Spirit Lake

With over 4,900 year round citizens Spirit Lake offers tons of shopping, restaurants and weeknight entertainment. This quaint small town caters to all personalities. Stop by the art and photo studio, dine at the local Bistro and browse Evan’s clothing shop. Crave a monstrous cinnamon roll at the family diner or grab a coffee and head to the book store. Spend the day shopping locally and enjoying your home town. Real Estate on Big Spirit Lake is always dynamic. Catering to your pocketbook from a small lake retreat, a large year round home or a low maintenance condo. Big Spirit Lake is the largest natural lake in the state and a desired location for a peaceful weekend by the lake. The lake itself offers 16 miles of shoreline with an average depth of 17 feet.

Community Snapshot

Great Lakes Cinema 7

Real Estate and MLS Homes For Sale in Spirit Lake If you're in the mood for a movie, this is the place to go! They've recently updated all of their seating, so its comfier than ever to...

Los Lagos

Real Estate and MLS Homes For Sale in Spirit Lake Calling all Mexican food lovers! Los Lagos has a wide variety of authentic Mexican food to choose from. Come in and sit down in the...

All Pets Animal Clinic

Real Estate and MLS Homes For Sale in Spirit Lake All Pets has always gone above and beyond for our pets, providing amazing customer service, and pet service for years. Dr. Roti has...

Lake Life

Real Estate and MLS Homes For Sale in Spirit Lake Lake Life is a local magazine, that highlights some of the best businesses in the Okoboji area. They share events, news, and all things...

Area Insights

Be Radiant

Spirit Lake

Cathy Thee, the owner/operator of Be Radiant, does a great job of assessing what your skin needs and the results you are looking for to create a treatment plan customized just for you. She is very knowledgeable and always looking for the next best "thing" out there. She offers free consultations and is reasonably priced. Some of the services she offers are Cool Sculpting, HydraFacial, Intense Pulsed Light (IPL), Medical Microneedling, Plasma Tightening and Laser Hair Removal. More Info

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Character Center Climbing Tower

Spirit Lake

Located at the Bedell Family YMCA in Spirit Lake. The Climbing Tower offers 5 different "courses" offering different levels of difficulty, some easy enough for my 4 year old to enjoy and some are quite difficult. This offers kids a great activity to keep themselves entertained while having fun and staying active.

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All Pets Animal Clinic

Spirit Lake

All Pets has always gone above and beyond for our pets, providing amazing customer service, and pet service for years. Dr. Roti has always been so informative, and kind to us and our pets whenever our pets have had any illnesses, and even emergency care needed in the middle of the night. Their staff really loves each animal that walks into the door, and they put you at ease when you need to leave your pet over night. All Pets has state of the art diagnostic equipment, making them by far the best veterinarian clinic in the area. We wouldn't trust our pets with anyone else! More Info

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Matuska Taxidermy

Spirit Lake

Matuska Taxidermy 3735 Hwy 71 Spirit Lake, IA 51360 Another neat experience you don’t get to see every day. Stop in and check out the amazing display of work done by Tom Matuska and Matuska Taxidermy. On display you will find all kinds of animals and fish. Also offered is the Northwest Iowa School of Taxidermy which is a 9 week course offered two times a year designed to get you started on a successful career in taxidermy. More Info

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Kabele's Trading Post & Lodge

Spirit Lake

Kabele’s Trading Post & Lodge 504 Hill Ave Spirit Lake, IA 51360 If you are looking for fishing supplies, come here. Great selection of tackle, bait, fishing equipment and friendly service, often very willing to give you a little advice on where the “hot spots” are. Check out their website for fishing reports. ALSO, Kabele’s Lodge offers Nightly and Weekly Accommodations for those of you looking to spend some good quality time fishing in the area. More Info

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Dickinson County Courthouse

Spirit Lake

Located at the corner of Hill Ave and 18th St(Hwy 9/71), the County Courthouse offices the following: Auditor, Assessor, Board of Supervisors, Conservation, Community Services, County Attorney, Emergency Mgt, E-911 Administrator, County Engineer, IT/GIS, Recorder, Sheriff Dept, Trails, Treasurer, Veterain’s Affairs, Weed Commissioner, Zoning and Environment Health. The current courthouse was built in 2005-2007 on the same site as the old courthouse was located. In fact, some of the bricks used on the exterior of the new courthouse came from the old courthouse. More Info

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Lisa's Bakery

Spirit Lake

New to Spirit Lake is Lisa's Bakery. We have heard wonderful reviews of her caramel and cinnamon rolls and has a variety of other bakery goods. Set up for convenience, Lisa’s Bakery also offers a variety of take and bake meals for the busy working family or a nice break for the stay at home mom who wants a healthy satisfying meal for her family without having to be in the kitchen for hours. This place is all about convenience with a new fun twist on getting home cooked meals from Lisa's table to yours.

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Saint Mary's Catholic Church

Spirit Lake

Saint Mary’s Catholic Church 1005 Hill Ave Spirit Lake, IA 51360 Services Saturday at 5 p.m. (confessions at 4:30 p.m.) Sunday at 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday - 5:30 p.m. Wednesday - 9 a.m. Friday - 12 p.m. More Info

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Fisherman's Factory Outlet

Spirit Lake

Fisherman’s Factory Outlet 1803 18th St (Hwy 9 & 71) Spirit Lake, IA 51360 Located across the street from Pure Fishing, the Fisherman’s Factory Outlet is a must stop for avid fishermen. This outlet store offers all kinds of fishing equipment including fishing poles, reels, tackle and bait. You can find a lot of popular brands at much discounted prices here, including factory reconditioned Abu Garcia, Fenwick, Berkley, Coleman, Pflueger, Mitchell, PENN and more . You can also find outdoor clothing including coats, shirts, boots, gloves and more. More Info

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St. Albin's Episcopal Church

Spirit Lake

St Alban’s Episcopal Church 23rd St & Zenith Ave Spirit Lake, IA 51360 Services Sunday at 10 a.m. Tuesday at 9 a. m. (Holy Eucharist-no music) More Info

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