About Prairie Flower Recreation Area
Number of accommodations: 153
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
Most popular amenities
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 (618)
What Guests Are Saying
Prairie Flower Recreation Area is a well-maintained campground featuring spacious, clean sites with large concrete pads and excellent facilities, including spotless restrooms and friendly staff. Many visitors appreciate the quiet atmosphere and proximity to recreational activities in nearby Ames, Ankeny, and Des Moines. Some suggestions for improvement include adding more paved sites and addressing overgrown grass and weeds, but overall, guests express a strong desire to return for future visits.
What Guests Are Saying
Prairie Flower Recreation Area is a well-maintained campground featuring spacious, clean sites with large concrete pads and excellent facilities, including spotless restrooms and friendly staff. Many visitors appreciate the quiet atmosphere and proximity to recreational activities in nearby Ames, Ankeny, and Des Moines. Some suggestions for improvement include adding more paved sites and addressing overgrown grass and weeds, but overall, guests express a strong desire to return for future visits.
Review Summary
Kevin A
VerifiedOctober 13, 2022 • Stayed at: B56, Loop: BLAZ
Love the spacious lots!
Gregory C
VerifiedOctober 9, 2022 • Stayed at: C84, Loop: CONE
Very nice and well maintained campground. Staff is friendly and always helpful. Very sorry to hear Prairie Flower will be closed the entire 2023 camping season. Very hard to understand how a sewage upgrade/repair can take that long.
Joe F
VerifiedOctober 7, 2022 • Stayed at: C86, Loop: CONE
This is a wonderful campground and we always stay here when traveling through this area!
John & Jackie M
VerifiedOctober 6, 2022 • Stayed at: C83, Loop: CONE
We needed a place we could get our Motorhome cleaned out/up after being in repair shops and storage for almost 2 years. Prairie Flower was the perfect place for us. It's close to our home and the view was lovely. Although it's almost at the end of the camping season here, the weather was beautiful and there were a lot of campers still taking advantage of it. The spots are nice a level concrete and nice and wide. We had a 38' Tiffin and there was plenty of room.
Laura F
VerifiedOctober 3, 2022 • Stayed at: H183, Loop: HONE
Nice site. Some traffic noise but tollible. Good verizon cell phone coverage.
Don P
VerifiedSeptember 30, 2022 • Stayed at: B41, Loop: BLAZ
Always enjoy this campground.
Susan K
VerifiedSeptember 30, 2022 • Stayed at: C87, Loop: CONE
Great spot! Very clean restrooms. Great campground. Plenty of room.
Richard S
VerifiedSeptember 27, 2022 • Stayed at: C98, Loop: CONE
Excellent roads inside the campground and the sites were huge and level. Power was excellent, very stable.
Lyle B
VerifiedSeptember 26, 2022 • Stayed at: B40, Loop: BLAZ
Perfect setting, but at the new gray water dump the concrete and rim slope made difficult to use standard hose connection.
Julie T
VerifiedSeptember 25, 2022 • Stayed at: B50, Loop: BLAZ
Great spot and superior hosts!
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.
Latitude & Longitude: 41.7483 / -93.6875
Elevation: 286 feet
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: June 3, 2026