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It’s a great little backpacking area, nice forested rolling hills in southern Iowa. We had the place to ourselves on Thursday night in the last weekend of May but by Friday and Saturday the parking lot was filling up. Spent two nights at White Oak camp and found plenty of good firewood, heard owls and coyotes, and did some bird watching. Tons and tons of different types of bugs so if you’re scared of spiders, I wouldn’t recommend. Also lots of ticks and I can imagine plenty of mosquitoes in the summer months. Hike was easy enough, trail was sloppy after a couple of days of rain but dried out in the sun. If you’re in Des Moines or surrounding area and looking for a quick getaway, check this spot out.