Rathbun Lake Camping

Rathbun Lake has 4 reservable campgrounds, booked through Recreation.gov — including Bridgeview (rathbun Lake), Buck Creek (rathbun Lake), Island View (rathbun Lake) and Prairie Ridge (rathbun Lake). It's one of the camping destinations we track in Iowa.

Campgrounds here are in high demand and can sell out within minutes of release, so cancellations are often the only way to get a site. Campsite Tonight monitors every Rathbun Lake campground around the clock and automatically adds an open site to your Recreation.gov cart the moment a cancellation appears.