Bridgeview (Rathbun Lake) in IA -- Campground & RV Camping
Bridgeview (Rathbun Lake) in IA
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13 mi from Centerville
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Rig fit
- Maximum published vehicle length: 58 ft.
- Longest published RV site: 89 ft.
- Longest published trailer site: 89 ft.
- 7 pull-through sites.
Campground details
Setting
Bridgeview Park sits along Rathbun Lake in the open, grassy Chariton River Valley of southeast Iowa. The 106-site campground has 95 electric hookups alongside amenities including flush and pit toilets, showers, drinking water, a dump station, a playground, horseshoe pits, and a boat ramp. The 11,000-acre reservoir is known for sailing, powerboating, and fishing for crappie, catfish, walleye, and bass. Nearby attractions include the 125-acre Southern Iowa Off Highway Vehicle Park, set in an abandoned rock quarry three miles away, and the Rathbun Fish Hatchery near the dam.
Getting there: From Moravia, IA, travel 10 miles west on Highway J18 and follow signs into the campground.
- Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 103-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- The Rathbun Lake shoreline is 0.3 mi off.
- Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
- Most sites here have an electric hookup, with most of them shaded.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 41–64°F, 2.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 97 of 100.