
Look no further if you’re looking for campgrounds in Iowa along Interstate 80! Below, we list all campgrounds within 15 miles of I-80 in Iowa. You can camp at everything from roadside RV parks to beautiful state and county parks near this popular route.
And if you’re looking for stops along I-80, see our companion article: Interstate 80 in Iowa: Must see stops & top things to do along I-80.
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- Map of campgrounds near I-80 in Iowa
- Complete list of campgrounds along Interstate 80 (I-80) in Iowa
Map of campgrounds near I-80 in Iowa
This handy map will help you find campgrounds along I-80 in Iowa. Just click on the tent to see the name of each campground.
Complete list of campgrounds along Interstate 80 (I-80) in Iowa
The list of campgrounds below goes from Iowa’s west to the east side along I-80. We divided the list in half: campgrounds between Council Bluffs & Des Moines and those between Des Moines & Davenport.
Campgrounds between Omaha-Council Bluffs & Des Moines (Iowa I-80 Exit 1- 137)
Lake Manawa State Park, Council Bluffs (Exit 1B to I-29 Exit 49)
- Full hookup campsites
- Dump station on site
- Modern restroom/shower
- Reservations accepted
Hitchcock Nature Center Campground, Honey Creek (Exit 1A to I-29N Exit 61A)
- Electric & water hookup campsites (first-come, first-serve)
- Tent camping area (first-come, first-serve)
- Pit & flush toilets/shower house
- Primitive backcountry hike-in sites (reservable)
- Modern camping cabins (reservable)

Arrowhead Park, Neola (Exit 23)
- Electric campsites (first-come, first-serve)
- Tent sites (first-come, first-serve)
- Modern restrooms/shower house
- Modern cabins (reservable)
Shelby RV Park (Exit 34)
- Full hookup RV sites
- Shower house
- Laundry on site
Pottawattamie County Fair Campground (Exit 40)
- Electric and full hookup sites (first-come, first-serve)
- Modern restrooms/showers
Botna Bend Park (Exit 40)
- Electric campsites (first-come, first-serve)
- Tent sites
- Modern restrooms/showers
Nishna Bend Recreation Area (Exit 40)
- Electric campsites (first-come, first-serve)
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Modern cabins (reservable)
Prairie Rose State Park (Exit 46)
- Electric & full hookup campsites
- Tent campsites
- Modern restrooms/shower & pit latrine
- Modern camping cabins
- Reservations accepted

Elk Horn Creek Recreation Area, Shelby (Exit 54)
- 11 electric & non-electric campsites (first-come, first-serve)
- Modern restroom & pit latrine
Schildberg Recreation Area, Atlantic (Exit 57)
- Full hookup campsites
- Modern bathhouse
- Reservations accepted
Littlefield Recreation Area, Audubon (Exit 70)
- Electric campsites with water hookups (a few with sewer)
- Modern restrooms/showers & pit latrines
- All sites are first-come, first-serve
Lake Anita State Park, Anita (Exit 70)
- Electric and full hookup campsites
- Tent sites
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted

Adair City Park Campground, Adair (Exit 76)
- Small campground with electric sites (first-come, first-serve)
- Modern restrooms/showers
Casey City Park, Casey (Exit 83)
- Small campground with electric sites
- Modern restrooms/showers
Menlo City Park Campground, Menlo (Exit 88)
- Small campground with electric sites (some full hookups)
- Pit latrine
Nation’s Bridge Park, Stuart (Exit 93)
- Electric campsites (first-come, first serve)
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
Lenon Mill Park, Pandora (Exit 93)
- Electric campsites (first-come, first-serve)
- Tent sites
- Modern restrooms
Beaver Lake Campground, Dexter (Exit 97)
- Electric sites (first-come, first-serve)
- Modern bathrooms/showers
- On gravel road
Shady Brook Camping, Earlham (Exit 104)
- Electric & full hookup campsites
- Tent sites
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
- On gravel road
Des Moines West KOA Holiday, Adel (Exit 106)
- Electric & full hookup sites
- Tent sites
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Cabins
- Reservations accepted
Dallas County Fair Campgrounds, Adel (Exit 110)
- Electric and full hookup sites
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Winterset City Campground, Winterset (Exit 110)
- Full hookup and electric+water campsites
- Tent sites
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted

Timberline Campground, Waukee (Exit 117 or 118)
- Electric+water and full hookup campsites
- Tent sites
- Cabins
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Walnut Woods State Park, West Des Moines (Exit 123B from I-80 Eastbound)
- Electric and full hookup campsites
- Modern restrooms (no showers)
- Reservations accepted
Saylorville Lake Campgrounds, Johnston & Polk City (Exit 127)
- Acorn Valley, Bob Shetler, Prairie Flower & Cherry Glen Campgrounds (go here for more info)
- Electric campsites
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted (through the US Army Corps of Engineers)

Jester Park, Granger (Exit 127)
- Electric campsites
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Iowa State Fair Campgrounds, Des Moines (Exit 137 to I-235 Exit 10A)
- Water & electric sites and full hookups
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Campgrounds between Des Moines & Davenport (Exit 141 – 306)
Yellow Banks Park, Pleasant Hill (Exit 141)
- Electric campsites
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Adventureland Resort Campground, Altoona (Exit 142)
- Electric and full hookup campsites
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Camping cabins
- Reservations accepted
Griff’s Valley View RV Park & Campground, Altoona (Exit 142)
- Full hookup campsites
- Modern restrooms showers
- Reservations required
Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt Campground, Maxwell (Exit 143)
- Electric campsites (first come-first serve)
- Tent sites (first come-first serve, except youth group site)
- Modern restrooms/showers
Thomas Mitchell Park, Mitchellville (Exit 149)
- Electric campsites
- Tent sites
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Some sites are reservable/most first-come, first serve

Quarry Springs Park, Colfax (Exit 155)
- Primitive tent campsites (first-come, first serve)
- Four RV parking spots (no hookups)
- Future RV park (summer 2023)
Ashton Wildwood County Park, Mingo (Exit 155)
- Non-electric sites (first-come, first-serve)
- Vault toilets
Newton/Des Moines East KOA, Newton (Exit 168)
- Electric & full hookup campsites
- Tent sites
- Cabins
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Mariposa County Park, Newton (Exit 168)
- Primitive camping (first-come, first-serve)
- Vault toilets
Kellogg RV Park, Kellogg (Exit 173)
- Full hookup campsites
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Rock Creek State Park, Kellogg (Exit 173)
- Electric campsites
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted

Diamond Lake Park, Montezuma (Exit 191)
- Electric campsites (first-come, first-serve)
- Primitive tent sites (first-come, first-serve)
- Modern restrooms/showers
Lake Iowa Park, Ladora (Exit 211)
- Electric campsites (first-come, first serve)
- Tent camping (first-come, first serve)
- Cabins (reservable)
- Modern restrooms/showers
Hannen Park, Blairstown (Exit 216)
- Electric campsites (first-come, first-serve)
- Tent sites (first-come, first-serve)
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Rustic cabin (reservable)
Amana RV Park, Amana (Exit 225)
- Electric and full hookup campsites
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Beyonder Getaway at Sleepy Hollow, Oxford (Exit 230)
- Electric and full hookup campsites
- Tent camping
- Camping cabins
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Kent Park, Oxford (Exit 237)
- Electric campsites (first-come, first-serve)
- Tent camping (first-come, first-serve)
- Modern restrooms/showers

Hills Access, Iowa City (Exit 239)
- Electric campsites (first-come, first serve)
- Tent sites (first-come, first serve)
- NO modern restrooms/showers or water
Sugar Bottom Campground/Coralville Lake, Solon (Exit 240)
- Electric campsites
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Scales Pointe Camping, North Liberty (Exit 240)
- Electric & full hookup campsites
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Coralville Lake Dam Complex Campgrounds, Iowa City (Exit 244)
- Includes West Overlook, Cottonwood, Linder, Tailwater West, & Tailwater East Campgrounds
- Electric campsites
- Tent sites
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Lake Macbride State Park, Solon (Exit 246)
- Electric campsites
- Primitive tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted

Little Bear Campground, West Liberty (Exit 259)
- Electric & full hookup campsites
- Tent camping
- Camping cabins
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Cedar Valley County Park, West Branch (Exit 259)
- Electric campsites, some with water (first-come, first-serve)
- Tent camping (first-come, first serve)
- Vault toilets
Hidden River Campground, Tipton (Exit 267)
- Electric & full hookup campsites
- Tent sites
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Cedar River Campground, Tipton (Exit 267)
- Electric & full hookup campsites
- Tent sites
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Wildcat Den State Park, Muscatine (Exit 277)
- Primitive tent campsites
- Modern restrooms (no showers)
- Reservations accepted

Bennett Park, Bennett (Exit 280)
- Electric and water hookups (first-come, first-serve)
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
Sherman Park Campground & RV Park, Calamus (Exit 284)
- Small campground with electric campsites (first-come, first-serve)
- Tent camping (first-come, first-serve)
- Modern restrooms/showers
Clark’s Ferry Recreation Area, Montpelier (Exit 284)
- Electric campsites
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted
Buffalo Shores Park, Buffalo (Exit 284)
- Electric & water hookups campsites (first-come, first-serve)
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
West Lake Park Summit & Park Terrace Campgrounds, Davenport (Exit 290)
- Electric & full hookup campsites
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations available for select campsites

Interstate RV Park, Davenport (Exit 292)
- Electric & full hookup campsites
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservable
Scott County Park, Eldridge (Exit 295B)
- Electric & full hookup campsites
- Tent camping
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Reservations accepted for some sites
Rock Creek County Park, Camanche (Exit 306)
- Electric campsites
- Tent camping
- Cabins
- Modern restrooms/showers
- Some sites are reservable
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