Riverton WMA
Iowa DNR Wildlife Management Area — about 4,071 acres, Fremont County. Primitive camping is allowed statewide on Iowa DNR wildlife areas by rule — no permit, no camping fee — for up to 14 consecutive days, UNLESS that area posts restrictions on site (Iowa Admin. Code r. 571-51.11). The DNR can close any individual area to camping just by putting up a sign, and there is no statewide list of which ones have, so read the signs at the entrance and treat a posted restriction as final. Iowa DNR's own camping article also says to stay 100+ yards from parking lots, boat ramps and jetties; that sentence was dropped from the rule in the June 2025 rewrite, but it is still good practice and may be posted locally. These are working wildlife areas, not campgrounds: expect a gravel parking area and nothing else — no water, no toilet, no table, no fire ring. Pack water in and everything out. Fall is a hard time to use these: Iowa's shotgun deer seasons and waterfowl season put a lot of hunters on WMAs, and blaze orange plus a different destination is the smarter call. The pin is a representative point inside the official DNR boundary, NOT a campsite or a parking lot — scout the actual access off the DNR atlas before you commit to it after dark.
Everything you need — measured from Riverton WMA · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IA
- @Mail1 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- +Urgent care5 mi
- EVEV fast charger5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- WWater6 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- LLaundry15 mi
- DDump34 mi
- AAir-up34 mi
- PPropane38 mi
- OOutfitter39 mi
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Riverton WMA
Nearby & resupply — around Riverton WMA · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWest Nishnabotna River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townRiverton · ~1.2 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~5.9 mi
- FuelFuel · ~4.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesSidney Foods · ~5.2 mi
- PharmacyHy-Vee Pharmacy · ~11.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicGeorge C. Grape Community Hospital · ~6.7 mi
- HardwareNebraska City Do ist best · ~14.4 mi
EV charging — from Riverton WMA · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger4.7 mi straight-line NW — 505 Filmore Street, Sidney, IA · CHARGELAB · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 33 within 50 · 70 within 100 · 215 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)11.0 mi — Sapp Bros Travel Center - Tesla Supercharger, Percival
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.7 mi — Shenandoah Hospital · NOODOE · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 455593 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Riverton WMA · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaWatson NB (TPF) · ~10.7 mi S
- Highway rest areaRockport SB Welcome Center (WC) · ~21.3 mi S
Open Riverton WMA elsewhere
Other camps near Riverton WMA
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Lake Shawtee WMA~10.7 mi
- Star School Hill Prairie Conservation Area~10.8 mi
- Lower Hamburg Bend Conservation Area~12.6 mi
- Riverview SRA~14.1 mi · fee
How we know this — Riverton WMA
What we don’t know about Riverton WMA
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it