Loess Hills Scenic Byway
Broken Kettle Grasslands, IA

Broken Kettle Grasslands is the Nature Conservancy’s largest preserve in Iowa with 4,500 acres of natural beauty showing loess topography and native prairie. The terrain is steep and rugged in some areas and predominantly grasslands. The extensive prairie ridgetops feature a variety of rare plants and animals. See breathtaking vistas while you hike. The preserve contains some flora and fauna not found in any other part of the Loess Hills to the south or the state of Iowa; these include the prairie rattlesnake and the 10-petal blazing star.