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About Prairie Flower Recreation Area
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
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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 (809)
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
Emily W
VerifiedSeptember 15, 2026 • Stayed at: A25, Loop: ASTE
Easy access to bike path, nice playground, clean shower house. Pesky raccoons though.
James D
VerifiedSeptember 18, 2026 • Stayed at: D121, Loop: DOGB
Love the cement sites
Barbara P
VerifiedSeptember 18, 2026 • Stayed at: B62, Loop: BLAZ
Great campground, spacious sites , concrete pads.
There is no water at sites so be sure to fill prior to parking
Good antenna service
Carol R
VerifiedSeptember 18, 2026 • Stayed at: A07, Loop: ASTE
The grounds and the care to the park is amazing!
HOWEVER do NOT assume this is dog friendly…
At all. I had been there for 3 full days when a volunteer and his wife told me my dogs couldn’t bark. The are (2 in particular) highly reactive dogs. They didn’t like that they got barked at and then came back to me and told me that they’d had complaints(obviously false) or they would have been out sooner than 3 days. Told me kids wouldn’t ride past on their bikes. Even my service dog was barking at them, as they were hostile(especially his wife). Given this was mid week, I was leaving less than 48 hours later. Chastised me and left in their golf cart, never came back. Very very unwelcoming considering for 3 days they didn’t even know I was there.
The workers and maintenance guys met were wonderful and met my dogs with zero issues.
I will absolutely be addressing this with the DOD and the district Lieutenant.
Darvish S
VerifiedSeptember 20, 2026 • Stayed at: H184, Loop: HONE
The site we had in the Honeysuckle loop was (literally) about 25 ft away from a busy highway. At times the traffic was loud enough on Friday evening that we had to nearly yell at each other to hear. Other than that, it was great.
Kenneth H
VerifiedSeptember 20, 2026 • Stayed at: H180, Loop: HONE
Campground is great. Wasn’t as happy with our choice of sites in the H area. Quite a bit of road noise from the adjacent HWY 415.
Joe M
VerifiedSeptember 21, 2026 • Stayed at: D116, Loop: DOGB
Showers great, warm clean and well stocked. Grounds very clean. Enjoy the space between campers. Enjoyed space riding bike around entire campgrounds and down to lake.
Steve S
VerifiedSeptember 25, 2026 • Stayed at: A08, Loop: ASTE
Nice big spots. Crabby host.
Sherie D
VerifiedSeptember 27, 2026 • Stayed at: C104, Loop: CONE
Love the Coneflower campground. Enjoyed the Neil Smith bike trail. Clean restrooms.
Patricia O
VerifiedSeptember 27, 2026 • Stayed at: B32, Loop: BLAZ
We had a family gathering with children at Blazingstar 32. Level site, large concrete pad, excellent playground near the site. The level site was critical as our leveling system went out when we arrived and being level was necessary for the use of our fridge. We were originally in Aster and making the change through Recreation.gov was amazingly easy. B 32 was right across from the entrance and near the parking lot, so perfect for our gathering! I always enjoy our stays at Saylorville Reservoir, we travel in a 38" DP.
Location & Directions for Prairie Flower Recreation Area
Saylorville Lake Administration Office, 5600 Nw 78 Th Avenue, Johnston, IA 50131-1941 United States
Elevation: 286 ft
Getting There
From I-35, take exit 90 to Ankeny/Oralabor Road and go west for 4.8 mi. The road turns into Highway 415, continue and follow signs to the campground.
Highway access
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.
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: October 18, 2026
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