DNR Website Offers Insider's View of Honey Creek Resort State Park
Posted: April 1, 2008

RATHBUN LAKE, Iowa - Get an insider's look at construction progress at Honey Creek Resort State Park by visiting the website: www.honeycreekresort.com. An online construction journal features commentary and updates by Project Administrator Terry Montgomery. Visitors can view photos of the resort and surrounding grounds.

"The journal offers everyone the opportunity to see how the resort is taking shape," said Montgomery. "The aerial photography is striking and shows the full scope of the project and all the progress we have made."

Currently, construction is advancing rapidly. The three-story hotel and conference center are fully framed and roofed, and crews will begin applying siding to the exterior in the next few weeks. Construction teams are installing drywall in hotel rooms and the HVAC equipment is arriving to the site. Additionally, the water park designers are digging ground for the park's lazy river and splash pool.

The website's online construction journal is updated multiple times a month with information and photos, and includes the latest news about Iowa's destination state park.

Honey Creek Resort State Park is located on the shores of Rathbun Lake in northern Appanoose County, about 15 miles north of Centerville and about 95 miles southeast of Des Moines.

The park is scheduled to open in August 2008 and will initially include a 105-room lodge, a convention center accommodating up to 300 people, restaurant, lounge, indoor aquatic center, 18-hole golf course, spa, beach, boat ramp, boat docking facilities and hiking trails.

Reservations for group meetings and events can be made by calling 641-724-9600.

For more information about Honey Creek Resort State Park, contact Terry Montgomery at 515-402-7413.