Sleepy Hollow RV Park & Campground

We had 6 nights to kill (unwillingly) at New Years 2019. Weather was brutal. The site and facilities were decent. However, with -degree wind chill blowing off the interstate and across the lake to our site, we froze our cojones off. Most days we kept the shades drawn, and the heat cranked, slipping across the icy road to use bathroom, subpar showers, good laundry. DO NOT get anything delivered here. Local UPS lied and said they tried to deliver when they did not. +++ for warm bathrooms, strong cell, low key and responsive management. If you must....

Most recent stay was 6/30/16 - I'm "late" in posting my review ~ We camp in a "Tear Drop style RV" only 15' long w/o toilet or shower and thus rely on campgrounds facilities ~ so our critique is focused in that area.

One of our favorite overnight stops on I-80 E & W between OR and WI have been here several times, BUT is in need of some TLC ~ especially gravel roadway @ entrance (office) down the hill to the interior roads which are full of ruts ~ all they need is some new gravel. (the inner gravel roads are fine)

Then there's the restroom/showers; a trip to local Home Depot in Iowa City for some paint, updated fixtures, new shower mats for the floor, new shower curtains, add hooks and shelving in the sink/vanity area for your things, and add paper towels that most campers would use to "clean up" (wipe down) their sink area after their use, but w/o them there's no way to do it and that area gets messy (They do clean the restrooms - but still - and grounds keeper is on site keeping things around camp tidy)

There is little air movement inside even though there is a large fan/blower at the one end; it's not effective making it "stuffy" inside.

So for all my suggested remarks my rating is still a 4 . . . because it's all related to improving conveniences since the rest of the park is very functional. Yes it's true some sites are on a small hill making leveling inconvenient, but you can always ask to move; after all this IS a campground and not billed as a 5 star resort with cement pads and patio's . . .after all. We will be back again and again.

I wanted to write another review because they have installed wifi in the park. It is better on the North end, the south end people can't connected but they said they will install another antenna. We have some high tech gear and were able to connect. The speed is adequate during the day and slows down a bit at night.

We had the spot reserved that we stayed at last time we were here, there was someone in the spot for the next month, and we really wanted/needed it for satellite reception (mature trees) since they don't have cable. Luckily after the first night they were able to accommodate our reservation spot and we were very grateful.

This time of year the weekdays slow down and there is more activity on the weekends. We like the people that own and run the park, I just wish more sites were leveler.

This place is very easy to get to right off I80 but with a 40'DP some of the sites are more difficult to get into. If you don't like interstate noise stay as far North as possible.

The people that run the park are very very nice and accommodating, but a number of the sites are difficult to level on because most of this park is on a hill. When we got to our site we couldn't get level, I did something I've never done before and drive our 40DP onto blocks and put railroad ties under the jacks to get the front up high enough to level, the ground is pretty soft so the back jack sunk about four inches over night. We had to pile some boards to make a step so getting in/out of the coach was easier. We moved the second day into a level site and it was much better. Its crazy how ma

Its pretty quiet on the South side of the park but on weekends the North side gets pretty crazy with kids running around and some late night partiers.

We found a wonderful restaurant 3 miles into town called Augusta that we'd recommend.

It appears a lot of people park there for the summer and stay on weekends, the rest seem to stay for a night or two, like we did, because its right on Interstate 80 between Des Moines and Davenport. There is a bit of Interstate noise.