“Featuring over 20 Campsites!”
Overview Acorn Valley Campground is located on the 26,000-acre Saylorville Lake Project, which stretches over 50 miles up the Des Moines River Valley. The lake provides a wide variety of recreational activities, including camping, bicycling, boating, swimming, fishing, hiking and hunting.Recreation Anglers enjoy the lake for its abundance of walleye, wiper, largemouth bass, catfish, crappie and northern pike. The paved Neal Smith Trail winds 24 miles from Des Moines to Big Creek State Park and connects the campgrounds on the east side of the lake. It is designated as a National Recreation Trail and is used for biking, hiking, jogging, walking and in-line skating.Facilities The campground offers 29 family sites with electric hookups and 54 primitive walk-to tent sites. The campground also features 2 group tent camping areas; a youth group camping area with special restrictions to organized youth as well as a standard group area open to all visitors. Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water and a dump station. Nearby facilities include picnic areas with group shelters, boat ramps, a marina and a fishing dock.Natural Features The mature Bur Oaks at the entrance to Acorn Valley beckon visitors to explore its 26 acres on the fringe of an upland timber stand. Wildlife is abundant throughout the area. White-tailed deer, turkeys, pheasants, waterfowl and other small game animals roam the lands around the lake.
Reviews of Acorn Valley Campground
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Ratings Summary
Cell Coverage
Verizon 4G
Confirmed by 2 users | Last reported on August 06, 2021T-Mobile 5G
Confirmed by 1 users | Last reported on June 02, 2022Reviews
Who thought it was a good idea to put loud bells in a children’s play set on a tent only campground?? Revile every morning at 7am? Yep. Tent sites crowded together so close you can hear your neighbor whisper, sites that arent cleaned after each use (fire rings look as though they haven’t been cleaned in years) and gate attendants who would rather not deal with you make this campground less than desirable. Won’t return.
Nightly Rate: $10.00
Days Stayed: 14
Site Number: -
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
No problems here and the site was lovely. Spaced well and not crowded on this side. We were here during the week but would highly recommend. The public shower was a problem with the water availablity. (You had to keep pushing the valve to keep it coming) but everything else was fine.
Nightly Rate: $26.00
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 21
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
This very well maintained campground is alcohol free. The sites are big so each RV and camper has their privacy. (Mine was next to an irrigated pond with a family of ducks living here). Friendly caretakers.
Electric hookups only but water and dumps are close.
Nightly Rate: $22.00
Days Stayed: 2
Site Number: 3
RV Length: 32 ft
RV Type: Class A
Cell Coverage Rating
T-Mobile 5G
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Parking
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Pets Allowed
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Restrooms
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Wifi
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Wheelchair Accessible
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Credit Cards Accepted
- Check In
- 4:00 PM
- Check Out
- 3:00 PM
- Last Nightly Rate
- 22.0
- Longest Vehicle Length Reported
- 32 ft
- Lowest Nightly Rate
- 10.0
- Max Length
- 45 ft
- Max Stay
- 14
- Sites Count
- 91
- Standard Tent Sites Count
- 79
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Paved Sites
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Fifty Amp
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Full Hookup
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Pull Through
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Tent Sites
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Dump Station
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Big Rigs
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Open Seasonally
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Age Restricted
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Boondock
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Cabin Sites
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Dispersed Sites
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Firewood
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Fulltime Residents
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Group Tent Sites
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Laundry
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Mobile Homes
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Permit Required
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Potable Water
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Propane
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Public Water
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Pull Through RV Sites
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Reservations
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Sewer Hookup
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Showers
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Sites
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Standard Tent Sites
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Vehicle Wash Permitted
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Water Hookup
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