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Raccoon River Park

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Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Raccoon River Park
Phone:
+1 515-222-3444

Hours:
Sunday7am - 10pm
Monday7am - 10pm
Tuesday7am - 10pm
Wednesday7am - 10pm
Thursday7am - 10pm
Friday7am - 10pm
Saturday7am - 10pm


The Raccoon River is a 30.8-mile-long tributary of the Des Moines River in central Iowa in the United States. As measured using the longest of its three forks, its length increases to 226 miles . Via the Des Moines River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The river runs through an intensely cultivated area of croplands and livestock farming, receiving Tile drainage from slow-draining rich natural bottomlands. The Des Moines metropolitan area has been obtaining its drinking water from the Raccoon River just before it empties into the Des Moines River through water utilities since the 19th century. During the Great Flood of 1993, the Raccoon River flooded the water treatment facility of Des Moines, shutting off the city's supply of drinking water.
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