The Best in Tent Camping: Missouri and Ozarks A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos

by Henry, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780897325820
• ISBN10: 0897325826
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-01
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press

Summary

If you subscribe to the opinion that televisions, Japanese lanterns, and electric guitars are not essential camping equipment, The Best in Tent Camping: Missouri and the Ozarks should be your constant companion. Each campground profile includes: Detailed campground maps, Key information such as fees, restrictions, and dates of operation, Driving directions to the campground.

Author Biography

Steve Henry grew up on a farm in the rolling hills of central Kansas, spending much of his youth working under the blue skies of the plains. After earning Bachelor's degrees in Marketing and Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University, he served a seven-year sentence in the offices of an insurance company. Missing the outdoor life, he escaped in 1985 to cycle across the continent twice, including one trek from Anchorage Alaska to Key West, Florida. Since then he has organized triathlons, led bicycle and backpack tours, written articles for Cycle St. Louis (a local bicycling publication), and enjoyed many camping trips.

Table of Contents

Missouri and the Ozarks Campgrounds Key	p. vii
Missouri and the Ozarks Campgrounds Locator Map	p. viii
Map Legend	p. x
Preface	p. 1
Introduction	p. 2
State and County Parks	p. 7
Arrow Rock State Historic Site	p. 8
Cuivre River State Park	p. 11
Hawn State Park	p. 14
Klondike Park	p. 17
Meramec State Park	p. 20
St. Francois State Park	p. 23
Sam A. Baker State Park	p. 26
Taum Sauk Mountain State Park	p. 29
Trail of Tears State Park	p. 32
Wallace State Park	p. 35
Washington State Park	p. 38
Weston Bend State Park	p. 41
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	p. 45
Alley Spring	p. 46
Bay Creek	p. 49
Logyard and Gooseneck Primitive Campgrounds	p. 52
Powder Mill	p. 56
Pulltite	p. 59
Round Spring	p. 62
Two Rivers	p. 65
Mark Twain National Forest	p. 69
Berryman Recreation Area	p. 70
Big Bay Recreation Area	p. 73
Brazil Creek Campground	p. 76
Council Bluffs Recreation Area	p. 79
Deer Leap and Float Camp Recreation Areas	p. 82
Dry Fork Recreation Area	p. 85
Greer Crossing Recreation Area	p. 88
Hazel Creek Campground	p. 91
Lane Spring Recreation Area	p. 94
Loggers Lake Recreation Area	p. 97
Marble Creek Recreation Area	p. 100
Markham Spring Recreation Area	p. 103
McCormack Lake Recreation Area	p. 106
North Fork Recreation Area	p. 109
Paddy Creek Recreation Area	p. 112
Pine Ridge Recreation Area	p. 115
Red Bluff Recreation Area	p. 118
Silver Mines Recreation Area	p. 121
Sutton Bluff Recreation Area	p. 124
Watercress Spring Recreation Area	p. 127
Buffalo National River	p. 131
Kyles Landing	p. 132
Lost Valley	p. 135
Rush	p. 138
Steel Creek	p. 141
Tyler Bend	p. 144
Ozark National Forest	p. 147
Blanchard Springs Recreation Area	p. 148
Gunner Pool Recreation Area	p. 151
Haw Creek Falls Campground	p. 154
Redding Campground	p. 157
Richland Creek Campground	p. 160
White Rock Mountain Recreation Area	p. 163
Appendixes	p. 167
Camping Equipment Checklist	p. 169
Sources of Information	p. 171
Suggested Reading and Reference	p. 173
Index	p. 175
About the Author	p. 180
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Excerpts

With more than 5,000 caves, Missouri has more subterranean beauty than any other state. And Onondaga Cave State Park has one of the most beautiful of these caverns. In 1900 a mining company bought the cave and planned to mine onyx and banded calcite. Fortunately for us, the project proved too difficult and this beautiful cave next to the Meramec River remained undamaged.

Onondaga Cave opened to the public during the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. It became an especially popular attraction when Lester Dill operated it in the 1950s. Before he died in 1980, Dill hoped the cave would become a state park. In 1981, through purchase by the Nature Conservancy and a subsequent transfer to the Department of Natural Resources, Onondaga became Missouri's newest natural gem.

The campground at Onondaga is especially laid-back for a state park. You can choose either an open and grassy camping loop next to the Meramec River or a more shady and secluded loop away from the stream. Sites 1-17, where all the electric sites are located, are in the riverside loop. Although only a few sites here are shady, a cooling dip in the Meramec River is only a few feet away. All sites are level and spacious but not very private. Grassy and open, they are best for campers with several tents.

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