Jackson County is a picture postcard. Ancient land, its rugged uplands and limestone bluffs provide panoramic vistas. Deep in wooded valleys, verdant lowlands beckon, sculpted by meandering rivers. Jackson County can best be described in two words: simply beautiful.

"Great Places" Award given to Jackson County by State of Iowa
Cost share funding and technical support will expand projects that will add to Jackson County's historic, recreational and tourism resources. These projects include: bike trail and canoe access development, handicapped accessible sidewalks, Bellevue Mill Creek walking trail, renovation of the historic Clinton Engines building, restoration of the 1876 County Insane Asylum. Jackson County....a "Great Place" to play for a day or stay for a lifetime.