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The Iowa City area offers everything from private outdoor hideaways to family-friendly campgrounds.
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Farm Stay
7 sites · Lodging, RVs, Tents120 acres · Oxford, IACome enjoy the natural beauty of a working farm. In addition to a variety of overnight options - from camping to glamping to indoor lodging - the farm is home to a flower cutting garden, a food forest garden, and a folk school. Guests are welcome to cut flowers for a donation, and enjoy the sheep, chickens and resident cat. The setting is also great for taking in sunrises, sunsets and star gazing.
Come explore the landscape, book a farm tour or attend a class through Land Alliance Folk School.
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Windy Goat Acres
4 sites · Lodging15 acres · Chelsea, IAWe love animals, plants, art, and outdoor recreation and love sharing these things with people! We found the perfect little plot for all of these things we love. Nature, art, animals, and lots of space! The hilly, lush land is also known as the Bohemie Alps and it's quite a beautiful area tucked away in Iowa.Visit with the llamas, goats, peacocks, potbelly pigs and the horses and hike around the property or stay in for a quiet stay with a good book and enjoy all the sights and sounds. Lots of extra 'add ons' to enhance the experience!Semi wooded property with hiking trails, hammocks, aerial silks, campfire pit. 5 mi away is Otter Creek Lake, a recreational park for fishing, kayaking, swimming, etc. We have 2 kayaks available. So much to do! Also perfect to just relax, meditate, yoga, sleep...
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Beyonder Camp
297 sites · RVs, Tents10 acres · Center Point, IAADVENTURE AWAITS
We believe in getting outside, exploring our backyards, fostering relationships with family, and making new friends. At a Beyonder Camp, you know your home. We build family friendly environments filled with fun amenities and friendly staff. We want kids to be kids and grownups to find a new closeness with one another and nature. We provide uniquely valuable retreats from the hustle and bustle.
OUR FAMILY TO YOURS
We were born from family connections found while camping, road-tripping, and taking adventures with ours. We understand the importance of connecting with friends and loved ones and we are here to provide the stage for your next getaway. Every Beyonder Camp provides fun and safe environments where kids can be kids, families can bond, and new friends can become old friends. We are genuinely excited to host your next adventure!
INVEST IN YOUR STAY
Beyonder Camp and our parent company, Happy Camper Capital, are on a mission to reinvent the way we get away, with a focus on building legacies. We are a family of outdoor lovers who wanted to bring camping and connection to the masses. Our partner investors are invested in our parks and believe in building long-lasting legacies for their families.
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Anna's land at Lake Red Rock
8 sites · Lodging, RVs, Tents40 acres · IAYes! You may bring you chicken to camping here.^_*.
This beautiful 40 acres fenced hilly land with 3 private ponds by the red rock lake are perfect for tent camping and RVs. We recently built a 20ft diameter geodesic dome tent for those want more climate controlled stay while still enjoy the magnificent nature. There are 4 tent/RV sites only, each site with a firepit, picnic table and a solar light . The drinking water is at the entrance. However, No electricity and water hock up for RV at each sites. You will see deer, rabbits and other game birds by your campsite. For our campers safety, we are not allow any hunting activities within our camping ground. However, in case you come for hunting with a Iowa deer hunting license, a couple of public deer hunting grounds are near by our camping ground.
The recently built glamping geodesic Dome tent is located on a top of hill. Our campers will have a fantastic water pond and lake view while enjoy the
great nature, and have a comfortable stay .
Hope you will find joy, peace and happiness in this wonderful piece of nature land and surrounding the Red Rock lake areas.
A little back ground of this land:
This 40 acres land was a surface mining site. The reclamation works done
during the 1970s. But over the years, the soil was seriously eroded. Anna and Peilin, who has Masters and PhD in soil and environment health background, bought this land several years ago and start restore the vegetations. Now the site looks beautiful and ready for the nature lovers and campers to enjoy the fantastic view of the lake, ponds and tall grass... The site is totally different than the Google map shows now.
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Linden Camprground
8 sites · Lodging, Tents12 acres · ILWe bought the farmette with much work outside and home interior remodel to complete. We slowly turned the property into our family oasis. We neighbor a pasture with cows. There are free range chickens running around during the day. Geese greet us every evening and morning at the pond...as do the many bullfrogs. Occasionally you'll hear the coyotes, but then keep their distance. The stars shine peacefully and the sunsets are picturesque (most afternoons). The pond is a great place to swim and fish. The hillside is a nice walk for exercise or take the easier route and sit under the great oak tree in the other pasture. Campsites are off the road, behind our main home. You won't find a sign...we keep it simple.
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Sleep in an Iowa Barn @ TLC
2 sites · Lodging, Tents28 acres · Zearing, IAThreshold Learning Center is 28 acres of prairie, creek, woods, and our barn dormitory. Threshold is first, an outdoor learning center for schools during the school year, and a summer camp offering several day camps, family camps, and trips. As a non-profit, however, we are constantly trying to find a way to offer our programs to everyone regardless of whether they are able to pay our fees while still making enough money to stay open. We started renting TLC to the public 5 years ago for weddings, reunions, or just families who are looking to connect to the world around them. Our motto is "No Child Left Inside" and we want every inner child to enjoy what we have at TLC. We have 7 bedrooms in our dormitory, 5 camp sites, a large camp fire ring, a mini-golf course, and we are always willing to lead your group in an educational experience or take you on a hayrack ride.
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Goatland
4 sites · Tents15 acres · Freeport, ILThis fifteen acre livestock farm in NW IL was my dream when I rode a cubicle, and had to go to the fair to pet a critter. Now I just walk outside and pet them as I unstick their slow learning heads from the fence.
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Zellers' Peaceful Place
7 sites · Lodging, RVs, Tents4 acres · Ashton, ILWe have 4 acres of flat land with lots of flower beds, and even a dog agility course. Our property has a great view of a BNSF railline, about 2 miles away as the crow flies. You can bring your own tent or we can set one up for you. We also have a large tent which we can set up for you with a large inflatable queen size bed. You'll need to bring your own sheets and pillows. We have a firepit available and I can provide snacks if interested at an additional charge.
We are halfway between Rochelle (with it's railroad museum, Kennay's Distillery, Artist's Garden, other quaint shops, and Chicago Land Skydiving Center) and Dixon-the hometown of Ronald Reagan and the Petunia Festival. We are close to Nachusa Grasslands with their buffalo and Franklin Creek Park with it's natural spring and hiking trails and Oregon with their bike paths and Autumn on the Prairie in Oregon Illinois.
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Come Enjoy the Beauty
59 sites · Lodging, RVs, Tents30 acres · Earlham, IAThis property has a year round running creek called Bear Creek. They also mined the stone off the property for the State Capital in Des Moines, Iowa. Abundant wildlife and mature beautiful trees.
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Griff Run
2 sites · Tents13 acres · WILearn more about this land:
Welcome to "Griff Run" - our 13-acre organic hobby farm situated in a private valley in SW Wisconsin. Steal away from reality at Griff Run - approximately 15 minutes to Richland Center and 25 minutes to Viroqua.
Griff Run has been rated a 5-star accommodation for travelers since 2017. In 2020, we expanded our offerings by adding camping. Please note that our sites are listed as "not suitable for children" under 12 due to country road hazards, electric fence, gated pastures, etc.
We offer quiet, beautiful landscapes, privacy and convenience. Hipcamp guests enjoy visiting with our alpacas whenever they choose, enjoy hot showers, a charging station, clean porta potties, a wash sink, potable water and Wifi at our restored, historic red dairy barn. Electricity is available at our Big Willow Creek campsite.
We operate an on-farm vintage shop in our historic dairy barn - Red Barn at Griff Run is open on Saturdays from 9A-4P and offers home baked goods every Saturday morning. Baked goods offered change weekly but often include chocolate croissants, espresso brownies, chocolate chip cookies and scones.
Want to get to know us better? You can find us on social @griffrun and @redbarnatgriffrun. We hope to see you!
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Brye's Cabin/Camping on the Bad Axe
2 sites · Lodging, Tents140 acres · Viroqua, WIOur family purchased this land for adventure. We would love to share our adventure with you.
Groomed UTV/hiking trails on our property. Hiking access into Duck Egg county park with over 10 miles of trails to explore on 900 acres.
Drive and park directly at our cabin nestled in the driftless. It is totally private on 140 acres. Watch the wildlife from the porch while enjoying a campfire. The cabin offers 2 queen beds on the loft, a futon and fully stocked kitchen. Outdoor bathroom with plumbing.
We offer 2 campsites directly on the Bad Axe River with hike in or utv assist access only. Park at designated parking area.
The campsite has fire ring and table and chairs at the site, firewood available for 10/bundle. 5 gallons potable water provided. Hike in or purchase utv assist to get gear to the site $20 both ways
We also have a 'glampsite' which already has a 10x12 wall tent on a 12x20 platform, with a queen air bed and all bedding included. 10 gallons potable water provided. An outdoor kitchen contains everything you need to lessen your packing for a total relaxed and spoiled camping experience, all paper products and cookware in stocked kitchen. Charcoal and grill, 24" gas griddle, 2 burner coleman stove with propane included. Glamp directly on the river.
There is a separate picnic area with fire ring, picnic table and swing set for the kids!
Pets are welcome! We do ask for a $20 pet fee at the cabin and glampsite as there is extra cleaning involved, thank you!
Watch the stars at night and catch trout in the river by day!
Heavin in the Driftless.
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Shady Rest Acres
3 sites · Lodging, Tents23 acres · Brownsville, MNOnce the site of the historic V.J. Fetzner Brewery from the late 19th Century. The land is now used as a hobby farm, honey bee sanctuary and nursery to a unique tree species normally not found in Southeastern Minnesota.
Remnants of the brewery are still visible. Foundation walls outline the massive structure of the brewery. Nestled in the center of the foundation is the entrance to
the sixty-seven foot deep cave that
once held barrels of beer and can be accessed by canoe only.
Hops have been located on the property and are believed to be ancestors of those raised to make the beer once stored in the cave. The pond that provides access to the cave was dug out in the early 1990's to create a fish out for the Spring Falls Trout Farm that used to exist across the highway. Some of the original brood stock still exist and continue to naturally stock the pond. It is not uncommon to see fish that are five to ten pounds in size. We do not allow fishing from our pond.
The residents house is built to scale to the original brew master's house. While the house is only twenty-four years old it looks as though you have taken a step back in time. The name Shady Rest was given to the house by
the Brew Master's wife.
We thought it was appropriate to keep the name alive.
Shady Rest Acres is comprised of twenty-three acres of beautiful woodlands and pasture that are protected forever
in the
Minnesota Land Trust. The pasture is home to Scottish Highlander cows, two miniature donkeys, five sheep, four goats, honey bees and a flock of chickens. Scottish Highlanders
were selected for both their grazing and browsing abilities. They are very docile and make excellent pasture mates to the smaller species sharing the pasture. The cows are excellent forest managers. They
clear out invasive species such as Honey Suckle, Buckthorn, and Barberry which can often be difficult to manage. A guided tour with the host can be taken to meet the pasture animals.
The forest is comprised of many tree species. Some are unique in that they normally do not grow in this region of Minnesota. The yellow birch is a species normally found in Northern Minnesota. It's bark is golden in color and glistens when the sun hits it just right. We have a cluster of several yellow birch including one that is so big that the bark no longer looks golden but instead is grey and very rough. Years ago the largest of these trees made excellent wood for turning bowls. Blue Beech (musclewood) can also be found on the property. As the name indicates the bark is shaped like muscles. Songbirds and some other species will use different parts of the tree as a food source. Towering white pines also speckle the landscape. Mother pine requires at least two humans arm lengths to encircle the whole tree. She is a favorite resting spot for the barred owl. There is oak, elm, maple, ceders, poplars and numerous other species.
Honey bees are an integral part of the landscape. We partnered with a friend and
started raising honey bees two years ago in order to do our part to keep pollinators thriving.
Their hives are located in the pasture where it has the perfect amount of early morning sun to get them moving and afternoon shade to balance out the summer heat. It is not uncommon to see them pollinating garden plants, trees and wild flowers around the property. One of their favorite feeding spots is the acre and a half prairie which offers a range of plants including big blue stem, wild indigo and baby blue stem, to name a few. Not only are honey bees essential to the food chain but they also provide a very enriching experience when they are observed moving about their hives. There is nothing more relaxing and fascinating than watching these amazing creatures.
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