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  • Memorial Park and splash pad

    If you are looking for a great friends or family destination to cool off, splash and play, the Splash Pad is the place to be. Memorial Park, overlooking East Lake, has two shelters, playground equipment, picnic tables and the centerpiece Splash Pad! Bring your lunch and enjoy a day at the park.

  • Okoboji Murals and Public Art

    You’ll find a thriving arts and culture in the Iowa Great Lakes area! Explore our community and you’ll be greeted by a wide variety of murals, painted furniture and so much more. Check them out! Okoboji Murals and Public Art: A Self-Guided Art Tour The Iowa Great Lakes region is bursting with color, creativity, and…

  • A Local Teenager’s Perfect Summer Day

  • Downing Family Christmas Light Show

    The Downing Family Christmas Light Show starts around Thanksgiving and runs nightly from 5:30-10:00PM. The show began ten years ago with eight simple trees and has grown to include over 12,000 lights and features ranging from trees up to 15’ tall, sparkle balls, dancing hoops, and more!  Tune your radio to 88.9 and watch the…

  • “WOW” Girlfriend Getaway

  • Gen X Jukebox

    Gen X Jukebox is a high-energy stage performance that delivers everything you love about the 1990s in one incredible show! We invite you to relive the last great decade in music with us. The show includes all of the radio hits (pop, dance, rap, hip-hop, rock, grunge and country) from the 1990s in full costume.…

  • Old School Mercantile

    The Old School Mercantile is the newest shopping center full of unique and antique finds in the heart of Arnolds Park. Stop by and find your treasure! Open Monday through Saturday 10-5 and Sunday noon-5

  • 2025 Vacation Okoboji Visitor Guide Contract

    Click Here for a Printable PDF Click Here for a Fillable PDF Sign up to place an ad in the 2025 Visitor Guide

  • West Okoboji Harbor

    Historical Information by Facebook user Peg ‘Bayerkohler’ Scheppmann _ What can someone do with some swampland adjacent to beautiful West Lake Okoboji?  You dig canals and make a harbor, and that’s what developers did in 1970. Today, the canals provide convenient access to West Okoboji for the many beautiful homes constructed since then. _ Images…

  • The Stake-Out

    Historical information provided by Jonathan Reed _ Parks Marina’s massive complex sits on the curve that in the 1960s was home to a humble restaurant, The Stake-Out.  In addition to good food, it offered a unique innovation: A dock telephone to call in your order to have it underway by the time you walked from…