Findings from continuous watching

Last-minute camping in Iowa — campgrounds with weekend nights open

Which Iowa campgrounds we watch still have weekend nights open this month, checked live — and which stay fully booked, each ranked over its own park's most recent season.

Not ranked yet

We rank a region once we watch at least 5 campgrounds here for two weeks

Today we're watching 21 campgrounds here, none of them with 14+ days of history in this window yet. We need 5 more qualifying campgrounds before this page ranks anything.

Campgrounds we watch here: Cottonwood  ·  Linder Point  ·  SANDY BEACH Camp  ·  Sugar Bottom  ·  Tailwater East  ·  Tailwater West  ·  Howell Station  ·  Ivans  ·  Wallashuck  ·  WHITEBREAST Camp  ·  Blanchard Island Recreation Area  ·  Clarks Ferry  ·  Shady Creek  ·  Bridgeview (Rathbun Lake)  ·  Buck Creek (Rathbun Lake)  ·  Island View (Rathbun Lake)  ·  Prairie Ridge (Rathbun Lake)  ·  Acorn Valley  ·  Bob Shetler Recreation Area  ·  Cherry Glen  ·  Prairie Flower Recreation Area

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