Fun For All Ages

Get the lil rascals involved in your next family vacation! Decorah and Winneshiek County have plenty to offer when it comes to family-friendly things to do. The best part? Many thing are completely free!

Pack a picnic and head to Dunning Springs

Grab a handful of quarters and feed the fish at Decorah's Fish Hatchery

Strap on your tennis shoes and check out the playground equipment at Phelps Park

Rent a canoe and take a float down the Upper Iowa River

Visit the new Clay Studio and create a one-of-a-kind piece of artwork for your living room

Every played disc golf? Now's your chance to learn at Luther College's public 9-hole course

Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center is in our neighboring community of Lanesboro. Kids will LOVE their campus. Hiking trails, fun youth activities, meeting rooms and lodging is the perfect mix for a family bonding weekend.

Rent multi-person bicycles at Decorah Bicycles and enjoy the scenery on the Prairie Farmer or Trout Run recreational trails

Experience the Iowa farm smell at the Dairy Center and see where your milk comes from

Visit the community of Ossian, IA. They have a very active Community Crown Club that organizes fun family events like music concerts and bands at the town hall or local park, city garage sales and town parades.

See the famous Decorah eagles or eagletts at the Decorah Fish Hatchery. A live feed video camera is on these beautiful birds 5 months out of each year

Young kids will love a visit at Craft's at Bluffton. See the baby Jaccob Sheep on a beautiful country setting.

When Autumn arrives, so does the fun! Take a hay wagon ride at Peake's Apple Orchard Sept-Nov. And be sure to bring the kids to pick out their very own pumpkin at Pinter's Gardens & Pumpkins. There's so much to do out there - corn maze, hay rides, kids will love meeting farm animals and wait until they see the giant jumping pillow!

Visit the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Burr Oak. See where Laura actually lived. And be sure to purchase any missing books you have from your Laura collection.

Go see live theatre! New Minowa Players, Decorah's community theatre group always has a great line up of kids musicals or plays. Or take a short drive to scenic Lanesboro and check out the Commonweal Theatre - it's brand new and the quality of entertainment is remarkable!

Stop by the Winneshiek County Farmer's Market May-Oct on Wednesdays or Saturdays. Kids will love learning more about food and meeting the people who grow it.