Self storage near McGregor, IA: 8x20 units at our Garnavillo facility
24 minutes from McGregor — 13 miles by road on US-18 / IA-340. One unit size: 8′ × 20′ shipping container, about 1,280 cu ft. Same rate at every BSU facility — $65/mo on annual (saves $180/yr) or $80/mo month-to-month. 24/7 drive-up access from your first cleared payment.
Tourist town across the Mississippi from Prairie du Chien; gateway to Pikes Peak State Park.
Getting to Garnavillo from McGregor
Twenty-four minutes on the river road. For seasonal shop stock that goes in come October and comes back out in May, that is two trips and the annual rate is straightforward. If you are pulling inventory in and out through the season, the delivered container is probably the better tool.
Route measured 24 minutes (13 miles) via US-18 and IA-340 from the center of McGregor to the facility address — not straight-line distance. Prefer we bring it to you? Portable storage delivered to McGregor.
Storage in McGregor, IA
A tourist river town below Pikes Peak, with a seasonal business cycle.
McGregor is a town of about 740 that hosts a great many more than that every summer. Pikes Peak State Park sits above it on a 500-foot bluff overlooking the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi, and Effigy Mounds National Monument — more than 200 prehistoric mounds — is seven miles north. Main Street runs to antique dealers, specialty shops and booksellers, several of which trade from May to October and then close for the winter.
A seasonal retail town has a storage problem most towns don't: stock and fixtures that need somewhere to live for five months of the year, every year. Add the recreational gear that comes with living on this stretch of river and you have the two things McGregor customers most often bring us. The Garnavillo yard is 13 miles away, roughly 24 minutes on the river road.
- County
- Clayton County
- Population
- ~800
- Nearest units
- Garnavillo, IA
- Drive
- 13 mi · 24 min
What's open at Garnavillo right now
3 of 11 units are open at Garnavillo — that's 73% full. At this level units usually go within a week or two, so if the timing in McGregor matters, reserve rather than plan to.
Counts come from our live inventory system and refresh hourly.
Storing in McGregor? Pick annual.
If your storage timeline in McGregor is longer than nine months, the annual rate wins. $65/mo locked for 12 months saves $180/yr compared to $80/mo month-to-month, and you won't hit a mid-year rate change. If you genuinely think you'll be in and out in under a season — say, between two moves — the month-to-month option is cleaner. We don't do hidden fees and we don't do introductory teaser rates that step up later.
One thing specific to McGregor: at 24 minutes out, the annual rate is almost always the right pick, because the drive is cheap enough that you won't talk yourself into the pricier delivered option halfway through.
Best for: home-to-home moves with no firm end date, ag/contractor seasonal storage, and college-cycle storage around McGregor.
Best for: short bridge between moves, post-flood/renovation cleanup, job-site project of known duration.
Over 12 months versus month-to-month. The break-even is ~9 months — anything beyond and annual is straight money saved.
What McGregor customers actually put in an 8x20
The unit is about 1,280 cubic feet — the contents of a 3-bedroom home with the appliances, or a full-size pickup with room to walk around it. Drive-up access means you back a trailer right to the door: no hallways, no lift, no booking a loading dock. What actually shows up varies by town, and in the Mississippi River corridor it skews like this:
Seasonal tourist-business stock and fixtures over the winter
Recreational gear near the Pikes Peak State Park side of the river
Household overflow in a town of small, old houses
McGregor is home to roughly 800 people in Clayton County. Our nearest units sit 13 miles away in Garnavillo, IA — 24 minutes door to gate.
Many people from the McGregor area use us for seasonal storage, especially when recreational gear or extra vehicles need a place during the off-season. It’s a simple way to free up valuable space at home.
Common questions from McGregor
At 24 minutes each way, yes for almost any timeline. Once you're moved in most McGregor customers visit a handful of times a year, and $65/mo on annual is hard to beat by driving less far.
Yes. 24/7 gate access starts the day your first payment clears. Same code, same gate, no time restrictions.
We standardize on the 8x20 shipping container. If you need significantly less space, an 8x20 may still be the right call — splitting belongings across two facilities usually costs more than slightly over-buying once.
If you'd rather we bring the container to you, see our portable storage in McGregor page — $100/mo annual or $120/mo month-to-month, plus a delivery fee based on distance from our Garnavillo yard.
Reserve a unit at Garnavillo
$65/mo on annual · 24/7 access · no setup fee · sign electronically in 5 minutes