The road into this park is not Big Rig friendly especially if you meet someone else along the way,and driving to your site or the dump station are a challenge, also. The (not friendly) staff felt we should have had no problem as she stated, she gets her 45'RV in. We got a (so called) pull-through site as they called it,but they are very close together front and sides. We had to back out as there was a coach in front of us not allowing us to pull through. The pull through area we were in had some going one way and the one next to you going the other. Who ever laid this place out must have been nuts. We paid to much for a site with no sewer and a shared water line with low pressure and a 50 amp circuit that blew a breaker on me once. They have one dumpster that I could find and it was overflowing. We stayed here one night in a Big Rig and will never return! We camped here in a Motorhome.

Timberline is an older campground that still captures the camping spirit of an earlier time. During our stay, many of the campground guests came in pop-ups and tents as well as smaller travel trailers and cab over truck campers. Because it is an older campground, the sites and interior roads are more conducive to smaller RV's and trailers. Sites are smaller and the turning radius in the campground can be a challenge. Open space that is easier to access is set aside for the larger travel trailers, motor homes and 5th wheels. Timberline appears to have repeat visitors who have been coming to the campground for several years. The campground has several farm type buildings and a wide variety of mature shade trees reflecting its original use as a boys’ ranch in the 1940’s and transition into a campground over the years since then. Large grassy areas, pavilions, and group fire pits are scattered throughout the campground. Our pad was gravel and level while on a slope to facilitate drainage from rain water. Our site had shade, a picnic table on a concrete pad, and a fire ring. The services we used worked well (30 amp electricity, water, sewer, Wi-Fi). The two bathrooms with showers under the main office were clean and air conditioned. The freestanding bathhouse by the pool was not as clean during our stay. The doors to the bathhouse don’t easily shut tight so they are often left ajar and bugs and flying insects get into the building. The toilet stalls in the main bathhouse are extremely small and tight. During our stay, the trash dumpsters filled up quickly and stayed full. We did hear sounds from the trap shooting range occasionally yet they were not bothersome to us especially inside our trailer. Timberline is participating in an effort to convert cropland into conservation cover for butterflies, birds and cleaner water. The result is that a portion of the campground has lush plantings of grasses and wildflowers that attract several varieties of birds and butterflies. The campground is very much in a country setting yet within a 10 minute drive from West Des Moines and other communities with a wide variety of services, restaurants, grocery stores, and retail. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.

This campground has the potential to be a beautiful place. It does not appear to adequately maintained. We just stayed here overnight so I may be jumping to the wrong conclusion. The site we were assigned to was covered in dog droppings which was not very welcoming. We camped here in a Motorhome.