Lake Okoboji, Iowa

If you’re heading to Lake Okoboji this summer, try to put one or more of these stops on your itinerary.

Generations of families have made northwest Iowa’s chain of five glacial lakes their summer destination. Around Okoboji, you’ll find nostalgia in the waterfront amusement park Arnolds Park, hours of beachside fun and great lakeside cocktails.

Five glacial lakes—including Lake Okoboji—form a chain in northwest Iowa that has been a destination for generations. But there is more than water sports here.