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This season marks the 33rd year of Hitchcock HawkWatch, and you're invited to learn more about their important conservation work!
Swing by the Loess Hills Lodge gallery from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to learn more about what their research is uncovering in our gallery displays, enjoy refreshments including lemonade, cookies, and popcorn, and see what raptors are passing through atop the park's 45-foot observation tower.
A $5 per vehicle entry fee or parks membership is required to enter the park. Thank you!
Hitchcock HawkWatch is a volunteer group that dedicates more than 3,000 hours each year to recording the fall migration of raptors including Red-Tailed Hawks, Bald Eagles, Turkey Vultures, and more. Click here to see our 2023 HawkWatch Report.
Park facilities are now powered by solar thanks to our community partners including: Audubon Society of Omaha, CMET, Gilchrist Foundation, Hitchcock Foundation, Iowa West Foundation, Kiewit Foundation, LHMRR Parks to People, Pottawattamie Conservation Foundation, Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors, Pottawattamie County Conservation Board and Union Pacific Foundation
