Siouxland Families

Sierra just opened a brand-new location in Sioux City on September 14th, 2024! This exciting brand is bringing fantastic deals on outdoor gear and other things active families want and need and I'm excited to share all about it in this sponsored post. Here's what Siouxland shoppers should know about Sierra:  What is the Sioux City Sierra store? Sierra is a new discount outdoors store from the same parent company as TJ Maxx and HomeGoods. Sierra features high quality apparel and gear for all kinds of adventures, like hiking, watersports, and camping. They also have pet care items, home decor, toys, and other surprise finds that are perfect for outdoorsy families. Expect top brands and quality for great prices at Sierra! Where is the Sioux City Sierra store? The Sierra store in Sioux City is located at 5751 Sunnybrook Drive, Sioux City, IA 51106. There is free parking in the lot that Sierra shares with Marshall's and Ulta. If you're travelling, t...

Splash pads are popping up across Siouxland, and in this weather, we sure need them! Splash pads are park areas that don't have any standing water like a pool, but have lots of fountains, dumping buckets, sprayers, and other water features kids can run through, under, over, or past to get nice and wet on a hot day. Looking for more aquatic fun in Siouxland? Check out my   Guide to Siouxland Pools & Swim Lessons  and my post about the Siouxland Splash Waterpark opening in 2025! The Sioux City splashpads as a group get mostly rave reviews from local families, but the most common complaint when one comes up is kids slipping. To avoid this, make sure kids are in water shoes with good grip on the bottom, not in flip flops or other shoes with smooth bottoms. And don't forget your sunscreen! Here's where you can go to join in on the refreshing splash pad fun in and around Sioux City (listed alphabetically--they're too good to rank!) All of the splash pads in Si...

Siouxland Splash Waterpark is opening summer 2026 after much anticipation, and I'm so excited to share all the fun with you as it gets closer to opening day and new details become available. And when it's open, I hope to visit it and share my firsthand experience as well! Here's my full guide to Siouxland Splash Waterpark, so far:  Where is Siouxland Splash Waterpark? Siouxland Splash Waterpark is located at 3820 Highway 75 North, which is along Highway 75 on the north side of Sioux City (almost to Hinton) near the Ickey Nickel bar.  According to the Siouxland Splash website, parking will be FREE! Attractions at Siouxland Splash Waterpark In January 2024, a detailed plan was presented (here's more info on that from Siouxland Proud news ) with a lazy river, an area especially for kids, and some tower slides. Those plans were for 10 acres of waterpark fun, and with an original tentative completion date in late summer of 2025, which has now been pushed back to summer 2026....

It's officially snowy fun season in Sioux City! While we don't have huge mountains, we do have plentiful snow most years, and some great places to enjoy snow sports. I researched the best places to enjoy snow sports in Sioux City, Sioux Falls, and our surrounding communities in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota like Hinton, Ponca, and Yankton, and I was inspired by the beautiful scenery, and by the pictures shared with me of families having so much fun out in the cold. I hope you will be too! Here's where to go sledding, tubing, skiing, snowboarding, ice fishing, and ice skating in or near Sioux City. I'm updating for the 2024/2025 winter season as details become available--please let me know if you have info I should add!

Note: Amazon links are affiliate links; this does not change your price to purchase but gives me a tiny portion of Amazon's profits if you do choose to buy through one of these links. Thanks in advance if you do make that choice! State parks offer so much fun and variety to families throughout the Midwest, but don't get much fanfare, and I'm so excited to be part of a new project working to fix that! I got to be part of a group of 14 authors, with one writer or couple representing each state in the Midwest to write Midwest State Park Adventures . I wrote the South Dakota chapter, so it was really fun for me to see what all the other writers came up with, but especially the Iowa and Nebraska chapters. Anyway, here's the full scoop on this new book that I'm thrilled to be a part of. What is Midwest State Park Adventures? Midwest State Park Adventures is an anthology travel guidebook that dives deep into the best state parks across 12 Midwest states: Illinois, Indiana,...

Consider this your ultimate guide to city parks in Sioux City! From disc golf to mini golf, laser tubing to rustic trails, from water slides to river views, new construction to historical monuments, Sioux City's city parks have it all. Below, you'll find addresses and a brief description for each of the city parks in Sioux City, Iowa. And as I write about them in more detail, I'll link to those posts from this page so you get the full view of the best city parks in Sioux City and our surrounding communities! My top picks for visitors have a * by them and include Bacon Creek Park , Riverside Park and Sertoma Park . City Parks in Sioux City *Bacon Creek Park 5015 Correctionville Road Includes two playgrounds, picnic shelters, a dog park, and a 3-mile walking path which surrounds a small lake with docks for fishing and kayaking, plus mountain biking trails near the dog park area.  Check out my full guide to Bacon Creek Park  for ...

If you keep your eyes peeled, you may spot these rocks or other uniquely painted rocks around Siouxland! A creative new hobby is sweeping the country, and Sioux City families are discovering the fun of rock painting and hunting. The basics To participate, paint rocks, hide them around town, and/or find rocks others have painted and hidden. That's it! The background The painted rock trend started as the Kindness Rocks movement. A woman named Megan in Cape Cod who loves finding interesting rocks, shells, and seaglass along the beach thought others might be cheered by finding fun rocks as well. She started painting rocks and leaving them to be found by others. As she posted pictures to social media of her painted rocks, her friends and families wanted to join in on the fun, and it took off like wildfire. Now there are hundreds of groups around the country and world participating, including the Sioux City Rocks Facebook group where you can post pictures of rocks you...