Winterset City Park
City Park
Write a Review 499 South 7th Street Winterset, IA 50273 Official WebsiteGPS: 41.328, -94.005
Overview of Winterset City Park
Last Price Paid: $28
Reported by camper-626840 on 7/6/2023
Longest RV Reported: 36 feet (Fifth Wheel)
Reported by Jenkampf on 8/23/2018
Monthly Rate Yes
Number of Sites 34
Pad Type gravel
Open Seasonally April 1st through November 15th
Elevation 1,017 ft / 309 m
Tent Camping Yes
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Reviews of Winterset City Park 13 people have reviewed this location.
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Last reported 7/24/2022
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Last reported 6/28/2022
“Campground Hosts were Helpful. ”
Reviewed 8/20/2023
| Site Number: | 19 |
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| RV Length: | 25' (Travel Trailer) |
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Campground Hosts were helpful. Attractive campground with well spaced campsites. The grass was well maintained. My only problem was the water hydrant shared with campsite 18 - my water hose couldn’t reach the water inlet on the driver side of my travel trailer. I carried 30 gallons of water to my trailer with a six gallon water jug.
Jack would stay here again
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“Great City Park ”
Reviewed 8/2/2023
| Days stayed: | 4 |
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| Site Number: | 28 |
| RV Length: | 28' (Toy Hauler Travel Trailer) |
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The hosts were exceptional This is a great park very peaceful It’s close to John Wayne museum and Covered Bridges of Madison county. The ice cream shop in town has awesome lemon ice cream. Check out Dexter,Iowa for Bonnie n Clyde first shoot out, Stuart is Bonnie n Clyde’s first bank robbery. An then Anita, Iowa is Jesse James fir... more
The hosts were exceptional
This is a great park very peaceful
It’s close to John Wayne museum and Covered Bridges of Madison county. The ice cream shop in town has awesome lemon ice cream. Check out Dexter,Iowa for Bonnie n Clyde first shoot out, Stuart is Bonnie n Clyde’s first bank robbery. An then Anita, Iowa is Jesse James first train robbery
luckyme would stay here again
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“Confronted For Non Payment”
Reviewed 7/6/2023
| Nightly rate: | $28 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 36 |
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I booked by phone with a city rep, paying by credit card. At 7:30 pm a campground host knocked-“hey, you owe me some money”. If I hadn’t a copy of my email receipt I guess I would have been ordered to leave.
Site 36 shares a water hydrant with a neighboring spot. My hose always gets me by, but it wouldn’t reach up the hill.
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“Clean and quiet park. ”
Reviewed 7/24/2022
| Nightly rate: | $22 |
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| Days stayed: | 3 |
| Site Number: | 37 |
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Rate of 22$ per night plus a one-time 5$ registration fee can’t be beat in my book. Mix of full and partial hookups. Very clean. Plenty of walking if interested. Only museum dedicated to the “Duke” John Wayne located here in Winterset, his birthplace. This is also host to a number of covered bridges and home to the “Bridge’s of Mad... more
Rate of 22$ per night plus a one-time 5$ registration fee can’t be beat in my book.
Mix of full and partial hookups. Very clean. Plenty of walking if interested. Only museum dedicated to the “Duke” John Wayne located here in Winterset, his birthplace.
This is also host to a number of covered bridges and home to the “Bridge’s of Madison County” book and movie.
We stayed in site 37, full hookup, with our 40’ Tiffin, which opens to a large open area with a nice shade tree. The city park is collocated adjacent to the campground.
There is a large two section, fenced, dog park located on other side of ball and soccer fields, maybe 1/4 mile from campground.
Sites are not perfectly level, but with minimal effort level can be achieved, and gravel.
We definitely would stay here again if in the area. Might be a good base for visit to Des Moines.
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Radarhog1 would stay here again
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“Good for Overnight or Bridges of Madison County!”
Reviewed 6/28/2022
| Nightly rate: | $27 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 31 |
| RV Length: | 26' (Travel Trailer) |
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Used this hidden gem as an overnight stop. It is in the county of Madison where the covered bridges are located. It is also John Wayne's birthplace and there is the obligatory museum. The park is lovely - generously spaced out sites, full hookups, trees or meadow. Appears to be some long term folks. All very friendly. Next to the... more
Used this hidden gem as an overnight stop. It is in the county of Madison where the covered bridges are located. It is also John Wayne's birthplace and there is the obligatory museum. The park is lovely - generously spaced out sites, full hookups, trees or meadow. Appears to be some long term folks. All very friendly. Next to the actual city park. Definitely take a stroll around the grounds - many chainsaw statues, playground, 1 covered bridge, many walking paths. If your GPS take you to that park, the campground entrance is a couple blocks away to the east. There is no check-in. If you have a reservation, there will be a slip on your site post.
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David & Maryann would stay here again
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“Great site and wonderful park!”
Reviewed 5/16/2022
| Nightly rate: | $22 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| Site Number: | 24 |
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I'm hesitant to write a review for this park because I'm afraid others will discover it and I won't be able to get in! Wonderful site. Easy to pull in and park. The only thing to be aware of is you share a water spigot with your neighbor. Not an issue since they provide the y-adapter. T-Mobile coverage was 120 mps down. Highly recommen... more
I'm hesitant to write a review for this park because I'm afraid others will discover it and I won't be able to get in! Wonderful site. Easy to pull in and park. The only thing to be aware of is you share a water spigot with your neighbor. Not an issue since they provide the y-adapter. T-Mobile coverage was 120 mps down. Highly recommend this park!
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tdcackler would stay here again
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“Good Quiet Park”
Reviewed 8/2/2021
| Days stayed: | 2 |
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| Site Number: | 20 |
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We stayed two nights and came for the Bridges. We found the town to be delightful and especially Doug at the Vintage Iron Shed. Anything cast iron he is “da man”! Our site was on the lower side so we got some water runoff from the sites on higher ground. Some sites had full hook up but our sites just had 30 amp service and water. O... more
We stayed two nights and came for the Bridges. We found the town to be delightful and especially Doug at the Vintage Iron Shed. Anything cast iron he is “da man”!
Our site was on the lower side so we got some water runoff from the sites on higher ground. Some sites had full hook up but our sites just had 30 amp service and water. Overall, the camping and people were great.
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“Nice quiet city park campground ”
Reviewed 5/26/2021
| Nightly rate: | $25 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| Site Number: | 37 |
| RV Length: | 30' (Fifth Wheel) |
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Stayed here late May. Gravel sites, easy access.
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SandFlees would stay here again
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“Nice autumn colors”
Reviewed 10/23/2020
| Nightly rate: | $22 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 17 |
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Delightful small city park at the edge of town (there is s rock works just beyond there trees that you can hear during the day). Covered bridge and memorial tower in the park. Nice walking plus easy walk to town center. Recommend the Iowa Quit Museum on the town square plus numerous small shops. We also drove around to see the other 5 ... more
Delightful small city park at the edge of town (there is s rock works just beyond there trees that you can hear during the day). Covered bridge and memorial tower in the park. Nice walking plus easy walk to town center. Recommend the Iowa Quit Museum on the town square plus numerous small shops. We also drove around to see the other 5 covered bridges of Madison County, good activity when dodging rain drops. River looks good for quiet canoeing or kayaking in better weather, there’s a 6.5 mile river trail.
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BT would stay here again
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“Nice Little Campground in a Cute Little Town”
Reviewed 6/14/2020
| Nightly rate: | $15 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| Site Number: | T1 |
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The city campground is located on the outskirts of Winterset. It's shaped like a long oval, on the inside of the oval are all the camper/motorhome sites. Those are packed pretty tight. The most spacious site was on the far end across from the tent area. At the far end of the oval are the tent sites. They have consolidated the tent... more
The city campground is located on the outskirts of Winterset. It's shaped like a long oval, on the inside of the oval are all the camper/motorhome sites. Those are packed pretty tight. The most spacious site was on the far end across from the tent area. At the far end of the oval are the tent sites. They have consolidated the tent sites from 12 down to 5. The 5 sites share 3 fire rings. Each site is quite spacious, lots of trees and shade. The grass was pretty long, but that's kind of expected this time of year. Camper sites were full up, but 3 tents sites stayed unoccupied. Call for a reservation, they do charge a $5 for that convenience.
I didn't count the electrical posts in the tent area, but there is shared access to electrical posts. No water. Ample parking for the 5 tent sites, but you cannot drive into your site, you must park in the designated area and carry your stuff in. Restrooms are a short walk for the tent sites. The facilities closest to the tent area, do not have showers.
Site #1 is in the very front. Folks without camping manners will park and walk right through that site without a greeting, stagger to and fro on their visits to see camping friends (my dog loved that at 10:30pm)....site #2 would suffer the same experience.
Camp hosts are incredibly kind and helpful. Great experience. Will absolutely camp here again, but carry my gear a little farther to avoid getting my protective puppy fired up at that time of night.
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wokonmedium would stay here again
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Site Amenities
- fire ring
- picnic table
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- restrooms: flush
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