Dallas County Fair Campgrounds — Hotel in Adel

We stayed here for 2 weeks, and let me tell you. We had the most entertaining time at this park. We were in spot #19 - Right next to the bathrooms, and on the end. Most sites have hook ups on the wrong side of the spot. We pulled through and drove on the grass. It would have been impossible for us to back in our trailer with how tight it is when everyone is home and a ton of horse trailers and other trucks parked.

When we arrived, the park was nasty. Full of full-timers who had their personal garbage spread throughout. But after a few days. They all packed up and left - it was so odd. However, there is one set of campers who just moved to another spot and like to go to the bathroom for 1 minutes and 10 seconds exactly every 20-35min. It is the strangest thing. So if you're parked in 19, be prepared for a lot of foot traffic.

All in all, it was a beautiful park to walk around in. It was cool to see the fairgrounds empty and open. You're able to just walk through and see things. Park is very quiet during the week.

Restrooms were "clean". They are old and could use a good paint job to freshen up and or a good pressure wash to get out the spider webs and what not. A little attention can go a long way to make things feel better even if a paint job couldn't happen. The water pressure here is out of this world. We have never been to a park with amazing...

We loved our stay! Very affordable and the friendliest staff/board of directors. The only downside is it is cash/check only, but it’s not that big of a deal.

First come first serve as far as the sites go. No reservation or holds.

The grounds are huge and so much to explore. We enjoyed evening walks with the dogs and Friday night races at the speedway/ figure 8.

Definitely great value for money.

Very peaceful and quiet, very dark at night.

Only 25 minutes to down town Des Moines, which is huge since we were in town for work.

We would absolutely stay again if...

Grumpy old man as the camp host was incredibly rude!! You really should not have someone in that position that clearly can't communicate with the public. Our site we originally reserved online we would never of fit in, both RVs on opposite sides and they had all their chairs and picnic tables where our site was suppose to go. Luckily there was other open spots and we were able to move. Sites very small and...