| Green Valley State Park | |
|---|---|
.jpg) View of Green Valley Lake | |
  Location of Green Valley State Park in Iowa | |
| Location | Union, Iowa, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°6′9″N 94°23′11″W / 41.10250°N 94.38639°W |
| Area | 990 acres (4.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,270 ft (387 m)[1] |
| Governing body | Iowa Department of Natural Resources |
| Website | Green Valley State Park |
Green Valley State Park is a state park in Union County, Iowa, in the United States. The park is composed of Green Valley Lake and land around it, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the town of Creston.[2]
Green Valley Lake is an artificial lake, one of a number of such lakes in southwest Iowa created after a special legislation appropriation in 1947.[3] The park was dedicated on September 20, 1953.
- ^ "Green Valley Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. April 30, 1979. Archived from the original on September 19, 2022. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ Wolf, Robert Charles (1991). Iowa's State Parks. Iowa State University Press. p. 104. ISBN 9780813818580.
- ^ Caskey, Denise (December 7, 2018). Green Valley State Park: a year in review Archived January 9, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Creston News Advertiser
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