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Central Iowa · Story City, IA
Riverside Bible Camp
Riverside Bible Camp is a Lutheran Christian camp and retreat center on 123 acres along the Skunk River near Story City, Iowa. It has numerous lodging buildings ranging from a small family cabin to bunkhouse-style cabins, and its Dining Hall and Chapel each seat around 300. It hosts its own youth and family camps plus outside church, youth-group, and men's/women's/marriage retreats year-round.
Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11
300
Dines
300
Largest room seats
Getting there
- 1 h from Des Moines
- 1 h 25 min from Mason City
- 1 h 40 min from Waterloo
3001 Riverside Rd, Story City, IA 50248 · drive times are typical, not rush hour
On the property
Hiking trailsCampfire areasSports fieldsDisc golfWater sportsHorsesRopes course
The facts
| Lodging | Cabins (5 beds) · Cabins (14 beds) · Lodge rooms · Retreat houses (50 beds) · Cabins (8 beds) · Cabins (48 beds) · Retreat houses (28 beds) · Cabins (132 beds) · Cabins (48 beds) |
| Meals | Full food service or self-catering |
| Season | Year-round |
| Hosts | Youth groups · Families · Men's retreats · Women's retreats · Marriage retreats · Church leadership |
| Affiliation | Lutheran |
| Property | 123 acres |
| Established | 1943 |
| Phone | (515) 733-5271 |
Riverside was established in 1943 (as Riverside Lutheran Bible Camp) through the vision of Pastor A.J. Bringle, on the banks of the Skunk River just north of Story City.