Top Cabins near Rockwell City, IA

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Best Cabin Sites Near Rockwell City, IA (18)

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    1. Ledges State Park

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    Millions of years before the plains of Iowa were inhabited by the Sauk, Fox and Sioux peoples, much of the American Midwest was covered by a shallow inland sea. It was at this time that the area’s sandstone deposits began forming. Fast-forward to just 13,000 years ago, with the inland sea now long gone, Ice Age glacial meltwater raced across the dry plains, carving and scouring channels and canyons into the sandstone terrain. One of these canyons can be found in Iowa’s Ledges State Park. This 1,000-acre nature preserve and recreation area is located on a wide bend on the Des Moines River, and is just 40 miles north of the city of Des Moines. The park is subject to frequent flooding when the river breaches its banks, but is otherwise a popular year-round outdoor recreation destination. Visitors to Ledges can enjoy a variety of hiking, fishing and paddling opportunities, as well as explore a prehistoric river canyon that showcases nature’s ability to sculpt the landscape. The campground at Ledges State Park features 94 tent and RV sites situated among deciduous woods not far from the Des Moines River. Campers can choose from full-hookup, partial-hookup, or primitive tent sites. Most sites are back-in; only a few are pull-through for larger vehicles. Tent sites are located in both in the main camp area, and in a secluded walk-in area. There is also a youth group site. All sites are equipped with picnic tables, fire pits and cooking grills, and all have access to water faucets, flush restrooms, showers, and trash receptacles; a dump station is located near the campground entrance. The campground also features a kids’ playground, outdoor amphitheater, and is within walking distance of trails and picnic areas. Some roads and/or facilities may not be open or available in the winter. Reservations are accepted, however the park saves about half of the sites for first-come, first-served campers; sites are $11–$19/night.

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    $12 - $18 / night

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      2. University 40

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      $25 / night

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      3. Spring Lake County Park

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      4. Dolliver Memorial State Park

      8 Reviews
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      5. Hagge County Park

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        6. Lizard Creek Ranch Camping

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        Nestled just outside of Fort Dodge... Lizard Creek Ranch is the destination for lodging and events in Fort Dodge and surrounding areas. Lizard Creek Ranch boasts four lodging options, two event venues, a 48 spot campground and facility options are great for wedding receptions, upscale business events, and reunions. We've also added Creekside, a family friendly restaurant/bar.

        Lizard Creek Ranch & Event Center is an amazing place to host your next event! With access to several acres of land for photo opportunities, an outdoor ceremony, onsite cabin lodging, RV & tent camping available.

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        $25 / night

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          7. Camp Crescent Park

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          $16 - $50 / night

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          8. Joe Sheldon County Park

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          9. Briggs Woods Park

          8 Reviews
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            10. Straight Park

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          Recent Cabin Reviews In Rockwell City

          89 Reviews of 18 Rockwell City Campgrounds


          • Pat F.The Dyrt PRO User
            Camper-submitted photo from Don Williams Park
            Oct. 14, 2024

            Don Williams Park

            Quite and nice

            Very quite and nice campground, we camped on top of the hill in tents it was awesome view and potable drinking water next to camp, bathrooms and shower facilities was clean and nice

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            Sep. 22, 2024

            Sportsman Park

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            May. 17, 2024

            University 40

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          • RN P.
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            Oct. 21, 2023

            Swan Lake State Park

            Perfect

            Tented camped in late October, the weekend before closing.  I was only tent camper in the electric only sites.  If there was a tent only location, I didn't see it.  Those in campers that need water and electricity are regulated to gravel 'parking lot' sites.

            Beautiful park with playgrounds, swim beach, fisbee golf, paved trail, many fishing bars, and more.  

            Electric only sites are small and spaced out well.  Most have level drive perfect for sm camper or suv camping. Grass has slope, but I think you can find a good enough place for tent, I did.  Bathroom clean enough, I didn't use showers. I enjoyed the privacy of lake-front site J.

          • Ashley M.
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            Jul. 26, 2023

            Sportsman Park

            Awesome

            Great camping sites! Can’t beat the price. Showers and toilets that were clean. Very peaceful. Best place we camped from Michigan to Washington!

          • Jeannie D.
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            May. 25, 2023

            Spring Lake County Park

            Family Tradition

            We love to return here every year! 

            Recently updated two-way fresh-fill/santiary dump station. There is Ice Cube Consessions and the skating rink from Memorial Day through Labor Day every year. Great long-term hosts really make this park feel like going home.

          • Jeannie D.
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            May. 25, 2023

            Joe Sheldon County Park

            Beautiful hiking!

            This is a lovely and expanding park. Spacious, level pull through sites with full hookups. Decent Verizon coverage. Shower houses could use updates.

          • Jeannie D.
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            May. 25, 2023

            Briggs Woods Park

            Pretty place

            Nice camp, decent sites, GREAT buddy sites! Cell service is null, and no wifi. We do love the hiking over here!

          • Jeannie D.
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            May. 25, 2023

            Dolliver Memorial State Park

            Love Dolliver

            One of my favorite hiking spots! Camping here is comfortable enough. Sites can be a little squat in the middle loops, and no fhu. Antenna coverage is fine for catching your evening weather report, but cell service cuts out as you drive down into the park, and does not resume until you come back up and out. There's no wifi, and I'm not sure how satellite service would fare down here. Our Dish barely kept up with the antenna, so I'm guessing satellite's a meh. If you have anything you'd like to listen to or watch, download it before going in. But, honestly, the hiking is so good, it'd be silly to worry about much of anything down here. I rarely do.

          • Jeannie D.
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            May. 25, 2023

            Ledges State Park

            It's okay

            Great vibes. Camp's pretty far from the bones of the park, but the hike's relatively plesant. Cell coverage is terrible out here, and there is no WIFI to help keep people connected.

          • Jeannie D.
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            May. 25, 2023

            Webster County Kennedy Park Campground

            No Service

            Great sites, phenomenol hosts. LOVE the playground, and the culture; this is home during the summer months. Terrible WIFI, absolutely no cell coverage out here. Not sure how they justify raising camping rates here if the ameneties do not reflect modern needs for family enjoyment. Yes we like smores, and watching the birds, and fishing, and hiking; but so help me, we like our Netflix too, and I sure would like to be able to watch the weather report. Even Dish coverage is spotty out here. It's weird, we're not down in a valley or anything. Not sure why this is such a dead zone out here.

          • d
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            Mar. 1, 2023

            University 40

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          • Elza S.
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            Feb. 17, 2023

            University 40

            Excellent!

            It was a great time to spend in this camp and I hope that I can visit it once more this summer. I was only scared that I would miss some academic assignments during time I spent in the camp, but fortunately I found the good solution because need a professor to write my essays. I can share with you information concerning the writing service that helped me with my academic trouble. This agency is essaysprofessors.com that is reliable, cost-effective, and offered quality content. With their help, I was able to successfully complete my essay and get back on track with my academic career. I took it upon myself to spread the word, so that other students could benefit from the same quality service. I really think that thanks to my initiative, many students were able to step out of academic trouble and get back to focusing on their studies.

          • Therese T.
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            Aug. 9, 2022

            Springbrook State Park

            Nice park

            Quiet, there were only a couple other campers in the whole park. Bathroom facilities adequate. Nice lake for the kids to go fishing. Lots of nice hiking trails. Park rangers are good ppl. They had a little nature center which was closed but the nice lady opened it for my kids to go in and let them hold snakes and turtles! They were so excited!

          • J
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            Jul. 1, 2022

            Briggs Woods Park

            Decent County Park, and the price is right!

            This is a county park that is was well wooded and quite busy on a June Friday night.  Lots of local folks.  Stayed at the front-end of the part where apparently the sites are a little closer together than the rear sites.  Was passing through on a cross country trip so only stayed on one night.  Site with full hook-ups was only $30.  Partial or no hook-up even less.  You can reserve a spot by going online, though they do keep some as FCFS.

            A few negatives about the park is that, with the local flavor, there were a lot of extended families there, and they all seemed to bring there dogs.  Lots of barking going on.  Our space was out of level but manageable, and the bath house and outhouse were on the rustic side.  Decent enough place when passing through, and a great price!

          • Kimberly M.
            Camper-submitted photo from Spring Lake County Park
            Jun. 12, 2022

            Spring Lake County Park

            Nice park with much to do

            We were lucky and got a spot right along the lake. This park is peaceful (only slight downfall is the trains you can hear a bit-not too loud though). Bike/hiking trail, disc golf, kayak/paddle boat rentals, swimming beach, historic roller skating rink, playgrounds and more-something for everyone to enjoy! Close to Jefferson which has a great coffee shop and cute shops!

          • Caroline H.
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            May. 19, 2022

            University 40

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          • Cari W.
            Camper-submitted photo from Briggs Woods Park
            May. 18, 2022

            Briggs Woods Park

            Beautiful campground

            We stayed Sun-Wed in May. Closest other campers were about a football field away. Very quiet park, we stayed in the back. We had water/power but no sewer hookup. Only downside to this park is there are no garbage cans. Weird?

          • AThe Dyrt PRO User
            Camper-submitted photo from Ledges State Park
            Apr. 3, 2022

            Ledges State Park

            Scenic Hiking

            I stayed at Ledges in June and hiked the trails again in February. The campground is well kept but busy in the summer months with it being a popular hiking destination for Des Moines locals. With most of the surrounding areas having little to no elevation changes there are a few nice hikes along some rocky hills beside the river both in summer and winter.

          • Taylor A.
            Camper-submitted photo from Spring Lake County Park
            Jan. 26, 2022

            Spring Lake County Park

            Family fun

            Very nice park you can pull your rig right up to the lake there is fishing and hiking. Can rent kayaks paddle boats you name this place is a nice quiet place to camp

          • L
            Camper-submitted photo from Dolliver Memorial State Park
            Nov. 5, 2021

            Dolliver Memorial State Park

            Beautiful and tranquil

            Dolliver State Park was our maiden voyage in our travel trailer and it was obvious we were pitiful newbies! The park's beauty and tranquility did get disturbed a couple times when our dogs got loose (newbs!). The park staff were friendly and very helpful as were our fellow campers. The sites are mostly level with picnic tables and fire rings. Sites range from shady to sunny and the reservation website depicts the sites with a small photo and details about the amount of slope and shade. Cell service was good but no WiFi without a hotspot for us. We had fun, learned a lot and plan to camp here again!

          • A
            Camper-submitted photo from Springbrook State Park
            Oct. 21, 2021

            Springbrook State Park

            Great campground

            We took our travel trailer out for its maiden journey to Springbrook State Park. Nice sites with lots of trees and the streams are pretty. We only stayed 1 night. Shower house/bathroom isn’t super modern, but was clean.

          • b
            Camper-submitted photo from Dolliver Memorial State Park
            Oct. 2, 2021

            Dolliver Memorial State Park

            Smaller but nice

            We have a smaller camper and got lucky to fit into a smaller spot that backed up to the woods. We both grew up around here and have always kayaked,fished,hiked, tent camped in the park. Love the scenic trails, there’s so many. Good for pictures. Also they rebuilt the boat ramp and it’s really nice now. Nice river to kayak, not as scenic as some but fun even though the rivers low. There’s 2 cabins you can rent which I did a couple times years ago, they are clean with kitchen. Overall nice park.

          • b
            Camper-submitted photo from Ledges State Park
            Oct. 1, 2021

            Ledges State Park

            Big campground

            We have hiked here and it was really busy when we did. We decided to come back and camp a few months later. The campground was large but the DNR was helpful when finding our spot along with nice signs everywhere. We didn’t have any problems, people seemed friendly. Didn’t use the bathrooms but the outsides looked nice. We traveled to Des Moines when we stayed but there is lots to do near by. I would suggest the “high tressel trail” for bike riders, lots of cute bars to stop in along the way. Madrid has a bakery and some other cute places. Boone has a scenic train ride if that’s your thing. And the town of Luther, about 4 miles from the campground has a BBQ place that a lot of people travel to.



          Guide to Rockwell City

          Camping near Rockwell City, Iowa, offers a mix of beautiful scenery and outdoor activities. Whether you're looking for a peaceful retreat or an adventure-filled getaway, there are several campgrounds to choose from.

          What to do

          • Hiking: Explore the scenic trails at Ledges State Park Campground. One camper mentioned, "The campground is well kept but busy in the summer months with it being a popular hiking destination for Des Moines locals." The trails offer a great way to enjoy nature and get some exercise.
          • Fishing and Swimming: At Spring Lake County Park, you can fish right from your campsite. A reviewer shared, "You can pull your rig right up to the lake there is fishing and hiking." This park also has a swimming beach, perfect for cooling off on hot days.
          • Biking: The nearby High Trestle Trail is a favorite among cyclists. One camper suggested, "I would suggest the 'high trestle trail' for bike riders, lots of cute bars to stop in along the way." It’s a great way to explore the area while enjoying the fresh air.

          What campers like

          • Clean Facilities: Campers appreciate the well-maintained restrooms and showers at Swede Point Park. A visitor noted, "Clean restrooms & shower stalls. Water. Playground. Friendly & helpful campground host."
          • Quiet Atmosphere: Many enjoy the peaceful environment at Littlefield Rec Area. One reviewer said, "Quiet, zero traffic noise. Campsites spread out over 4 campgrounds." This makes it a great spot for relaxation.
          • Friendly Campers: The community vibe is strong at Jester County Park. A camper remarked, "We love it here people are great price is right. Showers are hot every time it’s a wonderful place to be."

          What you should know

          • Limited Cell Service: Many campgrounds, like Dolliver Memorial State Park, have poor cell reception. A camper mentioned, "Cell service cuts out as you drive down into the park, and does not resume until you come back up and out." Download any necessary info before you arrive.
          • Busy During Peak Season: Campgrounds like Ledges State Park Campground can get crowded in the summer. One visitor noted, "The campground is well kept but busy in the summer months." If you prefer a quieter experience, consider visiting during the off-peak times.
          • Reservations Recommended: Some campgrounds, such as Springbrook State Park Campground, can fill up quickly. A camper advised, "You could call that a pro or a con! Really nice campground employees." It’s best to book your spot in advance.

          Tips for camping with families

          • Playgrounds Available: Many campgrounds, like Jester County Park, have playgrounds for kids. A reviewer said, "CG has a kids playground, hiking trails, Equestrian Center, golf course and nature center." This keeps the little ones entertained.
          • Activities for All Ages: At Spring Lake County Park, there are plenty of activities. One camper shared, "There are approximately 100 sites. There is a playground and disc golf." This variety makes it easy to find something for everyone.
          • Safety First: Always keep an eye on kids near water. A camper at Littlefield Rec Area reminded, "Watch kids by river sites!" Safety is key when enjoying the outdoors.

          Tips from RVers

          • Check Hookups: Make sure to check the availability of electric and water hookups at campgrounds like Briggs Woods Park. A reviewer noted, "Site with full hook-ups was only $30." Knowing what’s available can help you plan better.
          • Level Sites: Look for level sites to avoid issues with your RV. One camper mentioned, "Our space was out of level but manageable." It’s always good to check the site conditions before setting up.
          • Plan for Waste Disposal: Some campgrounds, like Swede Point Park, may not have a dump station. A camper advised, "Dump station is at the entrance of the CG." Be prepared for this when planning your stay.

          Camping near Rockwell City, Iowa, has something for everyone, from families to RV enthusiasts. Enjoy the great outdoors!

          Frequently Asked Questions

          • Which is the most popular cabin campsite near Rockwell City, IA?

            According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular cabin campground near Rockwell City, IA is Ledges State Park with a 4.5-star rating from 39 reviews.

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