About Island View (Rathbun Lake)
Number of accommodations: 186
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Reviews (301)
What Guests Are Saying
Island View at Rathbun Lake offers a beautiful camping experience with spacious sites, stunning lake views, and friendly staff. Many campers appreciate the clean facilities, although there are concerns about bathroom cleanliness and the need for improved grass maintenance. Overall, visitors enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and plan to return, making it a favored destination for camping.
What Guests Are Saying
Island View at Rathbun Lake offers a beautiful camping experience with spacious sites, stunning lake views, and friendly staff. Many campers appreciate the clean facilities, although there are concerns about bathroom cleanliness and the need for improved grass maintenance. Overall, visitors enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and plan to return, making it a favored destination for camping.
Review Summary
Robert C
August 23, 2020
Nice place with clean facilities. Level ground for bike riding.
Linda F
VerifiedAugust 17, 2020 • Stayed at: M18, Loop: ICIR
Excellent park with great customer service if needed. Our volunteer and the ranger on duty performed beyond expectations during our checking. Will definitely stay again.
Jerid G
VerifiedAugust 17, 2020 • Stayed at: F10, Loop: ICIR
For being the largest camp ground at Lake Rathbun it is very spacious, lots of room for kids to run around and very pet friendly. There are a lot of spots close to the water front and and the shore line is very clean so its was a nice spot to take the kids so they could play in the waves coming off of the lake. Nice play grounds near by along with a beach not to far down the road, shower and bathroom houses are clean and well located on the grounds. We have camped at other locations around Rathbun and Island View is by far our favorite.
Desiree K
August 16, 2020
We reserved this shelter house for the playground as it was my son's 5th birthday.
Jesse C
VerifiedAugust 15, 2020 • Stayed at: B32/B33, Loop: ICIR
Get weekend! Cleanest shower house and bathrooms I’ve ever seen at a campground!
Edith M
VerifiedAugust 14, 2020 • Stayed at: A15, Loop: VPL
Beautiful view! Bathrooms where very clean.
Dennis T
VerifiedAugust 5, 2020 • Stayed at: B06, Loop: ICIR
Nice campsites. Not crowded together.
Pat C
VerifiedAugust 4, 2020 • Stayed at: M41, Loop: ICIR
The staff is always friendly, the lots are roomy and the showers are always kept clean (Lola plays a huge part with that).
Curtis D
VerifiedAugust 1, 2020 • Stayed at: M23, Loop: ICIR
Better marked road's in the campgrounds
Michele M
VerifiedJuly 31, 2020 • Stayed at: F10, Loop: ICIR
We are people that go too Rathbun Island view all the time and this year was the worst yet!! We had tried to cancel half of are camping because they had scheduled a surgery and there was no one I could talk too at the sign in shed and tried to contact Recreation.gov and all you get is recordings and tried too email and they just kept sending me emails saying the same thing to log on account and do it that way so I tried that and it didn’t work so go got angry I gave up! All you excuses was because of covid and that is just BS just and excuse too get double the money! Very upset and a lot of other people are too just not right!!
Location Island View (Rathbun Lake)
Address:
19409 Island View Place
Mystic Iowa, IA, 52544-8303
United States
The campground is accessible via Iowa State Highway 2, which is approximately 5 miles to the north. US Highway 63 is also nearby, providing access to larger road networks.
Latitude & Longitude: 40.8325 / -92.918
Elevation: 285 feet
Policies & Rules
General
- 14 Day Policy on Rathbun Lake: Campers are only allowed to camp at the same camping loop a maximum of 14 nights within a 30 night period. After the 14th night, they will be required to move (physically move the camping unit) to a different camping loop, which can be in the same campground.
- Swimming beach is approximately 1 mile from the campground
- Please register/ pay for campsite prior to set up. Park Attendant will check you in on your campsite during their morning or evening rounds.
- If late, you must contact this park within 24 hours after your original check-in time or you will be considered a 'no show' resulting in the cancelation of your reservation.
- For more information, visit the Rathbun Lake website http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Locations/District-Lakes/Rathbun-Lake/
- Purchase firewood from a local source.
- If you must bring your own firewood, don't leave any firewood behind at your campsite.
- Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
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Last updated: June 5, 2026