Prairie Flower Campground

Friendly workers. Clean and manicured facility. Lots of dump stations. Potable water pumps throughout the park. Noon checkout time is too early. 25'ish miles to the High Trestle Bridge. HTB Trail is awesome and has lots of fun stop offs and a few bathrooms along the way. Can start the trail in Ankeny which is only 5-8 miles eastward from Prairie Flower.

Since I don't own an oversized luxury camper, I probably looked like the Beverly Hillbilly from California until the trailer park boys moved in across the road. First off the campground is Prairie Flower; therefore, I had to search for the flowers. The trails are very well marked and there are a few splendous varieties to be seen. The campground is spacious to be sure. I was in slot B38 and there was plenty of room for expansion. All sites have electric. With my parks discount I only spent 11$ a night. Can't beat that price even though I really have no need for the electric. Sites don't have many shade trees directly. But, there are trees and I spent time chasing the shade. The heat was directing my exertion level and erecting the screen house seemed like too much sweat. I didn't have bug issues. The northern loop sites looked like modern day wagon train groupings. And the volleyball court was very well groomed. Large oversize play equipment for children.

Prairie Flower campground was recently updated (2023) with major improvements. In spring of 2024 parts of the park were hit with weather related events that destroyed a lot of trees around sites. But regardless, we love coming/staying at this campground.

Our favorite campground at Saylorville lake. Campsites are huge and spaced well apart for privacy. Most sites now have concrete pads for your camper and fire pit. Quite a few playgrounds scattered around for the kids. Plenty of dump stations. Well kept and clean facilities.

This is an excellent Army Corp Campground. We got a site large enough for our 43 ft diesel Motorhome. Close to Des Moines. Beautiful lake. We had a great 3 day stay. Visited Des Moines, Toured the State Capital. Had great dinners. We will definitely come back.

This campground is amazing! Spacious concrete pads. Really nice playgrounds. Very clean shower and bathrooms. Showers are spacious. Only downfall was no water hookups at the sites.

My family camps here yearly. We love the parks and the easy access to the bathroom. They are revamping the areas so shade can be a problem. Some spots are completely paved but some are not.