Wapsipinicon State Park, State park and historic district in Jones County, Iowa.

Wapsipinicon State Park covers 394 acres south of Anamosa along the Wapsipinicon River, whose sandstone and limestone bluffs give the park its name. The grounds hold wooded slopes, several caves including an ice cave, and two historic bridges, among them the bowstring through-truss Hale Bridge moved here in 2006.

A local citizens group raised about $23,000 in 1921 to buy the first 180 acres and keep the timber from being logged. The park was dedicated in 1923, making it one of Iowa's first state parks. Prisoners from Anamosa State Penitentiary built its Rustic-style shelters, stone arch bridges and roads over roughly five years in the 1920s and 1930s, and the park was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

Inmates from Anamosa State Penitentiary built the park's structures during the 1920s and 1930s using locally quarried limestone, which shaped the appearance of the grounds. These buildings remain central to how visitors experience the park today.

The park lies just south of Anamosa, with trails for hiking, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling, plus camping, fishing and boating on the Wapsipinicon River. A nine-hole golf course is maintained by the Wapsipinicon Country Club, and hunting is allowed in season on 140 adjacent acres. The Northeast State Park Bike Route ends here, linking it to Pikes Peak and Backbone state parks via county highways.

The park holds archaeological sites with evidence of Pre-Columbian societies, and the Hale Bridge, moved here in 2006, is a rare surviving bowstring through-truss span. Hunting is allowed in season on 140 adjacent acres acquired in 1990.