Cottonwood Campground in IA -- Campground & RV Camping

Cottonwood Campground sits within a hardwood forest on the west side of Coralville Lake Dam in the Iowa River Valley. The site provides 11 non-electric walk-to tent campsites, supported by a modern restroom and shower facility located at the main parking lot. The surrounding dam complex includes hiking paths like the Veterans Trail and the Tailwater Riverwalk, the nine-hole Turkey Creek Disc Golf Course, and the Devonian Fossil Gorge, which exposes an ancient 375-million-year-old sea floor.

Getting there: From Interstate 80 (Iowa City, Iowa), take Exit 244 towards Dubuque St./North Liberty. Travel north on Dubuque St. for 3 miles and turn right onto West Overlook Rd. NE. Travel on West Overlook Rd. NE for 1.1 miles. At the second stop sign, turn right onto Prairie Du Chien Rd. NE. Travel east on Prairie Du Chien Rd. NE for 0.1 miles. The entrance to the Cottonwood Campground will be located on the right side of the road. From Interstate 380 (North Liberty, Iowa), take Exit 4 towards North Liberty. Travel east on W. Penn St. for 2 miles and turn right onto N. Dubuque St. Travel south on N. Dubuque St. for 1.9 miles, at the traffic circle, continue straight onto Dubuque St. NE. Continue traveling south on Dubuque St. NE for 1.9 miles. Turn left onto West Overlook Rd. NE. Travel on West Overlook Rd. NE for 1.1 miles. At the second stop sign, turn right onto Prairie Du Chien Rd. NE. Travel east on Prairie Du Chien Rd. NE for 0.1 miles. The entrance to the Cottonwood Campground will be located on the right side of the road.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 15-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• A canal runs 0.1 mi off.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 5, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• Mostly tent-only sites, with most of them shaded.

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