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99% Recommend45 ratings · 39 reviews
Recommends
· October 2025
34 ft travel trailer · With pets ·
River Camp RV site
If you are looking for a quiet spot this is the place. Plenty of wildlife to see deer bald eagles.
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Kelly N.
2 years on Hipcamp
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· October 2025
Our Favorite Spot Near Iowa City
27 ft travel trailer · With pets ·
River Camp RV site
This is the perfect spot for people who love fishing, the Hawkeyes, or have family in Iowa City. Full hook-ups and a quiet spot. Loren is easy to work with and very accommodating.
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Michelle H.
2 reviews
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· May 2025
20 ft pop-up camper · With pets ·
River Camp RV site
Awesome campsite for a weekend getaway. Great place to let the dogs roam around off leash.
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Barritt K.
1 year on Hipcamp
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· May 2025
32 ft Class C · With pets ·
River Camp RV site
Great private spot! Loren was very friendly and a great host.
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Josh H.
3 years on Hipcamp
My husband & I spent the most wonderful 3 day weekend on Loren’s land. It was private & peaceful surrounded by trees. The highlight of our weekend was sitting around the campfire on Saturday afternoon and directly above us were 5 bald eagles flying around. Nature at its best! Loren was a wonderful host & we will definitely be returning!
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Diane M.
1 year on Hipcamp
Great private camp site. The family really enjoyed staying here and will be back. We really appreciated the full hookup. My boys spent alot of time down by the river.
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Matt E.
1 year on Hipcamp
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· August 2024
Beautiful, peaceful, and wonderful.
36 ft travel trailer · With kids ·
River Camp RV site
This location is a diamond. You get to have a peaceful location and lots of room to yourself. Near a river. Lots of little critters. And full hook ups. As long as you are good with backing in, you won’t be disappointed at all with this camp spot.
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Lyndsay C.
13 reviews
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· July 2024
32 ft Class C ·
River Camp RV site
Very private, peaceful location. Close to highway access and not far from "civilization", but far enough that you can pretend you're out in the wilderness. Nice to have full hookups and good water pressure. Lots of wildlife, birds singing in the morning, bunnies hopping about all day. Close to the river.
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Lincoln S.
2 reviews
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· July 2024
17 ft travel trailer ·
River Camp RV site
Beautiful wooded site with well kept grounds surrounding a secluded flat raised pad with all the services. Great to sit outside and be one with the deer, birds, and bunnies, although the mosquitoes were ferocious. A short walk down a gravel road is old man river garlanded with wildflowers.
John D.
4 reviews
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· June 2024
24 ft travel trailer ·
River Camp RV site
Great spot and easy to pull into. Close drive to the state park from the campground. The wildlife and birds in the mornings are wonderful to wake up to. Only a few steps away from the creek and great for the dogs to run around in!
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Brandon O.
5 reviews
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· June 2024
18 ft travel trailer ·
River Camp RV site
Loren was a great host and very receptive to questions. The river was high so there wasn't a place to get down to the water. We will come back again.
Shelley R.
6 reviews
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· May 2024
18 ft travel trailer · With kids ·
River Camp RV site
The site was very private and quiet, exactly what we were looking for!
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Amy R.
3 years on Hipcamp
We stayed in May for a few days with our dog. We picked this place because of the reviews and we were visiting Dyersville (Field of dreams) Loren was a great host, and replied quickly to any questions we had. We loved how private we were. Although our stay was wet and cool, I would stay there again. Very thick bush. I wish we could have seen the river from camp, but it was a quick 2 minute walk to the rivers edge. Thank you Loren.
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Robin R.
2 years on Hipcamp
Private single RV full hook up along the Iowa River. Less than 10 minutes from Iowa City. Able to walk through the woods with our dogs off leash. Will be even nicer after owner has spring time to clear off the little trails. Would stay again.
Rachael O.
1 year on Hipcamp
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· November 2023
20 ft campervan ·
River Camp RV site
Very clean comfortable site. So close to everything in Iowa City yet felt like we were completely alone. Very dark so star gazing amazing
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Cindi B.
2 years on Hipcamp
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· October 2023
22 ft travel trailer · With pets ·
River Camp RV site
Private! Beautiful woods. Still close to city. We would come back again.
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Lynn P.
2 years on Hipcamp
We loved staying at the River Camp RV site! It has full hookups, picnic table, trash/recycling and a large fire ring. The land was beautiful with nice paths through the woods to the river and our dog loved that he could run around off a leash! Loren the "super host" was very friendly, helpful with any questions and we got to enjoy a wonderful conversation about the area and history of the property. We'll definitely come back on our next trip though the area! Lauren, Sascha, and Pepper
Lauren S.
3 years on Hipcamp
Recommends
· October 2023
36 ft Class A · With pets ·
River Camp RV site
Great site, short walk to the river. Nice quiet getaway. Loren was friendly and great to talk with. Recommend highly!
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Mike G.
2 years on Hipcamp
Recommends
· September 2023
13 ft travel trailer ·
River Camp RV site
Very peaceful, would come again next time we’re in the area. Super close to Iowa city if u forget anything too.
Lindsay J.
5 years on Hipcamp
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· August 2023
27 ft Class C · With pets ·
River Camp RV site
Host very friendly and site was more beautiful than we could have imagined!
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Tanya S.
2 years on Hipcamp
The campsite was full service and beautiful. There are a few remnants in the area, but that shouldn't distract from the beauty of the area. It gave us excellent access to our family in Iowa City and to fishing on the Iowa River. Loren was very helpful before, during, and after the reservation.
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Michelle H.
2 reviews
Recommends
· July 2023
12 ft travel trailer ·
River Camp RV site
The spot was quiet and clean. Loren was wonderful. I recommend this stop to anyone visiting Iowa City.
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Carli T.
2 years on Hipcamp
Recommends
· May 2023
32 ft travel trailer ·
River Camp RV site
Loren was very kind and helpful. The land was quiet and peaceful. We loved the proximity to bike trails and Iowa City. We will definitely be back! Thanks, Loren!
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Andrea W.
2 years on Hipcamp
Recommends
· May 2023
Great private and spacious site!
31 ft travel trailer · Group trip ·
River Camp RV site
Loren's land was super private and spacious. The RV site was level, well-maintained, and the electric, water, & sewage were all in great working condition! Loren was really nice and helpful, was super responsive to any questions, and very flexible to our needs - which was really appreciated! We also really appreciated the extra touches like having firewood readily available, a recycling container, and a garbage container. There is an old construction trailer on the site next to the camping pad. This might not appeal to some people, but it didn't bother us and the privacy and space well outweighed that part of the view and totally worked for us. We loved our stay and we'll definitely be back!
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Alex O.
2 reviews
We really enjoyed our stay at Loren's camp space! It felt like we were a lot further away from Iowa City than we were. The area was clean and flat for tent camping. Having a picnic table and fire ring available was very helpful. The river was just a short walk away. About a dozen deer checked us out from the woods as they worked their way past the campsite one evening. Loren was very prompt in correspondence. Would definitely look forward to staying here again!
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Kevin H.
2 reviews
Loved the location, it was quiet and so close to the water!
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Alisha M.
3 years on Hipcamp
This was a very cute site on the river which I loved! However, there was a house nearby that was playing music rather loud. I loved the views but wish it was a bite quieter. It was a Saturday night, so maybe week nights are quieter. Overall, good stay.
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Jessica M.
7 reviews
Loren met us on arrival and was very helpful the whole time. The camp spot was nice and quiet and right by the river. We didn’t end up starting up the fire pit, but we will next time. We thought the spot was going to be hard to find but it wasn’t. We were able to turn our 25’ travel trailer around on the road to get situated, but I wouldn’t recommend trying to flip anything much bigger than that. Loren said he was going to trim the branches on the road just ahead to make a turnaround, so you may be able to get larger rigs here in the future. Otherwise I guess you’d just stay at River Camp! Nice spot, and we would recommend it!
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Jesse G.
9 reviews
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· August 2022
24 ft Class C · With kids ·
River Camp RV site
We loved Loren’s camp! It was beautiful, peaceful and relaxing. We were in town for our son to have surgery at U of I, and we could t have asked for a better place to be during that time. Loren is super kind, you will not be disappointed here!
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Emily S.
3 years on Hipcamp
Recommends
· June 2022
Perfect spot - lots of solitude
20 ft travel trailer · With pets ·
River Camp RV site
Awesome place! Well maintained and right on the Iowa River. Wildlife everywhere. I even got run over by the riverside by a fawn with spots. No joke! Was weird.
Carolyn D.
4 reviews
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Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United StatesTo respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking
Hosted by Loren S.
Joined in May 2021Response rate: 100%Response time: Within 4 hours
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