Iowa / Johnson County

West Overlook Campground

Closed — Closed for the season. Opens May 1 through October 18. Reservations available through Recreation.gov.

About

West Overlook Campground is located within the Dam Complex at Coralville Lake, an Army Corps of Engineers project in the Iowa River Valley just north of Iowa City. The campground sits among heavily wooded mixed hardwood forests on the west side of the dam, offering 89 electric campsites suitable for RVs and tents. The campground provides modern restroom and shower facilities, a boat ramp, playgrounds, and horseshoe pits. The adjacent West Overlook Day Use Area features a beach, picnic sites, picnic shelter, volleyball court, and playground. A dump station and drinking water are located just outside the campground entrance. Coralville Lake offers excellent recreational opportunities including boating, fishing for large and smallmouth bass, crappie, walleye and catfish, swimming, and water skiing. Several trails are accessible from the Dam Complex, including Squire Point, Woodpecker Trail, Tailwater Riverwalk and the barrier-free Veterans Trail. The unique Devonian Fossil Gorge below the dam allows visitors to explore a 375-million-year-old sea floor with fossil remains and features twenty discovery points with a cell phone audio tour. Wildlife is abundant throughout the area, with whitetail deer, turkeys, pheasants, waterfowl, and songbirds commonly spotted.

Directions

From Interstate 80 (Iowa City) take Exit 244 towards Dubuque St./North Liberty. Travel north on Dubuque St. for 3 miles and turn right onto West Overlook Rd. NE. Travel 1.1 miles, then at the stop sign take a slight left turn. The entrance will be straight ahead. From Interstate 380 (North Liberty) take Exit 4 towards North Liberty. Travel east on W. Penn St. for 2 miles and turn right onto N Dubuque St. Travel south 1.9 miles, at the traffic circle continue straight onto Dubuque St NE. Continue south 1.8 miles, turn left onto West Overlook Rd. NE and travel east 1.1 miles. At the stop sign take a slight left turn. The entrance will be straight ahead.

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