Best RV Parks & Resorts near Chariton, IA

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Best RV Sites Near Chariton, IA (74)

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    1. Lakeside Casino RV Park

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    Woodburn, Iowa

    Just steps away from all the action of Lakeside Casino, all 47 sites of the RV Park are fully equipped with water, sewage and electrical hookups, as well as Wi-Fi. With breathtaking views you can’t beat, and the best amenities any RV park has to offer, Lakeside’s RV Park is the perfect place to stay during any getaway!

    MINUTES FROM THE FUN, MILES FROM THE EVERYDAY

    • $35 Daily Fee (plus tax)
    • Free Wi-Fi
    • Full Hookup (water, sewer and 30/50amp electricity available)
    • 65′ ‘Pull-through Sites
    • Concrete Pads
    • Staff on Duty 8am-11pm
    • Shuttle Service Available Upon Request
    • $10 Fee for booking in person at the Front Desk
    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • ADA Access
    • RVs

    $35 - $45 / night

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    2. Griffs Valley View RV Park

    8 Reviews
    27 Photos
    40 Saves
    Bondurant, Iowa

    142 Full Hookup Campsites

    AMENITIES

    ​Two (2) Storm Shelters
    Laundry
    Private Showers
    Restrooms
    Recreation Pond Fishing
    Recreation Room/Area
    Coin Games
    Play Equipment
    Exercise Equipment
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • RVs
    • Trash

    $35 - $90 / night

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    3. Ted’s RV Park

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    Leon, Iowa

    Built in 2020, Ted’s RV Park is a family owned business located in the heart of Decatur City. Known as the best place to camp in Southern Iowa, our year-round park offers 26 sites with full hookups, 20, 30 and 50 amp service.

    Conveniently located one-half mile from Interstate 35 our spacious campground is easy to navigate even with the largest of campers.

    Come stay for the night, week, or month and enjoy our newly renovated bathrooms, laundry room, and free high speed wi-fi. We make RV camping hassle free with easy access sites in a prime location.

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • RVs

    $35 - $500 / night

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    4. River Oaks RV Park

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    Runnells, Iowa

    Welcome to River Oaks RV Park located on the Des Moines River in beautiful central Iowa. The park is full of fun things to do and is one of the premier campgrounds in Iowa. You can spend your day biking and hiking the miles of trails carved through the woods or enjoy the serene atmosphere throughout the park. You'll enjoy mature hardwood trees and large RV sites during your stay. Also, take advantage of our one-acre stocked fishing pond or cast a line out on the Des Moines River! Looking for RV storage near Des Moines? We offer RV storage during the winter months at an affordable rate. But wait, there's more! We also rent RVs! Come experience camping in one of our premium RV rentals. So, if you're looking at campgrounds in Iowa with full hookup RV sites, and primitive campsites nestled in central Iowa timber, come visit us at River Oaks RV Park!

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access

    $45 - $60 / night

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      5. Doggs RV Park

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      Moravia, Iowa
      • Pets
      • Electric Hookups
      • RVs
      • Tents
      • Picnic Table
      • WiFi
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        6. Crow's Nest RV Resort

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        Indianola, Iowa

        Crow’s Nest RV Resort is a full-hookup RV park and campground located less than 30 minutes from downtown Des Moines. We have a passion for the outdoors and want to share the ability to enjoy nature with each and every one of our visitors. With rolling hills and a stream running through the center of our resort, Crow’s Nest has the look and feel of a countryside escape with all the amenities you need for a relaxing stay. Enjoy full-hookup sites with grilling, running water, electricity plugins and free wifi. Plus, we have a multitude of activities throughout the year for all our guests to participate in.

        • Pets
        • Fires
        • Reservable
        • RVs
        • Trash
        • Picnic Table
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          8. Honey Creek Resort

          6 Reviews
          31 Photos
          4 Saves
          Moravia, Iowa

          This recreation area is part of Rathbun Lake

          • RVs
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          $40 - $49 / night

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            Recent RV Reviews in Chariton

            250 Reviews of 74 Chariton Campgrounds


            • Deb M.
              Camper-submitted photo from Winterset City Park
              Aug. 31, 2024

              Winterset City Park

              Great city park on a cute town

              Nice city park campground close to lots of covered bridges and other things to see. The sites are pretty well spaced with lots of grass and some trees in between. It was a good value for full hookup sites. The bathroom was decent, and phone service was adequate. We just spent one night here on our way home from Colorado, but will be returning in the fall to explore more and see some colors.

            • GThe Dyrt PRO User
              Camper-submitted photo from Lake Paho
              Aug. 28, 2024

              Lake Paho

              Sparsly Used Dark sky Campsite

              Very nice view of the lake, lots of campsites around the lake. Not many lights around and no big cities and a low horizon so it’s a good place to visit for a visual observation night with a telescope or binos. Only one other camper at my campsite when I visited, so it’s a good weekend retreat from the city life. This is a primitive campsite; there are two waterless bathrooms and 8 or so gravel spots at site B on the Eastern side of the lake.

            • James P.The Dyrt PRO User
              Camper-submitted photo from Roberts Creek West Campground
              Aug. 18, 2024

              Roberts Creek West Campground

              Roberts Creek - East

              East not west as satellite view in Dyrt is old and doesn’t show East campground. I did add a screenshot of current satellite view. FHU. Easy in and around campground. A lot of space between sites. Sites are fairly level with hard pack gravel.

            • Matt M.
              Camper-submitted photo from Iowa State Fair Campgrounds
              Jun. 25, 2024

              Iowa State Fair Campgrounds

              Nice campground!

              We've stayed here a number of times now in the past 2 years (not during fair weeks.) Campgrounds are located on the east side of the actual fairgrounds. There are hundreds of sites here. Some are flat, some are no where near flat, but there are so many, you can find one that will work for you! Almost all of the sites are full grass sites. The main shower house is the only one we've ever used and have no complaints. They are clean and bright and well kept.

              The sites are $32/night.

            • Renee H.The Dyrt PRO User
              Camper-submitted photo from Howell Station
              May. 7, 2024

              Howell Station

              Large spacious campground

              Well maintained campground with mature shade trees. Gravel sites, a little bit of leveling required. Poor Verizon cell signal, no internet signal. Not much natural privacy between sites, but sites were well spaced apart. Paved trail nice for biking and walking. Fishing nearby and the Dutch themed town of Pella is a short drive and a must see. Bathrooms and showers were nice, clean. Handicap camp site and bathhouse available. Firewood for sale at front gate. The potable water available at the dump station was clear and good for drinking. Dump station is easily accessible. Dumpsters were positioned around the campground. Staff was friendly. The night we stayed, there was a severe weather threat, and the staff, at the end of the night, had unlocked the storm shelters (utility area in the middle of the bathhouses) should the need arise. We ended up having to seek shelter because of a tornado warning.

            • Stuart K.The Dyrt PRO User
              Camper-submitted photo from Newton KOA
              Apr. 1, 2024

              Newton KOA

              This KOA Deserves Your Attention

              Literally a single stone’s throw from I80, one of the busiest thoroughfares you’ll find yourself on here in the great ‘Hawkeye State,’ this is one campground that very much deserves your attention, despite being a KOA. In fact, this campground outpost is so close to the highway that you’ll be hard pressed not to see or hear it during your entire stay. While this KOA does sit down a bit from the hustle & bustle that comes with a major interstate highway, a good number of the available RV sites sit on a sloping hill that is the same elevation as the highway itself, so if you do have the choice, opt for the lower sites (more on that later). 

              Sitting just 30 minutes east of Des Moines, Newton KOA offers up about 100 sites for RVs and 5th wheelers offering up all the standard hook-ups (water, sewage and 30 / 50 amp- but be careful because some sites only offer 30 or 50, while some do offer both, so be sure to ask when making your reservation). For mi tent pitching bredren, there’s about a dozen or so sites to choose from and all are fairly intermingled with the RV sites, although each site does sit on a plush patch of grass, so this KOA does a nice job on that front of integration. Oh, and if you don’t have an RV, 5th wheeler or a tent, on worries, this KOA will rent you one of its three cabins. 

              As this is a KOA you can expect a ton of amenities and this place does not disappoint with: catch & release fishing pond w/ fish cleaning station (that is oddly placed about as far away from the fishing pond as you can get), disc golf course, K9 camp for the puppies, cable TV, WiFi, in-ground pool (available 5/25 until 9/3) with ADA pool lift, horseshoes, meeting rooms, firewood for sale, LP gas refueling station, pool table, shuffleboard, social lounge, two kids playground, laundr-O-mat, basketball court, restroom & shower facilities, mini-market with basic groceries, ping pong, jump pad, game room, gaga pit, designated dumpster and dump station and of course the scattered fire pits and picnic tables. Just to go above and beyond, this KOA serves up free breakfast of flapjacks on Saturdays. Yahoo! 

              Insider’s tips? Here’s a few: (1) Whether you are pitching a tent or pulling up in your RV, the best sites IMHO are those in the lower valley, but located right in front of the main office, where there are 6 RV slots numbered #45 – 50 and 6 tent sites numbered T1 – T6; (2) Should you get hungry and might want to try some local fare, check out Taco John’s and La Cabaña Mexican Restaurant, which I guess stand for ‘local’ around here, although there is Newton Family Restaurant. If you are looking for something really different and amazing, I would suggest heading on over to Dan’s Sandwich Shop, which feels like real Americana from a bygone era, complete with a diner-esque vibe and matching elbow counter to warm up to over a nice piece of apple pie, scoop of ice cream washed down with a hot mug of coffee; (3) While this KOA has a mini-market, you will find a bigger selection with better prices just down the road at the local Walmart, where just due west of this, you’ll find a Hy-Vee Grocery store with a wine & spirits shop positioned there as well. Further down the road, you have excellent fresh cut meat from Fareway Grocery, but check out the local hotspot, Newton Market as well; and (4) While what you will discover from an outdoor standpoint at Newton KOA is interesting, if you want something more substantial, head to Newton Arboretum & Botanical Gardens for 6 acres of family-friendly landscape to explore with more displays and demonstrations that you can shake a stick at! Seriously, there’s a butterfly garden, peony border and nearly 200 individual species of trees here to check out. 

              Happy Camping!

            • Renee H.The Dyrt PRO User
              Camper-submitted photo from Lakeside Casino RV Park
              Oct. 31, 2023

              Lakeside Casino RV Park

              Decent place to spend the night

              RV park is relatively quiet and easy to get into. The concrete in our site was in poor condition, it had crumbled leaving a dip in the pad. The cable didn’t work, but electric and water had no issues. Easy on and off to the interstate. There is only one garbage dumpster near the entrance and we didn’t see a camp host on site or anybody to check in with. We stayed just one night on our way through the area and were comfortable.

            • Marie M.
              Camper-submitted photo from Eveland Access
              Oct. 26, 2023

              Eveland Access

              Glendale Access

              20 bucks a day you submit your fill out sheet at the service area and drop it off in a drop box.

            • M
              Camper-submitted photo from Nature Haven at Red Rock Lake
              Oct. 23, 2023

              Nature Haven at Red Rock Lake

              Beautiful fall camping site

              We really enjoyed our stay at site 4 in the woods. It was absolutely beautiful with the fall colors and leaves falling all around us. We also enjoyed the trails around our site and a pretty view of a pond a short walk away. Anna was very responsive and gave thorough directions for us. We would stay again.

            • DThe Dyrt PRO User
              Camper-submitted photo from Lakeside Co Park
              Oct. 18, 2023

              Lakeside Co Park

              Nice lake, but run down campsites.

              First, there is no dump station! All sites have water and electricity with 20, 30, and 60 amp plugs. The sites are 20 dollars. The campsites located near the entrance are pull-through but need maintenance. The campsites along the lake will support short to medium length RVs or trailers, and all are back in. As of this posting, all are not level and in poor condition. The city of Huneston, Iowa is a few minutes away and has several gas stations and a grocery store.

            • mThe Dyrt PRO User
              Camper-submitted photo from Thomas Mitchell County Park
              Oct. 14, 2023

              Thomas Mitchell County Park

              Nice campground although not too many spaces.

              Came in late, even though there were several empty spaces turns out they were reserved. Very nice camp host told us we could have a non-electric site, none of them were reserved. Bathroom/showers were clean.

            • J
              Camper-submitted photo from Nature Haven at Red Rock Lake
              Oct. 8, 2023

              Nature Haven at Red Rock Lake

              We had a great time at this site:) …

              We had a great time at this site:) Anna was very responsive and helpful when we had questions. I would definitely recommend to others, and I would return again.

            • Benjamin L.The Dyrt PRO User
              Camper-submitted photo from Walnut Woods State Park Campground
              Sep. 16, 2023

              Walnut Woods State Park Campground

              Nice park, convenient to Des Moines

              We stayed 2 nights, the park was nice and well maintained with walking trails. It is wooded so there is a lot of shade. The pad was a little small but fit our camper fine.

            • Ben K.
              Camper-submitted photo from Thomas Mitchell County Park
              Aug. 28, 2023

              Thomas Mitchell County Park

              Clean and quiet in tent

              Spent 2 nights tent camping here. We stayed at site 4, glad I read reviews on here. I personally would not want to be in a site beyond number 7 as it gets too close to the dump station and subsequent “sewage lagoon”

              Shower house was clean, pretty quiet, and only 5 miles off the highway

            • DThe Dyrt PRO User
              Camper-submitted photo from East Lake Co Park
              Aug. 26, 2023

              East Lake Co Park

              Newer so campground still being established

              The campground was clean and quiet with water and electricity at each site. The dump station was set aside from the camp sites. The trees at the campground were recently planted so no shade. The best part is that there is plenty of room between camp sites so your not camping on top of your neighbors. Playground and bathrooms on site.

            • JThe Dyrt PRO User
              Camper-submitted photo from Yellow Banks County Park
              Aug. 20, 2023

              Yellow Banks County Park

              Great camp close to town

              Very clean campground with friendly host. Showers were warm and sites were either paved or good gravel. Road in could easily allow motorcycle access

            • Jen S.The Dyrt PRO User
              Camper-submitted photo from Yellow Banks County Park
              Aug. 13, 2023

              Yellow Banks County Park

              Huge sites!

              Large spacious sites with a fire ring and picnic table. Cost per night is low. Firewood available and camp host was a wonderful older gentleman. Close proximity to the state fair without being to close. Great stay! Our site had an open field behind it definitely recommend.

            • Alex D.The Dyrt PRO User
              Camper-submitted photo from Criss Cove County Park
              Jul. 26, 2023

              Criss Cove County Park

              Hot hot hot

              Cute little campground by the pond. We arrived pretty late. Cute campground, but boy oh boy is it muggy. Between the heat and the pond near by be sure you’re prepared for damp, muggy, and buggy conditions. Otherwise cute little place. There is a bathroom- I didn’t need it but its there!

            • JThe Dyrt PRO User
              Camper-submitted photo from Newton KOA
              Jul. 24, 2023

              Newton KOA

              A decent option along the freeway

              Our stay here was fine. Check-in was easy and courteous. We were escorted to our site. All of the staff that we interacted with was great. It seems like this park has an original section and then expansion sections tired up a hillside. The original section is the only section with any mature shade trees. Our site, and it looked like the others in the tiered hillside section, were in full sun all day. We selected an upgraded patio site. It was spacious and the patio area was made from pavers. It was equiped the same as the other sites though, just a fire pit and a picnic table (that was in rough shape). Our experience at other KOAs is that the patio sites have some better patio furniture. The fire pit wasn't functional for cooking. The cooking grate was rusted and set about 1" off the bottom of the fire pit leaving no room for charcoal. Pool looked nice but we didn't use it. The bathrooms and showers were clean but the showers could use a place to set your dry clothes.

            • AThe Dyrt PRO User
              Camper-submitted photo from Wallashuck
              Jul. 19, 2023

              Wallashuck

              Convenience with some space

              We were able to camp in a tent near RVs without feeling crowded. The restrooms, showers, and playground were all close by…great for camping with kids. There were some nicer than ours and some with less privacy or further away than we’d prefer.

              A nice mix of convenience and privacy. Perfect location to showers and playground for kids. Ample space for our needs, but not overly private

            • K
              Camper-submitted photo from Winterset City Park
              Jun. 21, 2023

              Winterset City Park

              Beautiful setting and quiet

              Wonderful setting and quiet place to stay. Beautiful views with quick access to Bridges of Madison County. Great hook ups and utilities!

            • j
              Camper-submitted photo from Timberline Campground
              Jun. 7, 2023

              Timberline Campground

              Wish we could’ve stayed longer

              Marta and crew were so friendly and helpful! Clean bathrooms, beautiful property. Close to hwy but far enough away. We called ahead to arrive after hours and had to get back on the road in the morning. Wish we could’ve stayed longer!



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