Dower Lake Recreation Area — Reviews

Site had been hive at electrical hook up. Host laughed when I was finally able to reach him. Said he'd be there in 5 min, waited 30 and had to leave.Shower room were dark and not very clean. Water is very hard stained and smelly.

Family friendly and no shortage of wood for camp fires. The playground, swimming area, and fishing pier were all well-utilized during our stay. Thank you DLRA!

Would have been helpful to know about the town celebration. Trains blowing horns multiple times throughout the night. Bathroom signs were unprofessional. Need better verbiage.

It was a good stay I would say a suggestion would be to have garbage cans maybe not at each site but maybe down each row? And there was also I believe a homeless person that kept coming over to the shelter that we had rented and paid money for, she kept interrupting and wanted to charge her phones. She was rude when we told her to wait till after we are all done. Very comfortable and nice area. Would definitely come back and stay.

The campground itself had many things to do for kids. The fishing pier was cool, it is a ways away from the actual campground. The lake was very small and full of reeds. You couldn't enjoy the lake unless you went to the beach. Camping was quiet and enjoyable that is why I gave it 4 stars.

Easy to stay a quick night. Sites are easy to park!

Huge, clean, well maintained camp sites. The beach and bathrooms are wonderful. Plenty of options for entertainment, like horseshoes and frisbee golf. The firewood for your personal fire ring is free, however when we were there it was not split enough for said fire ring. Will definitely return!

Overall it's a nice campground. Young people "16 to18 years old" at the beach screaming and swearing made it tough to enjoy and they were there all day.

It was clean and nice

Beautiful spot, we stayed in E10 which is right by the water. The spot was awesome, I would probably choose one with more shade next time. Lots of things to do with kids right in the area! We loved the fishing dock and the beach, very family friendly. Next time I will absolutely bring my kayaks! My only complaint would be that there are ONLY the bathhouse restrooms. It was quite the hike to the bathroom, especially in the middle of the night with kids. Toilets around the campground would be beneficial in my opinion. Shower closets were okay, water gets very hot. I used one with 2 hooks on the door so I could hang my bag open because there is nothing to set anything down on. 4 showers total so there's plenty! Men's and women's bathrooms were cleaned every day we were there it seemed! Decent bathrooms in my opinion, I have definitely seen worse. I will return 100%! Close enough to stores if you absolutely need anything! Walmart was like 20 minutes away.

Signage throughout the park is poor. The building marked as a tornado shelter is locked with directions posted on bulletin board on how to drive to the community building a ways away. Good sports facilities with a simple but fun disc golf course. Decent camp sites. Bathroom facilities are just ok.

Nice clean quiet campground.

Very clean camp. Sites were big and the lake is beautiful

It's always a great place to stay

Wonderful campground. Very well kept up. Too many bright lights making it hard to see the stars at night.

Clean and it was as advertised. Relaxing stay!