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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · IA

Howell Station

ReservableBookable through October 18, and from April 15 through April 16.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 3 of the next 3 nights read 16:20 UTC
A night: $22–$24Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 143135 on recreation.gov

Photos · Army Corps of Engineers

80 ftLongest rig

700 ftElevation

119 ftWater · Des Moines River

1.9 miSW of Pella, IA

0%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices

In the agency’s own words

Howell Station Campground sits just below the Red Rock Dam and Lake on the north side of the Des Moines River. Lake Red Rock is Iowa's largest lake, located just 10 minutes from Pella, known for its Dutch heritage, and 15 minutes from Knoxville, the Sprint car capital of the world. Visitors enjoy boating, fishing, hiking, biking and viewing wildlife. For more information regarding the Army Corps of Engineers and the Lake Red Rock Project, click here: Lake Red Rock Website Recreation Lake Red Rock offers excellent boating, water skiing and swimming opportunities. Keep reading

Miles of water trails for kayakers and canoeists are designated along the shoreline. Anglers will find crappie, largemouth and striped bass, walleye, channel and flathead catfish, northern pike and bluegill. Several miles of trails for hiking and biking are in the area. The 15 mile paved Volksweg Trail stretches west from Pella to the Des Moines River and to the Cordova Recreation Area.

Facilities

Howell Station offers 143 campsites with 50-amp electric hookups. Amenities include flush and pit toilets, showers, drinking water and two dump stations. Younger campers love the park's playgrounds, while anglers enjoy the great river fishing access.

Natural Features

Hardwood forests cover the riverbanks at Howell Station, offering shade and scenic views. Wildlife is abundant around the lake. A wide variety of waterfowl, including the American White Pelican, migrate through the area in spring and fall. Bald eagles can be observed from November through March. White-tailed deer, turkeys and other small animals are commonly viewed around the lake. Contact Info For local information, please call (641) 620-1802 or call (641) 828-7522 for general information.

Nearby Attractions

Des Moines, Iowa's capital, is an hour away, with numerous shopping and dining opportunities, museums and the Blank Park Zoo.

Charges & Cancellations

A $10.00 service fee will apply if you change or cancel your reservation. The $10.00 service fee will be deducted from the refund amount. Cancel or change reservations through recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777. Late cancellations are subject to additional fees.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

Howell Station does not have a reservation window. You MUST have a reservation prior to occupying a site.

Rule

Check-in time is 3:00 p.m. and check-out time is 2:00 p.m.

Rule

The fee booth is open 7 days per week: Monday through Thursday: 3:00 - 7:00 pm. Friday through Sunday: 9:00 - 11:00 am & 3:00 - 7:00 pm. Fee Booth phone number: (641) 620-1802.

Everything else this campground posts · 6

Rule

We offer a limited supply of firewood at the campground. If you want to ensure you have firewood for your stay, please plan on bringing your own supply. Travelers entering Iowa are strongly encouraged to leave out-of-state firewood behind.

Rule

Camping units are restricted to one wheeled unit and two tents, or three tents per site. A maximum of eight persons per campsite is allowed.

Rule

Parking or driving motor vehicles on the grass is not allowed. Boat trailers may be parked on the grass.

Rule

Golf carts, UTVs, and ATVs are not permitted.

Rule

Kiddie pools, slip-and-slides, and similar water-based play equipment are not permitted.

Rule

Bounce houses and similar inflatable play equipment are not permitted.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 143
Hookups: 135 electric
Longest rig: 80 ft
Paved pads: 4 of 143
Accessible sites: 2
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: 129 of 142 sites

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Pit Toilets; “…hookups. Amenities include flush and pit toilets, showers, drinking water and two dump stations.…”
Showers: Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind; “Amenities include flush and pit toilets, showers, drinking water and two dump stations.”
Drinking water: Yes; “…include flush and pit toilets, showers, drinking water and two dump stations. Younger campers love the…”
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Playground: Yes
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, River, Beach; Biking; Boating; Fishing; Hiking; Visitor center; Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 11th darkest of 32 in IA: Bortle 4
Fall color · reported 3 days ago, 33 km away: Patchy color

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (33 km) · Oct 13, 2026

3 of 270 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:20 UTC

recreation.gov lists 135 of the 143 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

OpenBooked

Booking windowThrough October 18Bookable now through October 18, 2026, the end of this reservable season, and again for April 15, 2027 through April 16, 2027. Tomorrow at 10 AM ET, availability opens through April 17, 2027.recreation.gov

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$22–$24plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$52–$56DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

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We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 13

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night, per site$22–$24

Standard Electric$22

Standard Electric 50 Amp$24

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Apr 16, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$30–$32

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$52–$56

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $22–$24 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

“A $10.00 service fee will apply if you change or cancel your reservation. The $10.00 service fee will be deducted from the refund amount.” · this campground’s own terms

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 6

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

This campground’s own terms: recreation.gov facility cancellation policy for this campground, quoted verbatim. Recreation.gov states that policies listed for specific locations supersede its site-wide policies. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:20 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

143 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 135 mapped sites

90 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop PRAI 039 186 ftLoop PPOI 127 158 ftLoop PPOI 126 153 ftLoop KVIL 071 139 ftLoop PPOI 140 131 ft

Least roomLoop KVIL 059 34 ftLoop KVIL 062 34 ftLoop KVIL 068 52 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 143 sites

143 of 143 sites located

RV / electric135Type not stated8

057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 125 of the 143 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 135 of the 143 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


KVIL	057	standard electric	68 ft	50 amp		101 ft	799 ft	2,394 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	058	type not stated	49 ft	50 amp			873 ft	2,315 ft
KVIL	059	standard electric	54 ft	50 amp		34 ft	759 ft	2,296 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	060	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		94 ft	796 ft	2,204 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	061	standard electric	59 ft	50 amp		89 ft	702 ft	2,205 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	062	standard electric	54 ft	50 amp		34 ft	726 ft	2,303 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	063	standard electric	66 ft	50 amp		73 ft	614 ft	2,207 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	064	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		88 ft	569 ft	2,286 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	065	standard electric	63 ft	50 amp		90 ft	450 ft	2,227 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	066	standard electric	72 ft	50 amp		61 ft	454 ft	2,316 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	067	standard electric	71 ft	50 amp		61 ft	393 ft	2,325 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	068	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		52 ft	340 ft	2,221 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	069	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		64 ft	336 ft	2,353 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	070	standard electric	59 ft	50 amp		96 ft	249 ft	2,279 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	071	standard electric	74 ft	50 amp		139 ft	94 ft	2,269 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	072	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp		76 ft	263 ft	2,518 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	073	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		91 ft	122 ft	2,401 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	074	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		91 ft	163 ft	2,492 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	075	standard electric	72 ft	50 amp		76 ft	332 ft	2,558 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	076	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		109 ft	242 ft	2,598 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	077	standard electric	56 ft	50 amp		91 ft	437 ft	2,544 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	078	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		64 ft	365 ft	2,652 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	079	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		64 ft	428 ft	2,650 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	080	standard electric	56 ft	50 amp		58 ft	501 ft	2,484 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	081	standard electric	72 ft	50 amp		91 ft	509 ft	2,626 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	082	standard electric	73 ft	50 amp		82 ft	609 ft	2,573 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	083	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		82 ft	687 ft	2,561 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	084	type not stated	62 ft	50 amp			722 ft	2,451 ft
KVIL	085	standard electric	71 ft	50 amp		87 ft	776 ft	2,550 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	086	standard electric	68 ft	50 amp		87 ft	855 ft	2,530 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	087	standard electric	59 ft	50 amp		88 ft	941 ft	2,535 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	088	standard electric	69 ft	50 amp		100 ft	642 ft	2,367 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	089	standard electric	67 ft	50 amp		73 ft	542 ft	2,368 ft	$22–$24
KVIL	090	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		58 ft	530 ft	2,437 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	091	standard electric	72 ft	50 amp		86 ft	557 ft	1,572 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	092	standard electric	61 ft	50 amp		78 ft	524 ft	1,565 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	093	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		86 ft	474 ft	1,485 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	094	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		103 ft	398 ft	1,445 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	095	standard electric	66 ft	50 amp		118 ft	332 ft	1,347 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	096	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp		103 ft	295 ft	1,348 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	097	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		86 ft	215 ft	1,247 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	098	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		86 ft	168 ft	1,230 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	099	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		68 ft	224 ft	1,320 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	100	standard electric	46 ft	50 amp		100 ft	120 ft	1,229 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	101	standard electric	68 ft	50 amp		104 ft	52 ft	1,244 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	102	standard electric	68 ft	50 amp		104 ft	140 ft	1,348 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	103	standard electric	51 ft	50 amp		99 ft	157 ft	1,424 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	104	standard electric	43 ft	50 amp		81 ft	69 ft	1,454 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	105	standard electric	49 ft	50 amp		81 ft	88 ft	1,531 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	106	standard electric	59 ft	50 amp		83 ft	172 ft	1,524 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	107	standard electric	62 ft	50 amp		97 ft	90 ft	1,646 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	108	standard electric	54 ft	50 amp		82 ft	187 ft	1,632 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	109	standard electric	68 ft	50 amp		64 ft	195 ft	1,712 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	110	standard electric	68 ft	50 amp		99 ft	108 ft	1,774 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	111	standard electric	63 ft	50 amp		80 ft	175 ft	1,921 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	112	standard electric	59 ft	50 amp		80 ft	95 ft	1,891 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	113	standard electric	66 ft	50 amp		65 ft	165 ft	2,021 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	114	standard electric	47 ft	50 amp		104 ft	78 ft	2,030 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	115	standard electric	56 ft	50 amp		65 ft	182 ft	2,084 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	116	standard electric	61 ft	50 amp		85 ft	130 ft	2,134 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	117	standard electric	62 ft	50 amp		85 ft	205 ft	2,205 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	118	standard electric	73 ft	50 amp		77 ft	253 ft	2,097 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	119	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		52 ft	339 ft	2,168 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	120	standard electric	63 ft	50 amp		117 ft	383 ft	2,058 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	121	standard electric	62 ft	50 amp		73 ft	576 ft	2,143 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	122	standard electric	76 ft	50 amp		87 ft	551 ft	2,047 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	123	standard electric	76 ft	50 amp		80 ft	614 ft	1,989 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	124	standard electric	76 ft	50 amp		100 ft	703 ft	2,042 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	125	standard electric	63 ft	50 amp		102 ft	681 ft	1,921 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	126	standard electric	76 ft	50 amp		153 ft	823 ft	1,905 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	127	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		159 ft	735 ft	1,757 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	128	standard electric	72 ft	50 amp		68 ft	209 ft	1,343 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	129	standard electric	62 ft	50 amp		100 ft	244 ft	1,433 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	130	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp	yes	87 ft	345 ft	1,524 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	131	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		87 ft	398 ft	1,536 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	132	standard electric	67 ft	50 amp		101 ft	552 ft	1,761 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	133	standard electric	61 ft	50 amp		104 ft	454 ft	1,846 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	134	standard electric	74 ft	50 amp		80 ft	570 ft	1,919 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	135	standard electric	58 ft	50 amp		104 ft	448 ft	1,949 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	136	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp		78 ft	538 ft	1,607 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	137	type not stated	80 ft	50 amp			632 ft	1,710 ft
PPOI	138	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		96 ft	515 ft	1,628 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	139	standard electric	67 ft	50 amp		101 ft	453 ft	1,738 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	140	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp	yes	131 ft	348 ft	1,663 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	141	standard electric	51 ft	50 amp		79 ft	325 ft	1,795 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	142	standard electric	52 ft	50 amp		79 ft	261 ft	1,845 ft	$22–$24
PPOI	143	standard electric	62 ft	50 amp		64 ft	212 ft	1,771 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	001	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		102 ft	1,067 ft	2,740 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	002	standard electric	58 ft	50 amp		97 ft	993 ft	2,781 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	003	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		77 ft	1,018 ft	2,877 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	004	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		96 ft	888 ft	2,816 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	005	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		77 ft	961 ft	2,901 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	006	standard electric	62 ft	50 amp		92 ft	794 ft	2,803 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	007	standard electric	61 ft	50 amp		92 ft	843 ft	2,894 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	008	standard electric	67 ft	50 amp		127 ft	666 ft	2,745 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	009	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		101 ft	545 ft	2,749 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	010	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		82 ft	513 ft	2,857 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	011	standard electric	67 ft	50 amp		101 ft	449 ft	2,757 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	012	standard electric	68 ft	50 amp		113 ft	366 ft	2,794 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	013	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		91 ft	428 ft	2,934 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	014	standard electric	71 ft	50 amp		91 ft	337 ft	2,881 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	015	standard electric	63 ft	50 amp		102 ft	424 ft	3,012 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	016	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		77 ft	351 ft	3,040 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	017	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		92 ft	424 ft	3,116 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	018	standard electric	59 ft	50 amp		77 ft	333 ft	3,105 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	019	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		107 ft	305 ft	3,231 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	020	type not stated	70 ft	50 amp			400 ft	3,251 ft
PRAI	021	standard electric	69 ft	50 amp		107 ft	311 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	022	type not stated	70 ft	50 amp			408 ft
PRAI	023	standard electric	78 ft	50 amp		71 ft	362 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	024	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp		71 ft	426 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	025	standard electric	69 ft	50 amp		109 ft	543 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	026	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		106 ft	697 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	027	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp		100 ft	651 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	028	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		100 ft	750 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	029	standard electric	71 ft	50 amp		106 ft	802 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	030	standard electric	79 ft	50 amp		112 ft	860 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	031	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		116 ft	920 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	032	standard electric	76 ft	50 amp		127 ft	1,016 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	033	standard electric	67 ft	50 amp		74 ft	1,025 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	034	standard electric	74 ft	50 amp		106 ft	1,142 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	035	standard electric	76 ft	50 amp		74 ft	1,080 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	036	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		109 ft	1,211 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	037	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		109 ft	1,247 ft	3,182 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	038	type not stated	71 ft	50 amp			1,076 ft	2,959 ft
PRAI	039	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		186 ft	1,206 ft	2,996 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	040	standard electric	57 ft	50 amp		90 ft	646 ft	2,912 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	041	standard electric	66 ft	50 amp		82 ft	558 ft	2,926 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	042	standard electric	63 ft	50 amp		110 ft	629 ft	3,022 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	043	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		74 ft	521 ft	3,019 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	044	standard electric	69 ft	50 amp		74 ft	538 ft	3,093 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	045	standard electric	71 ft	50 amp		99 ft	638 ft	3,157 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	046	standard electric	68 ft	50 amp		93 ft	542 ft	3,185 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	047	standard electric	69 ft	50 amp		89 ft	567 ft		$22–$24
PRAI	048	type not stated	60 ft	50 amp			1,117 ft	3,129 ft
PRAI	049	standard electric	51 ft	50 amp		90 ft	1,024 ft	3,192 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	050	type not stated	69 ft	50 amp			986 ft	3,079 ft
PRAI	051	standard electric	69 ft	50 amp		90 ft	936 ft	3,189 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	052	standard electric	67 ft	50 amp		89 ft	898 ft	3,097 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	053	standard electric	79 ft	50 amp		89 ft	823 ft	3,145 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	054	standard electric	54 ft	50 amp		109 ft	786 ft	3,267 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	055	standard electric	68 ft	50 amp		98 ft	727 ft	3,195 ft	$22–$24
PRAI	056	standard electric	57 ft	50 amp		89 ft	634 ft		$22–$24

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Sep 11, 2026

25 of 143 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate41.36500, -92.97361

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone641-828-7522

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Ivans0.3 mi

North Overlook Camp1.1 mi

Wallashuck2.6 mi

Whitebreast Camp2.7 mi

Fifield (IA)4.6 mi Roberts Creek East Campground5.3 mi

Getting there

1081 198th Place Pella, Iowa 50219

From Pella, Iowa, take Highway T-15 southwest for 5 miles, then turn east on Idaho Drive to 198th Place. Travel south and follow signs to campground.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight33°Mostly Clear then Areas Of Frost

Saturday59°Areas Of Frost then Sunny

Saturday Night39°Clear

Sunday66°Sunny

NWS forecast for Pella, IA

Source: National Weather Service, DMX forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 42°F, day 63°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 13°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°32°0°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: KNOXVILLE, IA (USC00134502), 7 miles away and 195 ft higher

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Mariannette Miller-Meeks, official portrait

Howell Station is in Iowa’s 1st congressional district. Its representative, Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 3 of the next 3 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 135 of the 143 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 143 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.8 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 32 rated federal campgrounds in Iowa · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (33 km) · Oct 13, 2026

Reported by: USA National Phenology Network (Nature's Notebook), reported patchy color · Oct 13, 2026

Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026