Hawkeye Point Climber's Log
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| Zandt | Whee!  Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| What a tough hike! *smirk* Very fun drive-by...how nice the property owners are to maintain such a spot for highpointers. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2007 12:03 pm | ||
| Holsti97 | Hawkeye Point Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2007 | |
| Visited the Field of Dreams and then drove through miles of corn, hogs, and soybeans to the highpoint of Iowa. Very windy day. Questioned my sanity when I signed the register at the end of a cattle feedbunk. HP #21. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2007 8:51 am | ||
| huskertriguy | Brrrr!!!!! Date Climbed: Dec 15, 2005 | |
| A very COLD day in December. Made a special trip from Omaha for this. Not necessarily worth the drive; I wish I'd hit it on a trip the previous summer to Okoboji. Snow was deep in the area, had to park on the road so as not to park in landowners on their driveway. Ran through snow 1/4-mile to the "summit," signed the register, snapped some pics, and headed back in the car. It was cold, one of us really had to use the restroom, and the surrounding landscape was not unlike the farm I grew up on. The loess hills of Western Iowa are certainly more beautiful in my opinion, but part of the beauty of highpointing, as I understand it, is traveling to those tucked-away corners. | |
| Posted May 29, 2007 4:44 pm | ||
| The edge | HP #19 Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2002 | |
| Vive la France... Nice cornfield... I almost got a ticket for speeding on the way in... Watch your speed!!! | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2007 3:23 pm | ||
| huskerhiker | Brrrr!!!!! Date Climbed: Dec 15, 2005 | |
| Highpoint #2 for me. A very COLD day in December. Made a special trip from Omaha for this. Not necessarily worth the drive; I wish I'd hit it on a trip the previous summer to Okoboji. Snow was deep in the area, had to park on the road so as not to park in landowners on their driveway. Ran through snow 1/4-mile to the "summit," signed the register, snapped some pics, and headed back in the car. It was cold, one of us really had to use the restroom, and the surrounding landscape was not unlike the farm I grew up on. The loess hills of Western Iowa are certainly more beautiful in my opinion, but part of the beauty of highpointing, as I understand it, is traveling to those tucked-away corners. | |
| Posted Oct 30, 2006 10:41 am | ||
| surgent | Cool place Date Climbed: May 24, 1998 | |
| Met the landowners, bought a keychain. | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2006 8:24 pm | ||
| TLP | Out on the farm Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2006 | |
| Not much to report here. Still sort of enjoyed this highpoint. Seemed kind of cool for a place in the middle of nowhere really. Ate some ice cream in Le Mars, the so called "Ice Cream Capital of the World", on the way there. | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2006 5:41 pm | ||
| Scott Wisher | The Silo Highpoint Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2006 | |
| Very well-maintained highpoint with extremely friendly owners. Plus, I got a fancy highpoint keychain. | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2006 11:31 pm | ||
| mad maximus | Beware Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2005 | |
| Beware of the exposure.. especially in winter ;) | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2006 5:10 am | ||
| Tie-Dye Mike | Last one Date Climbed: Mar 17, 2006 | |
| Happy ST. Pattys DAY. Owner was awesome, and the black cat will lead you to the house. COLD!!! | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2006 10:33 pm | ||
| jakefrisbee | Check it off | |
| The owners are super-friendly! I can't imagine owing this property and having people call all the time (maybe it's not all the time?). Anyway, we should all be grateful for their kindness. It's a cool place. | |
| Posted Mar 15, 2006 3:31 am | ||
| Drifter | Date Climbed: August 9th, 2000 | |
| End of a long road trip from Eagle mountain, to Timm's Hill, Charles mound and then here. 4 high points in 2 days. | |
| Posted Dec 29, 2005 9:23 pm | ||
| Steve Gruhn | Route Climbed: From Driveway Date Climbed: August 6, 2005 | |
| Nice walk. 48th State HP. | ||
| Posted Aug 10, 2005 8:08 pm | ||
| Ilafan | Route Climbed: Date Climbed: July 2003 | |
| Very appropriate that Iowa's highpoint is on a farm. Perfect! I like this one because it is quaint and the people that own it are very nice and good representatives of Iowans in general (friendly and down-to-Earth). The keychain is cool, too (but make sure you pay for it). | |
| Posted Apr 3, 2005 6:04 pm | ||
| PikesPeak14110 | Date Climbed: 7-26-04 | |
| 77 degrees, needed crampons to get to the top, we scrambled to the summit ridge at approx. 1,660 ft. (just kidding) very nice day no equipment needed. My 2nd highpoint (i have 5 as of Feb. 26) | ||
| Posted Feb 26, 2005 11:41 pm | ||
| Chris | Route Climbed: Northwest Colouir to Hog Trough :-) Date Climbed: Summer of 1998 | |
| Hmmm... climbed isn't exactly the right term, but I did get a nice keychain at the "summit" register :-) | |
| Posted Dec 6, 2004 5:28 pm | ||
| paclimber | Route Climbed: Standard Route (2nd driveway) Date Climbed: July 28, 2004 | |
| Hot and sunny on summit day. Had to hike about 50 yards, though we could have parked closer. Beautiful views of cornfields. The Stetlers (owners) are very nice. Commemorative keychains available for successful summiters | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2004 12:22 pm | ||
| hgrapid | Route Climbed: Drove up the road Date Climbed: 8/13/01 | |
| I walked 200 yards to the summit, with a clear day and great views of the Iowa farmland. This was my second state highpoint. I have now done 21 highpoints. | |
| Posted Apr 17, 2004 7:08 pm | ||
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