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Buck Creek Campground, Rathbun Lake, Centerville IA

Camped at Buck Creek Campground, Centerville IA, May 11, 2011
Camped at Buck Creek Campground, Centerville IA, May 11, 2011

Buck Creek is located at beautiful Rathbun Lake, also known as Iowa's Ocean. Just 4.5 miles southwest of Moravia and 9 miles northwest of Centerville, the campground offers 42 electric campsites, 1 group picnic shelter, showers, restrooms, and dump stations located in the park. Activities include camping, fishing, boating, and swimming. A marina and a bait shop are located nearby.

Buck Creek Campground, Rathbun Lake, Centerville IA

Nights I've camped here

As My Breathing Evened Out

As my breathing evened out, I began to notice other sensations. The water felt different from any other water I'd ever swum in, as if it were more solid than fluid, as though I were swimming through a liquid Sno-Kone. [swimming in 33 degree water / 34 degree air]

Swimming To Antarctica, Lynne Cox, The New Yorker, February 3, 2003

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