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Annual family-oriented sporting event featuring races, basketball, and other games.
Merchants' National Bank
One of many banks in the Midwest designed by Louis Sullivan. Built in 1914.
Faulconer Gallery
Art gallery in the middle of Grinnell College's Bucksbaum Center for the Arts.
Three-screen cinema.
Bike to the park, about 7 miles west of town. Take a picnic. Go fishing (wheelchair-accessible options), canoeing, kayaking, or pedal boating. Boat rentals available during warmer months. Motorboats allowed with a maximum speed of 5 mph. Swimming in designated area. Multi-use trails on either side of the man-made lake permit hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling. Almost 200 campsites with restrooms, showers, playground, and seasonal camp store selling ice, snack food, bait/tackle and firewood.
Municipal swimming pool. Lap swimming only in the mornings; hours vary. Two water slides, lap pool, lazy river.
This nature preserve, about three-quarters of a square mile in size, has about seven miles of trails to walk through the prairie and a man-made lake. Fishing by boat or off the wheelchair-accessible pier at the lake. Good for picnicking, hiking, and cross-country skiing. Dogs welcome, but watch for ticks. Restrooms.