Free camping in Iowa
5 free and low-cost places to camp in Iowa, with facilities and directions.
Free camping usually means dispersed camping on national forest or BLM land, typically up to 14 days, with no facilities. Some free campgrounds have toilets and fire rings. Check the land manager’s current fire rules.
Every place we know
- Directions
Holiday park · Audubon · Free
Albert the Bull Campground
Toilets · Showers · Powered sites · Dump station
- Directions
Free camp · Burr Oak · Free
Canoe landing
Toilets
- Directions
Free camp · Lake Mills · Free
Elk Creek Marsh WMA
- Directions
Free camp · Guttenberg · Free
Frenchtown Park
- Directions
Free camp · Greeley · Free
Holbert Area - Fountain Springs Park
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