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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
James F
VerifiedNovember 2, 2022 • Stayed at: B50, Loop: BLAZ
What a beautiful campground. We loved our 3 day stay. Definitely will come back.
Here is my YouTube Review
https://youtu.be/kxkyhMBW0Ss
Susie M
VerifiedOctober 24, 2022 • Stayed at: A26, Loop: ASTE
Prairie Flower is my favorite camping area at Saylorville. The sites are spread out and the campground is super clean and well maintained. I really like B and C sites since they are concrete pads, but they are so hard to get.
Pat P
VerifiedOctober 23, 2022 • Stayed at: D126, Loop: DOGB
Excellent campground and facilities. Very clean and spacious. Disappointing that it will be closed for the entire 2023 camping season.
Paul N
VerifiedOctober 18, 2022 • Stayed at: C94, Loop: CONE
Prairie flower is a premiere camper location. Nice concrete pads and clean shower houses.
Daniel M
VerifiedOctober 17, 2022 • Stayed at: C112, Loop: CONE
Location was lovely and the staff was very helpful. When I had an issue with my AC the lady at the check in cabin was able to recommend a local service tech to help fix it. Campground is well maintained and easy to navigate. There's a newly installed 3rd dump station too, 2 facing north and one facing south, for easy access from either direction. For the sites with concrete pads they seem to be very level and the gravel pads are pretty good too, didn't have any issues leveling without needing blocks.
Mike L
VerifiedOctober 16, 2022 • Stayed at: D132, Loop: DOGB
We always enjoy our time at Prairie Flower campground
Everyone is helpful and the showers are clean
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.
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
