Media outlets in Iowa reported that RV parks and campgrounds across the state opened up under health and safety restrictions this weekend. Despite the lack of public amenities such as shower houses, many families and individual travelers took to the parks this weekend.
For the first time in more than a month, Iowa’s campgrounds reopened this weekend for short-term camping.
Though campsites are back open, there are some restrictions still in place, KCRG reported. Shower houses and restrooms remain closed, so people who camp need to have a portable toilet or bathroom in their RV or camper, and there can’t be any more than six people at a single campsite. No visitors are allowed at campsites unless they’re staying in the park as well. Campers are also required to follow social distancing guidelines.
Click here to read the full story from KCRG in Iowa.
Campgrounds at Iowa’s state parks opened at 8 a.m. Friday, and before 11 that morning, there were already RVs and tents saving campsites at Hitchcock Nature Center in Honey Creek, KETV reported. Campsites have reopened, but many of the park’s amenities remain closed.
“There are no facilities open to the public at this time, so that includes pit toilets or restrooms, showers, outhouses, things of that nature,” Jeff Franco, Pottawattamie County Conservation operations director, told KETV.
That means that camping is BYOB – “bring your own bathroom.”
In Nebraska, campsites at select state parks will open for RV camping on May 20.
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