Cottonwood Campground

About

Cottonwood Campground offers a primitive tent camping experience within the Dam Complex at Coralville Lake, just north of Iowa City. The 11 walk-to sites accommodate up to 6 people and 3 tents each, set among a heavily wooded forest of mixed hardwood species. This is tent-only camping with no vehicle access to sites and no electric hookups. Modern amenities are available at the main parking lot, including a restroom and shower facility. Drinking water and a dump station are located outside the nearby West Overlook Campground. Trash and recycling receptacles are provided on-site. Coralville Lake provides excellent recreational opportunities including boating, fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappie, walleye, and catfish, swimming, and water skiing. The nearby Devonian Fossil Gorge offers a unique chance to explore a 375-million-year-old sea floor. Several trails are accessible from the Dam Complex, including the barrier-free Veterans Trail.

Directions

From I-80 in Iowa City, take Exit 244 toward Dubuque St./North Liberty. Travel north on Dubuque St. for 3 miles and turn right onto West Overlook Rd. NE. Travel 1.1 miles to the second stop sign, turn right onto Prairie Du Chien Rd. NE. The campground entrance is 0.1 miles on the right.