Editing Milford, Iowa (section)

== Parks and recreation ==
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Florence Park is located near the high school and offers picnic areas, a large playground, and sessional shelter house available for rent.
Memorial Park boasts three ball diamonds, two tennis courts, a basketball court, a horseshoe pitch, volleyball court, playground, two shelters, and a picnic area.
Buchanan Park has a playground, a shelter, a basketball court, and a chess table.

===Recreational Trails===
The Iowa Great Lakes Trails are a series of recreational trails in the [[Iowa Great Lakes]] area that cover almost 30 miles and give citizens and visitors a place to walk, bike, skate, rollerblade, run, and cross-country ski. One end of the 14-mile "spine" of the trail begins in Milford and travels through Arnolds Park and Okoboji to Spirit Lake. Another begins Northwest of Milford and follows Highway 86 along the west side of [[West Okoboji Lake]].<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://dickinsoncountytrails.com | title = Iowa Great Lakes Trails}} Retrieved 4 February 2014.</ref><ref>{{ cite web | url = http://dickinsoncountyiowa.org/trails/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/06/DICKINSON-COUNTY-TRAILS-11X17-TEAR-MAP-2013.pdf | title = Dickionson County Trails Map}} Iowa Great Lakes Trails website (6 March 2013). Retrieved 4 February 2014.</ref>

===Horseshoe Bend Recreational Area===
Horseshoe Bend Recreational Area is a {{convert|180|acre|km2|adj=on}} county park located approximately five miles southwest of Milford. The park includes picnic areas and a shelter house with modern restroom facilities available for rent. There are 12 primitive campsites, over four miles of mowed trails for hiking, horseback riding, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing. The park also offers a canoe launch and fishing on the Little Sioux River. On the south end of the park is a winter sports area with skiing and tubing facilities, lifts, and a lodge with modern restroom facilities.<ref>Milford, Iowa Centennial Book pages 44-45</ref><ref>{{ cite web | url = http://www.mycountyparks.com/county/Dickinson/Park/Horseshoe-Bend-Recreational-Area.aspx | title = Horseshoe Bend Recreational Area}} mycountyparks.com. Retrieved on 4 February 2014.</ref>

===Iowa Great Lakes===
Milford lies on the south end of the [[Iowa Great Lakes]], a popular area that swells the summer population in Dickinson County to about 100,000. visitors and residents enjoy fishing, boating, and swimming in the seven lakes in the Iowa Great Lakes chain.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.okobojifoundation.org/visioning/docs/Arts-Culture.pdf |title=Okoboji Foundation, Community Foundation for Iowa Great Lakes area in Dickinson County, Iowa |access-date=2008-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222223800/http://www.okobojifoundation.org/visioning/docs/arts-culture.pdf |archive-date=2014-02-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>