Jones County, Iowa + all of Cascade
A little fresh air, a good meal, a story to share. Find a self-guided tour or mix your own favorite stops across our communities. There is room for curious kids, grandparents, friends, and solo explorers.
Choose a tour, add places to My Trip, then arrange your stops and take your plan along.
Follow a ready-made adventure or use it as a starting point. Add a tour to My Trip to swap, remove, or reorder its stops.
Tour lengths are suggestions for planning. Choose a few stops, leave time for driving, and adjust for your group's energy and each location's hours.
Pair a park with ice cream. Add a museum to lunch. Plan a round of golf or a cabin weekend. Browse destinations and tourism members, then add any mix to My Trip. Member services and regional partners are included, with visiting arrangements noted on their cards.
Farm stores and stands vary by season. Confirm current offerings and public shopping hours before you go. Check our events calendar for seasonal farmers markets. Have a farm stand to share? Send Jones County Tourism your season, hours, and public shopping location.
Jones County & Cascade
Your stops, in your order. Keep the day flexible and make a few memories along the way.
Your adventure starts with one stop.
Before you go: confirm opening hours, admission, tee times, and reservations with each location. Check trail surfaces and facilities for your group's needs. Cabins and seasonal attractions may have limited availability.
Directions follow your chosen stop order. Longer trips are split into route sections. Walking paths inside parks are separate from the driving route.
Follow the stories
Meet the artists, community builders, veterans, and inmates whose lives became part of Jones County history. Choose a few stops or explore the trail over several outings, with an optional Cascade extension on the Dubuque County side.
Download the cemetery tour (PDF)The guide includes map links, notable burials, source links, and access notes for Riverside Cemetery, Anamosa State Penitentiary Cemetery / Boot Hill, Wilcox, Norwich, Green Center, Olin, Mayflower, Wyoming, Scotch Grove / Scott, and Oakwood cemeteries, plus the Cascade Community / Protestant Cemetery extension.
Daylight visits are recommended. Respect services and mourners, leave decorations in place, and never climb or lean on old stones. Some pioneer sites are on private land or farms: follow the guide's access notes and obtain permission from the current owner or caretaker. A pioneer cemetery designation does not establish public access.
Discover the artists, community builders, veterans and inmates whose lives became part of Jones County history. This self-guided trail features ten Jones County cemeteries, an optional Cascade stop on the Dubuque County side, and additional pioneer cemetery stories.
Download the printable cemetery tour (PDF)
The guide includes map links, notable burials, local history, source links and private-property access notes. Highlights include Grant Wood and Nan Wood Graham in Anamosa, Martelle and Wyoming community builders, Civil War history, and the stories behind Anamosa's Boot Hill.
Optional Cascade extension: Cascade Community / Protestant Cemetery, including Medal of Honor recipient James Hill and Maxine Menster's Christmas cookie recipe memorial.
Choose a few stops or explore the route over several outings. Daylight visits are recommended. Follow posted rules, respect services and mourners, leave decorations in place, and never climb or lean on old stones.
Private property: Some pioneer cemeteries are on private land or farms. Read the guide's access notes and obtain permission from the current landowner or caretaker before entering. A pioneer cemetery designation does not establish public access.