Newton Hills

Dar Barto

Great place to camp. Camping spots are spacious and not right on top of each other. The camp host is very sweet and friendly as well as the other employees at this park. Very quiet. Has several full service bathrooms and showers as well as vault toilets around the park. Numerous walking trails with signs.

Dawn J

Newton Hills is a very family-friendly state park and campground located not too far off I-29 in the southeast corner of the state. The park is very family friendly with 4 playgrounds and family activities, including kids' movies on the Friday night that we were there. The park office rents bikes for use in the park and also sells firewood. The park emailed event information and confirmations in advance of our visit. They also attached a welcome packet with event information and maps on the post at our campsite. We stayed for one night in the Nuthatch Loop, near the showerhouse. We were able to level out our trailer at site 23E by parking near the edge of the site instead of the center. The park has about 120 sites as well as small cabins for rent. It was at about 80% occupancy on a Friday night in August. The park has a few small hiking trails (easy hikes) and one longer multi-use trail. Trailheads are very well marked. Cell reception in the campground was weak, but we were able to get a decent cell signal and even wi-fi at the park office at the entrance to the park.

Marcella Prokop

Home to the Sioux River folk festival, put on by the Friends of Traditional Music, Newton Hills is always magical, but especially so during the festival in early August. The mature trees provide ample shade, the facilities are great, and it's easy to get around this sprawling, wondrous place. If you do want to attend the festival and camp at that time, make sure to book your reservations 90 days in advance because sites fill the day they open.

Liz Jones

It was absolutely lovely. We enjoyed every part of it! The trails were stunning. We were in a tent and got a tent camping site. It was so clean and very nice. The showers where grate as well. The only downside to our trip was we couldn't find a place to swim. :(

robert barse

The park itself was nice. was hassled by a park employee while setting up camp regarding the trailer I was hauling my side by side on. what I don't understand about these workers is you can see that I'm actively trying to set up vamp. why not circle back after you see that camp is setup to tell us where to park our vehicles? something to work on there. also the firewood situation with the state parks is getting out of control. something seriously needs to be done about this. make firewood affordable again or let us bring our own. it's taking all the fun out of camping at state parks.