do much better than Iowa.
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Siepker: There are three phases within Gypsum
City; with dirt and gravel trails
tailored to different vehicles. The park
also offers a small track for kids, a
training a practice area for beginners, a
mudding area, and even non-trail
recreation opportunities like fishing
ponds. Plautz: But the campers will be able to
view right out over the top of our ponds
they can come down we'll have fishing
docks. We have the opportunity to ride a
week for trails and not get bored. We've
got the ponds, the wildlife, it's just
a it's a great opportunity so every time
I get here and see people enjoying it it
was worth the 16 years. Our trails are
all marked for numbers with over 60
miles of trails pretty easy to lose
track of where you're at so we have a
numbering system and then we have a
difficulty rating system too so we try
to provide something for everybody. I
love being out here I mean it's
enjoyable and then just the pure
enjoyment of people coming out here and
able to enjoy what where I work and what
I do and get to see all of this. Kramer: For
those looking for a little more
adventure or a tougher challenge there
are a couple areas in the park designed
to provide an extra thrill. Kleen: We've got
some of these guys and myself once in a
while I like to get out there and put
the machine to it it's good tests see
how much of an incline you can go. We
have logs, rocks, and stuff it's a slower
building trail or slower running
Trail. We can get up it's more of an
obstacle course sometimes you're not
going to make it, sometimes you're going
to bend a fender... but it's it's not for
everybody so we have the perks, we have
those dedicated areas for the people
that want to go out and really put their
machine to the task but their abilities
to the task and see how much they can do.
It's a lot of fun. They do need to be
registered with the state of Iowa so in
this sport you know they pay to play. So
they pay a registration sticker, much
like fishing and hunting licenses that
sort of thing. They register their
machine and then that money goes back
into the program to be able to support
these parks and the system. So they do
also we do require a helmet so unlike on
road traffic in Iowa you don't need a
helmet; in Iowa's designated OHV parks
you are required to have a helmet as well.
Siepker: Gypsum City OHV Park is a collaboration
between local organizations and city
county and state government entities.
Everyone working together is one of the
keys to success. Plautz: You know it's a nice
marriage with Brushy Creek and with the
trails the city has built, the trails the
county is built. Having this and having
connections to all of these things makes
it a great place to in the middle of
rural Iowa to come and recreate. Siepker: It can be a
dangerous sport, so safety is stressed.
Wear proper clothes and equipment, follow
the park rules, and take a safety course
online or hands-on... do those things and just
about anyone can enjoy riding. Kleen: We've got
a lot of sixty some year old writers
coming up to utilize a single track in
this park. It's it's all ages people with
disabilities I'm in a wheelchair I got
heard of their diving accident with a
slight modification of the side-by-side
I'm out here recreating all my friends. I
always say it's a great equalizer. This
isn't just a guy sport, it's a family
sport. A lot of our clubs are about
50/50 men and women riding.
A lot of the gals go out ride on their
own machines, and actually go right
without the guys. Plautz: Never thought I would
have a side-by-side but last March I
bought one. Principally for hunting but I
find myself driving it out here and
doing these kinds of things more than I
use it hunting. It's fun. I have a
handicapped son that's 17 and he just loves
coming out in this side by side so I
take him a lot on the weekends.
Siepker: Nearly two decades of work Gypsum City
is a premier destination for all highway
vehicle riding and other outdoor
recreation. A destination organizers hope
will soon attract hundreds of thousands
of visitors a year. Plautz: I think motorized and
recreation in Iowa is definitely
increasing. You see more people pulling
trailers we're getting requests a lot of
time we're seeing visitors are already
coming out of Minnesota, the Omaha area.
So it's starting to draw people out of
some of the larger urban communities
that don't have these type of
opportunities. Kleen: I love every time we come
out here and get to show it off...
we're very proud of it I think we had
homerun on what we wanted to do and
what we accomplished.
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