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About Prairie Flower Recreation Area
Number of accommodations: 153
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
Most popular amenities
Playground
RV Utilities and Hookups
- Dump station on site
Water and Hygiene
- Potable Water
On Site Services
- Playground
Water Access
- Beach Access
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Reviews (756)
What Guests Are Saying
Prairie Flower Recreation Area is praised for its beautiful scenery, spacious and clean campsites, and well-maintained facilities, including restrooms and showers. Reviewers highlight the friendly staff, excellent biking trails, and proximity to nearby amenities, making it an ideal spot for families and gatherings. Some minor concerns include uneven parking spots for RVs and occasional maintenance needs, but overall, visitors express a strong desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Prairie Flower Recreation Area is praised for its beautiful scenery, spacious and clean campsites, and well-maintained facilities, including restrooms and showers. Reviewers highlight the friendly staff, excellent biking trails, and proximity to nearby amenities, making it an ideal spot for families and gatherings. Some minor concerns include uneven parking spots for RVs and occasional maintenance needs, but overall, visitors express a strong desire to return.
Review Summary
Jermaine B
VerifiedOctober 5, 2025 • Stayed at: C75, Loop: CONE
Praire Flower is our go to at Saylorville. Some of the things we like are spacious sites, bike paths for riding or walking, plenty of dump stations. Each loop feels like it own campground.
Robert M
VerifiedOctober 3, 2025 • Stayed at: C102, Loop: CONE
Usually camp on A26, but went to C100 cement pad was great.
Carl L
VerifiedOctober 2, 2025 • Stayed at: C80, Loop: CONE
Great spot overlooking the water and clean facilities. Family enjoyed the walking paths and biking.
Kevin S
VerifiedOctober 1, 2025 • Stayed at: D132, Loop: DOGB
This campground was very nice. Big sites lots of shade. The restrooms and showers were very clean. The camphosts were the best. They were so helpful and friendly.
JEROME L
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2025 • Stayed at: C94, Loop: CONE
Sites are kept up very nicely. Quiet, peaceful and friendly. We travel a lot to COE and this campground is cared for extremely well. The volunteers at section C did an amazing job in the shower houses. When we arrived the floors were still damp from the cleaning and the following morning they were just leaving the shower house... they cleaned again. A big Thank You to the volunteers!!! We appreciate You!!!
Chad R
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2025 • Stayed at: B45, Loop: BLAZ
Large sites with concrete pads. Bath houses clean and updated.
Stephanie R
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2025 • Stayed at: D125, Loop: DOGB
We always have a great time at this campground.
We booked a site last minute in a loop I wasn’t familiar with and unfortunately arrived to a spot covered in black walnuts. With many still falling (late September). We were in our brand new camper with solar panels on the roof and a one year old who would definitely be kept up by the sound of walnuts hitting the roof, so this wasn’t going to work. They allowed us to move spots with no issues or charges.
Bathrooms are always clean. Great playgrounds for kids. And the Polk City Casey’s is a short drive away and they make GREAT pizza! This was the last weekend of the season for us but we already have multiple stays planned next summer.
Cara W
VerifiedSeptember 28, 2025 • Stayed at: B51, Loop: BLAZ
Perfect spot, only complaint was the sun was brutal for a couple hours in the evening. But there was a tree with shade that we sat under until the sun set more.
Pam M
VerifiedSeptember 28, 2025 • Stayed at: A17, Loop: ASTE
Fire pit in this site is so full of ash that without us cleaning it we couldn’t use the grill grates.
The site was also rated for a larger camper and it was difficult for even an experienced individual to back in with the camp site across the road being occupied.
Arthur M
VerifiedSeptember 26, 2025 • Stayed at: C83, Loop: CONE
Clean and quiet, one of my favorite places.
Location Prairie Flower Recreation Area
Address:
Saylorville Lake Administration Office, 5600 Nw 78 Th Avenue
Johnston, IA, 50131-1941
United States
From I-35, take exit 90 to Ankeny/Oralabor Road and go west for 4.8 miles. The road turns into Highway 415, continue and follow signs to the campground.
Prairie Flower Recreation Area is accessible via Iowa State Highway 415, which is approximately 5 miles to the east. Interstate 80 is about 20 miles to the north.
Elevation: 286 feet
8.3 mi drive to downtown Johnston (about 13 min)
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
2PM
Check out time
12PM
General
- Click here for more information
- Click here for a virtual tour of the Saylorville Lake area.
- Quiet Hours: From 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Campgrounds are restricted to registered campers during these hours. Visitors must leave by 10:00 p.m. Gates remain open 24/7.
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Last updated: September 7, 2026
