Turkey Creek Day Use Area in IA -- Campground & RV Camping

Turkey Creek Day Use Area sits among mixed hardwood forest on the east side of Coralville Lake Dam. Built for daytime visits, the property features a large group picnic shelter with drinking water and electric hookups, flush toilets, a playground, and the 9-hole Turkey Creek Disc Golf Course. Visitors use the site to access nearby dam complex hiking trails and the Devonian Fossil Gorge just below the dam.

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 0.9 miles, across the Coralville Lake Dam. The entrance to the Turkey Creek 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 on 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 0.9 miles, across the Coralville Lake Dam. The entrance to the Turkey Creek Day Use Area will be located on the right side of the road.

• Moderately separated here.
• The Coralville Lake shoreline is 0.2 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.