Blanchard Island Recreation Area

I love this campground. It’s out of the way and not too many people visit which makes it quiet. Firewood is plentiful from fallen trees and logs that wash ashore from the river.

The campground host Lance was VERY nice & friendly, giving excellent information about the area, including the recent weather impacting river conditions (I chose NOT to kayak there based on his information for safety concerns).
The new raised toilets are an excellent improvement! Perhaps these can be added to additional campgrounds along with section of the Mississippi, like Bulger's Hollow Recreation Area?

Nice, quiet, primitive campground on the backwaters of the Mississippi River.

Fantastic - we spent an extra night here it was so peaceful. The river view, the big trees, birds galore. Great spot.

I found the campground via the Kamoot app on my phone. I was riding my bike across Iowa into Illinois and chose to stay at Blanchards. I loved it. It was quiet and I was the only camper there until late when a motorhome came in. The campground hosts were nowhere to be found. I downloaded and used the app which worked great. Spotty cell coverage with Verizon.

Great primitive campsites along the river.

As a tent camper that didn’t need electricity or water, I found it very pleasant. A 2 mile gravel road brought me to the bank of the Mississippi River camp.

Very pleasant host where payment has to be online by downloading an app, worked well but took 45 min due to poor reception.

I was the sole person at this site after host left, so it was very peaceful. Nice outhouse bathroom, no running water.
(Water available at slickers)

Wish I had a fishing pole!

I really enjoyed it!

Great place for a low key weekend!

This is our favorite place to camp. A nice place to relax and the grounds are kept very clean. The caretakers are great and we always meet nice, genuine people when we visit.