Good parking, easy to walk to and a beautiful waterfall to look at. Very nice! Worth the visit.

Good day, everyone! Last weekend, I went to Dunning Springs in Decorah, IA. It is about 30 minutes south of Harmony MN & 41 minutes south of Lanesboro, MN. This location was suggested to me by a friend. I did my research first. I reviewed others' photos and comments. They were all positive, and the park appeared to be larger on than what i found. By all the photos listed on Google for this site, I thought the location would be bigger. Quite deceiving. I drove 3.5 hours and got their only to realize it wasn't as big. It was quite frustrating. My personal frustrations aside, the town reminded me a lot of Redwing, Minnesota. By that, I mean it's a larger small town. Lots of bike paths, I saw many people out riding ebikes. The Ice Cave, is located on the same road as Dunning Springs. The problem is the road is closed. So youll have to go to Dunning Springs then walk 🚶‍♂️ the path from Dunning Springs to the ice cave .5 miles away. There are other attractions, water trickles down into a river and there a tubing location nearby as I saw few people floating past the entrance .

I can't say enough good things about Dunning's Springs and the Ice Cave. The biggest natural waterfall I have ever seen in Iowa and it doesn't take a massive hike to get there. There are other neat trails around it that you can see some pretty overlooks of Decorah. The Ice Cave is also amazing. Decent size and you go inside it without a tour guide. Definitely recommend this park if you are in the area!

Dunning's Spring Park located in Decorah has a beautiful waterfall and Ice Cave. It's a small walk to see an amazing waterfall nestled into what looks to be an historic home area. Small parking area that holds maybe 10 to 12 cars. It has a nicely built stone brings that crosses over the springs that leads to a set of stairs to view the grand waterfall at the top. The best pictures are most definitely taken from the bottom when you see all the natural beauty and it's rapids. We decided to take the river trail Hudrahs loop/ River Trail to see if we could see the ice cave. At the start of the trail it was a very small foot trail with tall weeds. What I wasn't expecting was seeing so many Giant Hogweed plants along the trail (very toxic very poisonous invasive plant) growing along on both sides of this trail. We got to a small section where it was one person passage and then a bike zoomed by, it is a shared trail. The thicket was dense along and one small tree had fallen covering part of the trail and we continued on. There were not that many people on the trail when we went however when we got back to the parking area it was packed and with people parking outside along the drive. Best advice get there early to beat the crowds 9am to 11am is when we got there and left. Also maybe think about wearing long sleeve and pants to keep your skin a barrier just in case that hogweed gets further out into the trail path.

What a pretty place to visit. It's peaceful, clean, and beautiful. Quite a hidden gem. There are many trails available around and along the river, creek, and falls. However, we opted to just walk up from the quaint parking lot to the falls as it was handicap accessible. Having a walker-dependent person in our party, this was a great choice. We had no issues and were able to enjoy our visit tremendously. There were port-a-pottys on site near the parking lot.

The sign says it's a half-mile hike up to the falls from the parking lot. It didn't seem near that far, even to an old, fat, out-of-shape guy like me. It's a very beautiful (if uphill!) walk. The kids went even further and climbed up the stairs to the top of the falls, and even climbed up and down the rocks. Beautiful and peaceful! The stream is refreshingly cool to wade in. Lots of fun!

Awesome place in a beautiful part of Iowa ! We don't see waterfalls in Iowa very often, so you should get pumped when ya see this !

We loved this place! Great moutain biking and a beautiful place to take a break by the spring and cool off.

Beautiful, SMALL, park. It's some place you go for a nice scenic walk. It is above all beautiful. I would go back just for the walk.

It's nice park that is well used. The trails are multi-use, so you can hike MTB or ride horses on some, but not all of the trails. The trails are marked, but the masks don't match up with the makings. There are lots of connector trails that can make this appear to be a maze. Still there are lots of options to customize your milage and your never far from civilization. There are some nice views and you can connect to several parks while staying on the trails.

As a Luther grad, this place is special. Truly an experience for all your senses, especially in the fall! Even if you have mobility issues, you can get into the park & see the springs easily.

It's always a beautiful hike. Perfect to escape the family after a holiday meal, and you hardly even run into strangers. The addition of the bridge and stone steps in the last few years has made it a nice photo op to brag to friends you are outside and not stuck doing dishes with aunt Delores.