Creston • Afton • Lorimor • Cromwell • Arispe • Shannon City • Thayer
Rolling Hills, Open Water and Small-Town Welcome
Creston and Union County sit in the rolling hillsides of southwest Iowa, 75 miles southwest of Des Moines and 100 miles southeast of Omaha. Our "High Lakes" offer outdoor recreation unmatched in the region, and our communities carry the stories of the railroad and the Mormon pioneers who passed through on their way to Utah.
2,100+
acres of water across five lakes
6,000+
acres of public parks, woodland, prairie and wetland
~9mi
paved Park to Park Trail
25 mi
radius holds it all
Explore Creston's Murals
Creston has been painting murals since the early 1980s. Mural Magic took off in 2011, when our high school art teacher began painting one mural a year with her students. Since then, she and Creston Arts have invited artists from across the country and around the world to paint alongside residents young and not so young.
50+
murals across Creston
30
within two blocks of Uptown
TRAILS
Park to Park, Lake to Lake
Almost nine miles of paved trail run from McKinley Park in Creston to the Green Valley State Park campground. From there, six more miles of grass trail circle the lake for walking and mountain biking.
HISTORY
Railroad Roots & Pioneer Trails
Step into Creston's railroad heritage at the historic depot, then trace the path of the Mormon pioneers who crossed Union County on their way west to Utah.