Golf Waverly, Iowa - Attractions

RECREATION

The Waverly Rail Trail is one of Northeast Iowa’s finest scenic bike trailS. The 10-foot-wide asphalt trail was formerly the route of the Chicago Northwestern Railroad and, more recently, the Star Clipper Dinner Train.

The 7.5-mile trail begins three blocks north of the Bremer Avenue Bridge along First Street Northwest. It crosses the river on a spectacular 500-foot former railroad bridge before passing through downtown Waverly. It goes past the historic train depot, a historic former Chicago Northwestern train station, and the Bremer County Court House and continues southeast and east out of Waverly to Highway 63 where it meets the 2-mile Jefferson City Trail and continues to Denver. Woods along the trail provide a natural habitat for deer, turkey, fox and other woodland creatures. Eight bridges offer beautiful vistas of the surrounding countryside. Benches on the trail provide ideal spots for a brief rest or a picnic lunch or snack.

SWIMMING, located in the 500 block of 5th Ave SW

The Aquatics Division programs a 50-meter outdoor heated swimming pool with activities, instruction and special events throughout the summer.

A public miniature golf course is next to the pool.

PARKS

Picnic in our 100 plus acres of city parks, including play equipment, shelters, and ball diamonds. Also available are 15 tennis courts, sand volleyball, and nature trail. A 180-acre county park with camping, hiking, and cross-country skiing is two miles north of Waverly.

Memorial Park, in the City of Waverly on Highway 218 South, includes Kid’s Kingdom. This park has four shelters, restrooms, a sand volleyball court, three lighted ball diamonds, outdoor swimming pool and the Waverly Skate Park.

Cedar Bend Park is located 1.5 miles NW of Waverly | 1267 20th St. | Call Leonard Schmidt at 319-352-9162 for camping fees.

This Bremer County park has electricity, flush toilets and showers. It provides play equipment, drinking water, picknicking, boat ramps, canoe access, fishing, hiking/walking trails, recycling stations and a dump station.

CEDAR RIVER

Affords good boating, fishing, water skiing, and ice-skating. Two public boat ramps are available in the parks.

PALACE THEATRE

First in-the-World Theater Technology in Waverly

The Palace Theatre features state-of-the-art theater technology not yet available in any theater worldwide. “We are the first theater in the world to make use of the Dolby Surround Sound EX system with JBL screen array,” said theater manager Bruce Stotser. The JBL Screen Array was released to the industry in the Fall of 1999. To experience THX style workmanship, try a show at the Palace.

The Palace Theatre has three screens. The main auditorium includes roughly 240 seats while screens two and three have approximately 100 seats each in them.

MUSEUMS

BREMER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM has two floors of exhibits in the Waverly House, a structure erected in 1864 from the native timber and brick from a local kiln. The building served as an inn until the 1900’s when it housed the CaPhenin Chemical Company. In 1960 the Historical Society purchased the building for use as a museum. It was the first building in Waverly to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

SCHIELD INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM, established in 1969, houses artifacts gathered by Vern and Marjorie Schield on trips to 70 countries. Also on display is the first Bantam dragline, designed and built by Schield in 1942 as the proto-type of the machine that led to the founding of the Schield Bantam Company in 1945. The Waverly plant is now a part of the Terex Corporation.