805 River
is our most unique camping site ..... check it out!
Carroll County Conservation Board
maintains a campground on the northeast corner of Coon Rapids,
which provides electric and water hookups. Please call
712-792-4614 for more information.
Main Campground
The Main Campground is directly across the
road from the River House, and it lies on the main hiking trail through the valley in the
lovely river bottom land. The campground lies along a bend in the Raccoon River,
which makes an ideal place for supervised children to play
in the river. Just across the river
(accessible by wading, or the nearby bridge when the river runs high) lies a huge sandstone bluff, always
busy with a cliff swallow colony. This bluff is the largest vertical outcrop of
Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone in the Midwest. See Geology
for more information. Several excellent
fishing ponds and a nearby abandoned log cabin are
within easy hiking distance..
The campground is very
accessible for campers, RVs and horse trailers,
although no electric or water hookups are provided. It is a large, flat pasture with a sand base and
covered with grass. Several trees provide shade at each of the six camping sites
in this campground. Each site is equipped with picnic table and fire-ring.
Firewood available for purchase. Several horse tie lines are
provided, along with a manure pit and a
wheelbarrow. Several steel pens are provided (extra fee) and
reservations for pens are required. The campground area shares a dumpster, port-a-potties, and shower
house with solar-heated (cold) water (not available when freezing cold). Potable
water is available from the shower house. The very nearby River House yard offers an
additional old fashioned, two seater outhouse, a year-round hydrant for potable water, a
volleyball court, a horseshoe court and a three-story barn in which to play on rainy
days. Check out
The Sentinels, a Campground art project!
Turkey Ridge Campground
For real privacy at the edge of a gorgeous woodland, consider our Turkey Ridge
Campsites. On three separate ridge lines, each site is equipped with a picnic table,
a fire ring and firewood. The three campsites share a port-a-potty. The shower
house, a water hydrant and a dumpster are available at the River House/Main Campground
complex, about 1 mile away. The campsites lie about 1/2 mile off the nearest
gravel road, on a sandy flat trail.
"Wilderness" Camping
For those willing to hike, the 4300 acre Whiterock
Valley includes numerous sites ideal for wilderness camping. Ask resort staff for
recommendations on some gorgeous sites.
Prices: $8 per tent or rig
per night
$12 per rig per night if horses, plus land access fee
$8 per pen for steel pens in campground
For camping at all venues (Main, Turkey Ridge, Oak Ridge, 805 River or Wilderness)
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