Swan Lake is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
on an unnamed tributary of the
Middle Raccoon River
The Raccoon River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 26, 2011 tributary of the Des Moines River in central Iowa in the United States. As measured using the long ...
, just south and east of
Carroll, Iowa
Carroll is a city in, and the county seat of, Carroll County, Iowa, United States, along the Middle Raccoon River. The population was 10,321 in the 2020 census.
History
Carroll was laid out in 1867. It took its name from Carroll County, wh ...
. It is the southern terminus of the
Sauk Rail Trail, a path linking the lake to
Black Hawk State Park in
Sac County.
Sources
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
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Hypsography (Iowa State University)Sauk Rail TrailIowa State UniversityTravel Iowa
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Bodies of water of Carroll County, Iowa
Reservoirs in Iowa