Volunteers welcome visitors on weekends in the summer months beginning Memorial Day weekend and until October 1st. Hours are Sat. 12-4 and Sun. Indoors a visitor will find a nice selection of local railroad collectibles ranging from a locomotive bell to a conductor's uniform, tools, lanterns and many other items. Try your hand at the operating telegraph key or read about local railroad history.
Children can feed the nearby deer, llamas and goats or play on the extensive playground equipment.
Public restrooms are located indoors. The welcome center is maintained by the city of Eldora. The trail passes over the Iowa river and weaves past the lake cabins and lower dam before meandering around both lakes and the campgrounds. The trail currently ends just north of the Pine Lake Campgrounds. The trail is planned to continue on towards Steamboat Rock.