Iowa State Parks · Iowa
Wildcat Den State Park
Iowa State Parks · Iowa, United States
- Sites
- 21
- Hookups
- 21 no hookups
- Season
- May 1 to October 31
- Group sites
- Yes
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- No
- Dump station
- No
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 715 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 4
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile weak · Verizon weak · AT&T none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Nearest town
- Muscatine
- Address
- 1884 Wildcat Den Road
- Phone
- 563-263-4337
About
Wildcat Den State Park is an Iowa State Park campground offering 21 sites (no electric sites) near Muscatine.
Fees
Peak season (May 1-Oct 15) rates per night: nonelectric sites $14/night, youth group site $25/night. Rates include sales tax. A $4/night equestrian fee is bundled into equestrian-campground rates above where applicable (except youth group sites). A $4-$5/night surcharge applies on Memorial Day, Labor Day and July 4th holiday weekends. Off-season (Oct 16-Apr 30) rates run roughly $2-6/night lower than these May 1-Oct 15 peak-season rates for the same site type. (Iowa DNR's own official per-park camping rate schedule, iowadnr.gov, updated February 15, 2026.) Pets are allowed in Iowa state park campgrounds, subject to Iowa DNR's park regulations: "Pets shall not be left unattended in campgrounds" and "Privately owned animals shall be kept on a leash with a maximum length of six feet, or be kept confined." (iowadnr.gov's own park-use regulations.)
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 13° | -22° | 55° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 35° | 20° | -13° | 66° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 48° | 30° | 5° | 76° | 10 of 11 |
| April | 61° | 40° | 24° | 81° | 5 of 11 |
| May | 72° | 55° | 39° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 82° | 64° | 48° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 85° | 68° | 60° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 82° | 66° | 57° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 80° | 61° | 50° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 63° | 46° | 29° | 83° | 2 of 10 |
| November | 50° | 32° | 8° | 73° | 7 of 10 |
| December | 38° | 25° | -11° | 70° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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