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Price
$16 - $19/night
Booking
Reservable
Sites
95 campsites
Season
Year-round
Cell
Unknown
Pets
Very Pet Friendly
Select a month, then check for open campsites
Price
$16 - $19/night
Booking
Reservable
Sites
95 campsites
Season
Year-round
Cell
Unknown
Pets
Very Pet Friendly
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680 Road M47, Harlan, Iowa, 51537, United States
Anglers, families, and tent campers who want a real lakeside site for under $20 a night. Site 13 has water views and a nearby pump; upper-drive sites get better breezes and are closer to the shower house. Seven miles of trail cover hiking and biking.
One shower building for 95 sites is a genuine squeeze on busy summer weekends. Add chiggers, humid-season mosquitoes, and occasional algae closing the swim beach, and summer comfort takes work. Pack bug spray and leveling blocks if you're hauling an RV.
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Summer brings daytime highs in the mid-70s to low-90s°F and overnight lows in the 50s-60s, with July and August offering the warmest lake temperatures for swimming and boating. Late spring through early summer is popular for camping when wildflowers bloom and temperatures are milder. Summer can be humid, especially after rain, which brings mosquitoes and chiggers. Bug spray is recommended. Upper campground sites catch better breezes than lower ones. Winter sees occasional use for quiet walks and ice fishing, though most facilities close.
Peak season for swimming, boating, fishing; warm temps but also peak bugs and occasional algae.
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Prairie Rose State Park offers a wide variety of amenities to enhance the camping experience. There are facilities for picnicking, shelters with electricity, shower houses, restrooms, potable water, and firewood sales. The park features modern restrooms with showers in the east campground, and non-modern restroom facilities in the west campground. Firewood is available for purchase from May to September. A dump station is located in the east campground, while the campgrounds also include community hydrants for water. Sites are equipped with fire rings and picnic tables, and the park provides handicap access along with other facilities like fish cleaning stations, basketball courts, horseshoe pits, and playgrounds.
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Site #13 is praised for its water views and proximity to a water pump.
Site #4 offers views of the Loess Hills, but sites on the upper road are recommended for better breezes and restroom access.
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