About Cottonwood Campground (Ia)
COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND IS CLOSED FOR THE 2026 RECREATION SEASON The Cottonwood Campground is located within the Dam Complex at the Coralville Lake Project. The Coralville Lake Project is a multiple use project providing primary benefits in flood control and low flow augmentation, and secondary benefits in recreation, fish and wildlife management and forest management. Coralville Lake provides many recreational opportunities, including boating, camping, hiking, mountain biking, lake and river fishing, swimming, water skiing, picnicking and hunting. Visitors enjoy Coralville Lake for camping, boating, fishing, swimming and water activities. Anglers will find large and smallmouth bass, crappie, walleye and catfish. Several trails are within the Dam Complex, including Squire Point, Woodpecker Trail, Tailwater Riverwalk and barrier-free Veterans Trail. The Devonian Fossil Gorge is just below…
- Managed by: Coralville Lake, USACE
- Where: 4 mi northeast of Coralville, IA · 41.72291, -91.53474
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Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: May–Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Nov–Mar.
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Good to know
Verizon 4G · AT&T 4G · T-Mobile 5G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is faint and only shows overhead.
Class 5 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 7 mi
Propane: 4.4 mi
Camps nearby
- Tailwater West Day Use Area 0.1 mi
- West Overlook Campground 0.2 mi
- Tailwater East 0.4 mi
- East Overlook Day Use Area 0.4 mi
- Linder Point Campground 0.4 mi
- Turkey Creek Day Use Area 0.6 mi