Best Glamping near Atlantic, IA

Recent Glamping Reviews near Atlantic, IA

118 Reviews of 13 Atlantic Campgrounds

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  Sara D.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 11, 2021

  Des Moines West KOA Holiday

  Fun for young kids!

  It was a fun place for kids. They had plenty to do between the pool and all of the fun activities. We went during Father’s Day weekend so they had face painting, movies, and hungry hungry daddy (a version of hungry hungry hippos). Over all I think it would be a fun maybe 1 time a year place while kids are young. I like the outdoors so I wished the camper spaces were MUCH bigger! You are on top of your neighbors. They didn’t have grates for our grill and when we called they tried to get a make shift one which was at least something for us to use to cook off of (we could have just ordered pizza from their kitchen lol). So it’s definitely a camper only friendly place, tent spaces are almost nonexistent. Overall extremely clean, staff was great, they pick up your trash.. it’s glamping at it finest.

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  Matt S.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 1, 2016

  Pammel County Park

  Try out the Middle River Trail at Pammel Park

  Pammel Park is awesome. It is actually a State Park that is managed by the local County Conservation Board. Pammel Park has amazing trails with varied terrain and nice forests.

  The campgrounds are clean with options for tenters and RVs. There are even Yurt Cabins that can be rented. Pammel Park has a great water trail for Kayakers with several launch points.

  The only caution I would have is pay attention while you are hiking, there are rattlesnakes in the park. Overall I highly recommend Pammel Park. It is about a 30 minute drive from Des Moines and about 5 minutes from Winterset.

  I would consider Pammel Park a secret gem even for native Iowans. Checkout Pammel Park and spend some time in the historical town of Winterset.

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  Kelly

  Guide

  

  Mar. 25, 2021

  Pammel County Park

  Nice spot.

  Road improvement 2021 is nice, cutting down the shade trees, not nice.

  This is a regular stop on my campground rotation.  Camp host's are the best ever.  Clean facilities.  Has both shaded and open spots, yurts, trails.  There are lots of activities, kids can swim below the ford, canoe starting on one side of the park and loop I'd guess about 3 miles on the middle river to the other side of the park.  In and out are about 500 yards from each other thru the tunnel.  If your rig is over 12ft, have to come in the back way.  Winterset has lots to offer, great town square, farmers market on Saturdays, great car club fills the square every month, Madison county fair, Clark Tower, John Wayne Birthplace and museum, Covered Bridges.   My only complaint would be all sites can be reserved, so if you don't reserve a site at beginning of the year, you are out of luck.  Be nice if there were some first come/first serve.

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  Brian G.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 22, 2019

  Pammel County Park

  Beautiful

  Nice small park settle nicely in the iowa country side!

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  stephen W.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 11, 2024

  Hitchcock County Nature Center

  Stay for the trails

  I pulled in late at night easy to navigate stayed the next day and did some trails apparently the land formations are 1 of only 2 in the world how about that Iowa.

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  Matt S.

  Legend

  

  Aug. 31, 2018

  Casey City Park

  Small City Park

  This campground is right off the interstate in the small town of Casey Iowa. This is a small town. There is a little diner and a few businesses, but if you camp here make sure you have not forgotten anything important at home.

  The campground is clean and perfect for someone with a camper or an RV.

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  Deborah C.

  Ranger

  

  Sep. 22, 2018

  Swan Lake State Park Campground

  Not very tent friendly

  This state park camp site close to Carroll, Iowa was nice, but we were the only tent campers there, it seemed more like a permanent RV home site. The bathrooms while nice had no working showers, they had showers but no way to turn on the water. There was a cute frisbee golf on property, a beautiful lake, and a nice paved walking path.

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  Matt S.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 1, 2016

  Pony Creek Co Park

  Pony Creek is too small

  Pony Creek is an old campground operated in Southwest Iowa. It only has about 6 sites. There is a pond in front of the park for fishing and a small playground. It also has some sort of conference center that looks like it was built recently. Honestly it looks a little out of place.

  I would bring my family here for a picnic but it is not where I would camp.

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  Tony B.

  Legend

  

  Sep. 12, 2020

  Pony Creek Co Park

  Like the lake, but not much camping

  Been coming to this lake for years. It's a beautiful setting, right in the middle Loess Hills in sw Iowa. The fishing has always been good here. But this camp area is not much at all. The spaces are really small, and not really one view of the lake. There is a new visitor center right by the entrance of the camping area. There also a really small pond by the entrance as well. This place would probably work for a over night stay, but not a destination. But I still love the areas wildlife, and the lake. Or maybe it's just the nostalgia for me.

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  Melissa K.

  Legend

  

  Jun. 14, 2018

  Casey City Park

  Small little park off the highway

  This is a small little park off the highway, we had been traveling for two days and needed to stop for the night. We followed the signs that said camping and went through a quant, however pretty vacant, little town. We got to the end of the town and found a city park that allowed camping.

  Pros -- it was $10 a night, that's decent! Most places are more along this drive. It also had a magnificent playground. My kids had been cooped up for two days and needed to run off some pent up energy and this was perfect. A few neighborhood kids joined them (it was smack dab in a neighborhood) and they had a blast, all while I rested from my chair at my campsite. Lots of green grass (an improvement from the desert climate we come from) and trees for shade. It had flush toilets and free showers! There was a picnic table, electricity and a grill at every site. It was a pretty restful night.

  Cons -- The bathrooms were not the cleanest. The women's bathroom stalls did not function correctly, either the door wouldn't lock or it wouldn't close. There were lots of bugs, in the restroom, in the site, all over. I didn't sit at the picnic table due to the bugs all over it so I sat in my camp chair where I found relief. I'm not one that thinks there should be no bugs in nature but there just was an abundance of them everywhere. You could hear some highway traffic and a little train traffic. The town was all but closed up. There was a gas station and a bar open. The gas station attendant wasn't super friendly.

  It was a great place to lay our heads for the night, play some games, run the playground but it probably wouldn't be on my list of first places to stop. Beauty of Iowa is almost every exit shows camping!u 7

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  Courtney

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 10, 2020

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Absolutely amazing

  Our favorite place so far! What an absolutely beautiful state park. We were in a 30 ft motorhome and had a fantastic site right by the playground which was so fun for our little girls. Very clean campground with friendly folks all around. There was firewood for purchase and we had a great time. Beautiful walking trails along the lake. Breathtaking in the fall!

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  JM

  Scout

  

  Oct. 29, 2022

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Control FREAKS

  Campground literally empty and our 2nd car could not sit at the camper??? Get a life!!! I swear they always find something to bother us about, we are done camping here!!! No room for a fire unless you want it 2 foot from your camper. Go to Little field or Hancock.

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  Heather M.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 20, 2021

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  good overnight

  Nice campground, clean, beautiful lake with bike path/walking trail around the entire lake. Not much to do in small town but fun for an overnight .

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  Michael H.

  Scout

  

  Apr. 12, 2022

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Big and Beautiful

  We loved staying there over the weekend.

  We got 2 electric only sites 129 & 130 for our tents. Good sized spaces. Clean latrines and park all around. A lot of timid wildlife

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  Fraggle R.

  Traveler

  

  May. 9, 2022

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Great spot!

  $13 full hook up. Stayed 4 nights on a beautiful lake. My 35 foot rig made it to the back-in spot easily.

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  Robert T.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 24, 2023

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Great Campsite and Location

  Great location, good facilities (shower, spigot with drinking water, restroom with flush toilets). Plenty of space in tent area - shade and soft grass. A bit noisy when I stayed (people playing loud music into the evening). Overall a good place to stay

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  Chelsea G.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 16, 2020

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Decent

  Overall it was a good stay. Our campsite was the smallest we have ever had. It didn’t help that our “neighbor” parked cockeyed taking up 1/2 our site and refused to fix the issue.

  It was a nice park. Saturday night they played a movie in front of our site which was a nice surprise. They offered free popcorn and had a little shop to buy other things.

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  Staci I.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 18, 2021

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Beautiful Lakefront

  As others have said, the sites are quite close together, in this case I didn't mind as I met up with friends on a weeknight, so our sites were close together and our cluster of sites had a buffer on either side. We were on the outer loop which put us closest to the lake and offered electrical hook-up. The shower house was pretty nice, clean and pretty centrally located. 

  The staff was very friendly, campground was quiet, clouds kept us from seeing the stars, and they lost quite a few trees in a storm a few years back, so little shade. It would be a nice convenient stop off I-80, reasonably priced.

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  Phil M.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 17, 2021

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Beautiful and clean!

  Stayed overnight at site 48 overlooking the Lake. It was so peaceful and lovely sunset just perfect. The facilities were all very clean and in excellent condition.

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  Nicole G.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 8, 2018

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Nicely maintained campground with great views of the lake!

  This campground has both RV full hookup and electric sites very close to the lake. Campsites offer a great view of lake and close access to docks. There is an adjacent area with non- electric sites that would work for tent campIng. All sites have firepots and picnic tables. The lake is great for fishing or kayaking and there is also a beach with swimming. Bring your bikes to ride on a paved trail that goes all the way around the lake. Very clean and quiet campground!

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  Julie L.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 11, 2018

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Good fishing, cramped quarters

  The campsites have you packed in like sardines. It would have been nice if the mowing was all the way down to the lake instead of just a patch. Too many vehicles packed in a small area. Swimming beach was under watch for Blue Algae, etc.

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  John K.

  Guide

  

  May. 6, 2019

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Amazing!

  We absolutely loved this campground. We stayed at #70 which was a full hookup. It backed up the playground and bathrooms. Everything was in super clean and the whole campground was very well taken care of. This might be my favorite yet!

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  E H.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 17, 2019

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Great Find!

  This is hands down one of the best campgrounds we’ve been to in the U.S. Everything is beautifully maintained from the grass covered campsites to the clean bathrooms and free showers. Full hookup and tent campsites are plentiful with or without reservations. Beautiful lake, great walking trail, close to town and I-80, but quiet and peaceful. Can’t beat it for $11 a night.

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  Mary H.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 18, 2019

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Great State Park

  just camped here, what a nice park. Great little beach, clean water, good for kayaking. Nice paved trail around the park. Wooded, shady at tent sites, quiet and clean. Friepits with grates for cooking.

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  Laura B.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 3, 2018

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Good state park

  This is a decent state park campground but is always full. It has tent sites separated from the trailer sites. There is a park and on saturdays during the summer they do Disney movies and free popcorn. The lake is good for fishing. They have a beach and volleyball. There is also a biking trail they goes around the lake. It is close to town so if you need anything that is helpful.

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  Sharon

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 19, 2024

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Nice

  We only stayed here for the night but everything was perfectly fine. A little off I80 but not too far. Nice lake and incredible harvest moon the night we were there

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  Matt S.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 1, 2016

  Lake Anita State Park Campground

  Lake Anita State Park surprised me

  Lake Anita State Park is just a few miles off of Interstate 80. When I decided to go to Lake Anita I had very low expectations, it surprised me.

  Lake Anita has boating and fishing as its main attraction. If you like birds there are bird houses built all around the park. The lake is beautiful and the campground is built all around the lake with great views.

  The tent camping is placed away from the RVs/camper trailers and everything is well kept. I highly recommend Lake Anita State Park for the relaxing environment and the easy access from the interstate.