Black Hawk Lake is a natural glacially-formed
lake measuring in area in
Sac County, Iowa, at the eastern edge of the city of
Lake View, Iowa in Viola and Wall Lake Townships. It exits through the oddly named "Ditch No. 57" to
Indian Creek Indian Creek may refer to the following:
Communities
* Indian Creek, Orange Walk District, Belize, a village in Belize
* Indian Creek, Toledo, a village in Belize
* Indian Creek, Florida, U.S.
* Indian Creek, Illinois, U.S.
* Indian Creek No. 7 Pr ...
, a tributary of the
North Raccoon River. It is named for
Chief Black Hawk.
The state of Iowa maintains
a state park and a wildlife management area around the lake. There is a boat ramp and campgrounds and easy access for fishing. The park and lake are the northern end of the Sauk Rail Trail, a trail using an abandoned rail right of way, terminating in the south at
Swan Lake
''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoye ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, link=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failur ...
. There are plans to establish a hiking and bicycle trail through publicly owned areas surrounding the lake.
Sources
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Black Hawk Lake Park (Iowa DNR)
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Lakes of Iowa
Bodies of water of Sac County, Iowa
Glacial lakes of the United States