Oakwood RV Park

The park was easy to find. It is located not far from the freeway. There is pavement all the way except for a short strip of gravel. The park roads are gravel and in good condition. Signage is adequate. Check in was efficient and friendly. CASH or CHEQUE on;y. We were escorted to our site. The rules are fairly basic and it seems they are serious about enforcement. Be aware that not all doga are allowed.

Our site, 57, was a pull thru that was easily long enough for our Coach and Towed. Services (30 amp, water and sewer only) were to the left side. Distancing could be an iossue when the parkis full. Sites are two per slot but opposing sides. All sites have a concrete patio with grass and mature trees. Each site has a table and a fire pit. Our site was flat and even. Overall the park was clean and nicley groomed.

We did not use park included wifi. There is NO cable TV. We did not find any OTA channels. Satellite might be difficult. We did not use the laundramat, washrooms or showers but we checked and found them clean but dated.

There are no restaurants or stores within easy walking distance but just a short drive away you can find food, shopping and convenience stores. We found this park to be an okay overnighter. We paid $40.00 per night and we feel we received fair value. We will be back if in the area again.

This is a really nice family run RV park with very long and wide pull through spaces that have a nice grass and tree buffer between them.
Mike and Shelly are quite friendly and you can tell they enjoy running this park.
The park is across from the south shore of Clear Lake, and is only 3 mi or so from the freeway.

This was was awesome. Well groomed and the people were awesome. Lots of shade and close to the Surf Ballroom if you’re a Buddy Holly fan. The staff also gave us directions to the crash site of Buddy Holly. You can also visit the funeral home where all three stars were taken care of as well.

We had a really nice stay four times at what we think is a very nice campground (Oakwood Campground, Clear Lake, Iowa) with great pull through sites with full hookup. We thought we were getting along fine with the management and they had not informed us of any issues. Mind you this was the first that we knew of any problem after staying 4 times in one summer. We are, basicly, rule followers and have never had a problem over many decades of camping. We respect that it entails a lot of hard work to run a campground well.
We acknowledge that we were wrong and made a mistake. We overstayed past noon without asking for an extension. Management approached us very agitated, accused us of overstaying and planning to winterize. She did not accept our apology, our explanation that we were not winterizing on the campground property or our offer to pay. The other half of the management then stopped in his pickup truck and yelled. "This better not ever happen again." I went to visit with him to tell him we were sorry and did not mean to intentionally frustrate or anger them. I apologized again as my husband and daughter had. I shared that we really enjoyed the campground. He did not want to visit with me and kept saying, "We are not going to talk about this."He blamed us for coming in too close to closing time twice. Apparently, 15 minutes prior to closing is too late. Blamed us for not reading the rules (we had). Blamed us for planning to winterize (he would not listen to find out we were not planning to winterize). We have never winterized in a campground. We sent a check for more than our over stay and they sent it back voided. Mind you we had had no unkind words with this couple previous to this situation. We were the ones being yelled at and unable to visit civilly with them. We tried. We did not yell or act belligerently towards either of them. I expect management to be able to inform us of a mistake we made in a civil manner not in a belligerent or threatening manner. I also expect to be able to do the right thing to make amends if we are wrong and have made a mistake.

We stayed overnight on our way to our family vacation destination. We loved it so much that we came back through on our way back home to stay a few days. The campgrounds hosts are super nice, check in is very organized and efficient and the campground is well maintained. The sites are big and the nearby downtown appears to be really nice.
Side note: there is a pizza place in town that delivers to your site!!