Reviews

Shane Havick

Great campground with everything you need for a fun and easy getaway. The sites on the south side are a perfect size, and the loop layout makes it ideal when multiple families are camping together. It’s just a quick drive to the lake and conveniently close to plenty of restaurants, fun activities, and stores if you forget anything at home. The camp hosts were fantastic—very friendly, welcoming, and kept the entire campground in excellent shape. Highly recommend!

Jeremy Bartlett

Great place for a night, weekend, or weekong adventure! Great access to the lake, clean bathrooms, spacious sites, generally quiet neighbors. Highly recommend when in the area.

Trisha Hansen

Grass was TOO tall to walk thru...clumps of grass from previous mowing...lots of bugs compared to previous years

Robin Bills

We stayed in Honeysuckle Loop, site 180 in our 25' travel trailer. The site was large, private, and shady, but no one warned us about the busy highway right behind us! There was loud traffic noise virtually 24/7 that disturbed the our peace and sleep, even the pets'. It was tricky backing into the site due to untrimmed tree overhang that blocked access to our slideout without tricky angled parking. The restrooms and showers were clean. It was nice that the showers had locking doors, not just a flimsy curtain, and there were plenty of shower houses to accommodate this large campground. Some loops, like the one with a lake view, have little shade, so I guess our shade was a tradeoff for the traffic noise, since it was in the 90s and humid. Do not bother going to nearby Polk City for necessities. The laundromat and only grocery store are closed on Sundays. Ankeny is just a little further away the other direction and has everything you could need. Our site was much further from the lake than anticipated, and we were not allowed to take our dog to the beach, anyway. This campground was okay, but probably won't be back. Update July 5, 2025: There are "no fireworks" signs everywhere that were completely ignored last night throughout the whole campground. Our animals were terrified, and we got no sleep. Most of the offenders had their own dogs that they didn't care about traumatising. And our new neighbor runs his generator 24/7 despite having electrical hookup. Rangers and hosts did nothing. We will NEVER return here. We would leave now, but on July 4th weekend we are stuck.

Renee Gleason

Each loop offers something a little different. Loop c has many views of the lake. Loop A has good size spots ,but is gravel and my not be level. Loop D has concrete pads on most sites. They have great group sites for groups of 4 up to 10+

Pamela Bond

It is a great campground but the water temperature in ladies showers in the A campground bathhouse is WAY too Hot and the handicap shower is out of order. We camped at A08 and the weeds were way overgrown! I saw the lawn maintenance coming with weedeaters so I moved everything out of their way..thinking that they were going to weedeat around our campsite but they disappeared and never came close! I had to shower outside our RV with shorts and a workout bra to get a cooler water temperature that I could tolerate! Won't be booking the A campground again.

Jessica Weltz

We had a fantastic stay at this campground. Clean bathrooms and showers, a great playground for the kids and a lot of space between camp sites. Beautiful space as well, lots of trees and birds.

Victor Mckinney

Little high priced

P W

Good luck booking any camping spot with a view of the lake. I'm not sure how the process works. Six months in advance, it is impossible to get a spot with any kind of view. You apparently must know somebody.

Chasin 70s

This was our first stay at a COE campground. What a lovely surprise. This park, located on Saylorville Lake, has a lot of campsites. Most of these sites are large concrete pads and have a lot of space between your neighbors. Very quite and peacefull campground. It is conveniently located about 10 minutes west of Akeny, IA so you are close to any kind of shopping or restaurants you may need while staying here. Des Moines is also not too far away. There is a beach that had beautiful sunsets every night we were there. We camped at Prairie Flower Recreation Area COE in a Fifth Wheel. We stayed in site B63.

Rita Geisinger

Very nice, very quiet campground. Sites are decent size, with space between so you're not directly beside your neighbors. Several bath/shower houses & several playgrounds.

Rebecca Rickett

I think this place is pretty nice. Very spacious, well kept. The only things that they lack are water on the sites, but they provide close by, and more access to the lake. I definitely recommend this place and I would stay here again :)

Terry Althoff

Very nice campsites. Peaceful and quiet 🤫