County Parks, Iowa
Hitchcock Nature Center, Honey Creek, Iowa
Hitchcock Nature Center
27792 Ski Hill Loop
Honey Creek, IA 51542
Phone: 712-545-3283
The Hitchcock Nature Center is located four miles east of I-29 Exit 66. The county park's campground features 18 sites with 50-amp electric hookups for $12 per night. Tent camping ($10 per night) and back-county camping ($5) is also available. Amenities include a dump station, showers, and restrooms.
Web Site: http://www.pottcoconservation.com/html/campinghitch.html
Latitude: 41.4168 | Longitude: -95.8529
Botna Bend Park, Hancock, Iowa
Botna Bend Park
42926 Mahogany Road
Hancock, IA 51536
Phone: 712-741-5465
Botna Bend Park is a county park located eight miles south of Interstate 80 Exit 40 along SR-59. The park's campground has 40 sites with 30-amp electric hookups. Tent camping is also available. Camping fee is $10 for tent sites and $12 for sites with hookups. Campground amenities include a dump station, showers, and restrooms.
Web Site: http://www.pottcoconservation.com/html/campingbotna.html
Latitude: 41.3900 | Longitude: -95.3687
Arrowhead Park, Neola, Iowa
Arrowhead Park
29357 310th St
Neola, IA 51559
Phone: 712-485-2295
Arrowhead Park is located just one mile off I-80 Exit 23. The county park features a 17-acre lake stocked with bluegill, bass, and catfish. Visitors can fish from shore, fishing dock, or their own boat.
The park's campground has 54 sites with electric hookups (30/50-amp) for $12 per night. Six non-electric pull-thru sites are also available. Tent camping ($10) is allowed throughout the park. Campground amenities include restrooms, showers, and a dump station.
Web Site: http://www.pottcoconservation.com/html/campingarrow.html
New Wine Park
New Wine Park
16355 New Wine Park Lane
New Vienna, IA 52065
Phone: 563-556-6745 or 563-921-3475
Cost: $20 or less
Description: This scenic, wooded site on the North Fork Maquoketa River is located about 5 miles north of Dyersville off Highway 136. The recreational area includes modern picnic, playground and camping facilities with showers and restrooms. Softball fields and sand volleyball courts are located adjacent to the picnic areas. Picnic pavilions are available for rent. More than two miles of nature trail leads the hiker through the heavily forested portion of the park area, which is frequently used as a winter roosting site by Bald Eagles. A year-round park attendant is in residence at this site. This park is closed for the winter season.
Latitude: 42.5297 | Longitude: -91.1277
Web Site: http://www.dubuquecounty.com/index.html
Briggs Woods Park
Briggs Woods Park
2490 Briggs Woods Trail
Webster City, IA 50595
Phone: 515-832-9570
Description: 550-acre county park located 2.5 miles south of Webster City off IA 17.
Campground: Open all year, 81 sites, 51 with electric hookups (20/30-amp), 30 with full hookups (20/30/50-amp), $12 to $18 per night, some tent-only sites, handicap accessible, drinking water, restrooms, showers, dump station, swimming area.
Comments: Four camping cabins available for rent.
Latitude: 42.4325 | Longitude: -93.8042
Bells Mill Park
Bells Mill Park
Stratford, IA 50249
Phone: 515-832-9570
Description: County park nestled in the Boone River valley. Offers fishing, 2 shelters, 44 electrical hook-ups, tent camping, playground and log cabin. Located six miles north and east of Stratford at 3100 Bells Mill Rd.
Campground: Open seasonally, 44 sites with electric hookups, $12 to $15 per night, drinking water, restrooms, showers, dump station, picnic tables, playground.
Comments: There are no actual marked camping pads. Campers are free to set up their camping units or tents on the grass areas.
Web Site: http://conservation.hamiltoncountyiowa.com/park.asp?IDWebPage=4&IDSite=1
Latitude: 42.3407 | Longitude: -93.8903
Little Wall Lake
Little Wall Lake
3540 Little Wall Lake Rd
Jewell, IA 50130
Phone: 515-832-9570
Description: County park located two miles south of Jewell along US 69 (Little Wall Lake Rd). Can be accessed from I-35 exits 128 or 133.
Campground: Open all year, 104 sites with electric hookups (30-amp), $12 to $15 per night, drinking water, restrooms, showers, dump station, boat ramp, swimming area, pets allowed.
Latitude: 42.2772 | Longitude: -93.6398