There are many opportunities and options for eating and drinking, finding a room, camping, shopping, hiking, biking, boating, fishing, hunting, and sightseeing as you travel along the Mississippi River in the De Soto area.

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Boating
- River Level – Lansing IA
- Maps – Upper Pool 9 – Lower Pool 9
- River Maintenance – Army Corp of Engineers
- Navigation Brownsville to Dubuque- Army Corp of Engineers
- Boat Rentals – S & S Rentals, Lansing IA.
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Camping
- Black Hawk Recreation Area – Information/Reservations
- Recreational Areas Pool 9 – Army Corp of Engineers
- Campgrounds – Near De Soto, WI
- Wyalusing State Park, Bagley WI
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Hunting and Fishing
- Fishing Updates – Iowa DNR
- Fishing Pool 9 – Fishidy.com
- Hunting in Wisconsin
- Clement’s Fishing Barge
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Hiking
- Yellow River (IA) State Forest – Paint Creek Unit
- Effigy Mounds – National Monument – Harpers Ferry, IA
- Rush Creek – State Natural Area, De Soto WI
- Battle Bluff Prairie – State Natural Area, Victory WI
- Pikes Peak State Park, McGregor, IA
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Points of Interest
- Driftless Area Visitor Center, Lansing IA
- Great River Interpretive Ctr – Nat’l Fish Hatchery, Genoa WI
- Mt Hosmer Park, Lansing IA
- Effigy Mounds – National Monument – Harpers Ferry, Iowa
- The Dousman Mansion – Villa Louis, Prairie du Chien, WI
- Fort Crawford Museum, Praire du Chien, WI
- Vernon County WI – Attractions
- Crawford County WI – Attractions
- Wisconsin – Driftless Area
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Shopping
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Wine Tasting
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Bird Watching
- De Soto, WI – A Wisconsin Bird City
- Lansing, IA – Birding Guide
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Bicycle Trail Riding


