East Overlook Day Use Area in IA -- Campground & RV Camping

East Overlook Day Use Area sits in a hardwood forest on the east side of Coralville Lake Dam in the Iowa River Valley. The day-use grounds feature two large group picnic shelters equipped with water and electric hookups, alongside flush toilets, a playground, an accessible hiking trail, and a horseshoe pit. Visitors access the lake and dam complex for boating and fishing, or head nearby to the 9-hole Turkey Creek Disc Golf Course and the Devonian Fossil Gorge.

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 0.7 miles, across the Coralville Lake Dam. The East Overlook Day Use Area 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 and travel east 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 0.7 miles, across the Coralville Lake Dam. The East Overlook Day Use Area will be located on the right side of the road.

• Moderately separated here.
• Iowa River 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.