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National Park Service · Ozark National Scenic Riverways · MO

Alley Spring

4Heads uppark alerts, one naming this campground
Caution
River Ferry at Akers (on State Highway K) CLOSED until further notice The Akers Ferry on State Highway K will not be in service until further notice.
Park Closure
Round Spring Pavilion Parking Area Closed The parking lot for the Round Spring Pavilion and for Round Spring itself is CLOSED for the remainder of 2026 while the low water bridge over Spring Valley Creek is rebuilt. Alternative parking near Round Spring Group Campsites 4-8 will…
Information
Reservations Required for All Campgrounds As of January 1, 2025, ALL developed campsites will be available through reservation ONLY. These include Pulltite, Round Spring, Alley Spring, Big Spring, Two Rivers, and Akers. Reservations must be made through recreation.gov (online or…
Information
Paving Work Ongoing Throughout the Park Paving work is being done throughout Ozark National Scenic Riverways during the 2026 summer season, including at Alley Spring, Round Spring, Pulltite, and Big Spring. Watch here and on our park Facebook page for updates, as roads and…
Alerts: National Park Service alerts API · Oct 16, 2026
ReservableBookable through April 14; a peak season follows April 15 to October 15.
Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book
Right now
Reservations Required for All CampgroundsInformation naming this campground · open
A night
$20–$45Across the site types the agency prices
Sites
163All of them booked ahead
Season
Year-roundOpen year-round
Photos · NPS Photo
64 ftLongest rig
670 ftElevation
525 ftWater · Jacks Fork
15.9 miNE of Mountain View, MO
0%Tree cover
Open year-roundToday

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 11 notices

In the agency’s own words

The rolling, forested landscape around Alley Spring is where two of America's most beautiful spring-fed rivers combine to make up the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. As the first national park area to protect a wild river system, visitors are able to enjoy various water activities as well as hiking, horseback riding and wildlife viewing. Keep reading

Recreation

Canoeing, tubing, swimming and fishing are popular activities on the vast waterways in the region, with over 130 miles (209 km) of water trails. Canoe and kayak rentals and outfitters can be found nearby. A short walk from the campground leads to a popular swimming area on the Jacks Fork River, a crystal clear and spring fed waterway that's cool and refreshing on a hot summer day. Several interpretive trails with educational exhibits meander nearby. Other hiking trails include the Alley Overlook Trail, Chubb Hollow Trail, Ozark Trail, Cave Spring Trail and Big Springs Trail.

Facilities

Open year-round, this campground has flush toilets and shower facilities available April 15 through October 15. Roads and parking spurs are paved. Ranger-led campfire programs are offered in the campground amphitheater during the summer months.

Natural Features

Known for its caves, springs, sinkholes and losing streams, the Ozark National Scenic Riverways has over 300 identified caves within its boundaries. They range in size from a rock overhang to almost seven miles of identified passages. Eight caves, including an open sinkhole, have been designated as outstanding natural features. The Ozark forest is mostly White oak and Shortleaf pine, Missouri's only native pine species. Along the rivers, Sycamore, Cottonwood, River birch and maples are common. Redbud and Dogwood are abundant, putting on a spectacular show during most spring months. Contact Info This location is unstaffed. To speak with our main office for general information, please call: (573) 323-4236.

Nearby Attractions

Historic and picturesque Alley Mill and the scenic Alley Spring are nearby. The mill is open daily in the summer and rangers offer tours upon request. Pretty Round Spring is close to the campground as well.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

If you arrive and another party is occupying your reserved campsite, please call Arrowhead Dispatch at 1-844-460-3604 for a Law Enforcement officer to be dispersed to your location for removal of the unauthorized party.

Rule

Water and 50-amp electric hookups are now available; bring a converter if necessary.

Rule

No sewer hookups are available. A dump station is located at the campground entrance.

Everything else this campground posts · 8
Rule

Two Tents or 1 RV and 1 tent per site only on Standard Family sites.

Rule

Six tents or 2 RVs and 4 tents per site on Cluster Sites

Rule

Modern restrooms are available April 15- Oct.15. In other months visitors will be provided with an alternative, which may be a short distance from their campsite.

Rule

No glass-bottled beverages are allowed in tubes or non-motorized vessels.

Rule

Hammocks tied to trees are not permitted. Free standing hammocks are allowed.

Rule

All reservations and reservation changes MUST be completed through your user profile on Recreation.gov or by calling toll free 1-877-444-6777.

Rule

For more information about the campground, please call (573) 323-4236 between 8:00 am and 4:30pm weekdays, or e-mail OZAR_Campground_Operations@nps.gov

Rule

Water systems shut off Oct. 15-April 14. (Water off means most bathrooms and faucets in campgrounds will be closed and facilities winterized, including picnic pavilions. The exception are the heated shower houses/flush restrooms at Round Spring, Big Spring and Alley Spring campgrounds.

Read them on the agency’s own page →
Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites
163 · 17 tent-only, 3 group
Hookups
28 electric, 28 water
Longest rig
64 ft
Paved pads
162 of 163
Accessible sites
2
Pets
Allowed
Campfires
Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade
Every site
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Flush Toilets - year round
Showers
Seasonal Showers
“Facilities Open year-round, this campground has flush toilets and shower facilities available April 15 through October 15.”
Drinking water
Yes
Dump station
Yes
Stay limit
14 nights
recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Source: National Park Service and agency records
Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
River, Creek
Biking
Boating
Fishing
Hiking
Horseback riding
Hunting
Ranger programs
Swimming
Visitor center
Water sports
Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 18th darkest of 118 in MO
Bortle 3
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026
Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

245 of 324 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:41 UTC

Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.

OpenBooked

Booking windowThrough April 14Bookable now through April 14, 2027, the end of the off-peak season. The peak season that follows runs April 15, 2027 through October 15, 2027; recreation.gov releases it on its own schedule, so check there before counting on those nights.recreation.gov
Max stay14 nightsthe facility record
A night$20–$45plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
A weekend$48–$98DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itNational Park ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

We’ll write once, when the season that starts Thu, Apr 15 2027 is open for booking.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 15

What you actually pay

The sign priceNational Park Service
A night, per site$20–$45
Standard Nonelectric$20
Standard Electric$30
Loop 400-Standard Nonelectric$45
Group areas, a night$30–$140
Rates for the season the campground is in now, Apr 15, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Reservation fee, booked online$8
One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.
Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.
What a stay costs
One nightDerived$28–$53
A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$48–$98

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $20–$45 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov
Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10
Cancellation fee$10
Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night
No-show$20 + your first night

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 5
Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 2026
Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026
The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026
Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026
The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025
Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:41 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

165 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 100 mapped sites
64 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
Most roomLoop 900 901 177 ftLoop 400 415 130 ftLoop 400 405 117 ftAlley Spring Group Sites G01 114 ftLoop 400 418 113 ft
Least roomLoop 800 802 33 ftLoop 800 831 33 ftLoop 900 917 33 ft
Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 165 records

102 of 165 records located
Standard71RV / electric26Group3Day use2
G01G02G03Alley Spring Picnic PavilionBurr Oak Picnic Pavilion401402405407408411413415417418421424425427601602603605606607608609610611612613614615616617618619620621622623624626627628801802803804805806807808809810811812813814815816817818819820821822823824825826827828829830831901902903904905906907908909910911912913914915916917918919920921922923924925926
Aerial · Esri World Imagery
Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026
Imagery: Esri World Imagery
SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 102 of the 165 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 148 of the 165 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.

Alley Spring Group SitesG01group tent only area nonelectric114 ft600 ft285 ft$140
Alley Spring Group SitesG02group tent only area nonelectric107 ft565 ft174 ft$140
Alley Spring Group SitesG03group tent only area nonelectric107 ft582 ft68 ft$140
Group Picnic AreaAlley Spring Picnic Pavilionday use100 amp197 ftAlley Branch126 ft$30
Group Picnic AreaBurr Oak Picnic Pavilionday use100 ampyes235 ftAlley Branch256 ft$30
Loop 100113standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 100114standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 100115standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 100116standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 100117standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 100118standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 100119standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 100120standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 100121standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 100122standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 100123standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 100124standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 100125standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 100126standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 100127standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 200214type not stated32 ft
Loop 200215standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 200216standard nonelectric32 ftyes$20–$45
Loop 200217standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 200218standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 200219standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 200220standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 300301standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 300302standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 300303standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 300313standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 300314standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 300315standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 300316standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 300317standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 300318standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 300319standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 300320standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 300321standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 400401standard nonelectric33 ft86 ft861 ft209 ft$20–$45
Loop 400402standard nonelectric33 ft71 ft894 ft132 ft$20–$45
Loop 400405standard nonelectric33 ft117 ft1,002 ft118 ft$20–$45
Loop 400407standard nonelectric33 ft79 ft1,119 ft149 ft$20–$45
Loop 400408standard nonelectric33 ft79 ft1,103 ft100 ft$20–$45
Loop 400411standard nonelectric31 ft96 ft1,284 ft284 ft$20–$45
Loop 400413standard nonelectric60 ft92 ft1,189 ft189 ft$20–$45
Loop 400415standard nonelectric33 ft130 ft1,223 ft286 ft$20–$45
Loop 400417standard nonelectric29 ft92 ft1,123 ft156 ft$20–$45
Loop 400418standard nonelectric29 ft113 ft897 ft168 ft$20–$45
Loop 400421standard nonelectric29 ft113 ft1,001 ft90 ft$20–$45
Loop 400424standard nonelectric30 ft77 ft792 ft218 ft$20–$45
Loop 400425standard nonelectric31 ft71 ft846 ft160 ft$20–$45
Loop 400427standard nonelectric30 ft86 ft774 ft240 ft$20–$45
Loop 500501standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 500502standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 500503standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 500504standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 500505standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 500506standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 500507standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 500508standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 500512standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 500513standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 500514standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 500515standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 500516standard nonelectric32 ft$20–$45
Loop 600601standard electric29 ft50 amp71 ft898 ft189 ft$30
Loop 600602standard electric29 ft50 amp68 ft934 ft98 ft$30
Loop 600603standard electric29 ft50 amp61 ft972 ft132 ft$30
Loop 600604standard electric29 ft50 amp$30
Loop 600605standard electric29 ft50 amp61 ft1,031 ft109 ft$30
Loop 600606standard electric29 ft50 amp71 ft1,101 ft119 ft$30
Loop 600607standard electric29 ft50 amp64 ft1,167 ft166 ft$30
Loop 600608standard electric29 ft50 amp58 ft1,097 ft86 ft$30
Loop 600609standard electric29 ft50 ampyes64 ft1,210 ft198 ft$30
Loop 600610standard electric29 ft50 amp61 ft1,207 ft201 ft$30
Loop 600611standard electric20 ft50 amp45 ft1,143 ft133 ft$30
Loop 600612standard electric29 ft50 amp44 ft1,202 ft219 ft$30
Loop 600613standard electric63 ft50 amp45 ft1,122 ft126 ft$30
Loop 600614standard electric29 ft50 amp44 ft1,172 ft212 ft$30
Loop 600615standard electric35 ft50 amp53 ft1,122 ft191 ft$30
Loop 600616standard electric29 ft50 amp53 ft1,073 ft122 ft$30
Loop 600617standard electric35 ft50 amp53 ft1,056 ft161 ft$30
Loop 600618standard electric27 ft50 amp68 ft1,001 ft84 ft$30
Loop 600619standard electric35 ft50 amp65 ft991 ft151 ft$30
Loop 600620standard electric35 ft50 amp63 ft927 ft161 ft$30
Loop 600621standard electric26 ft50 amp63 ft929 ft110 ft$30
Loop 600622standard electric35 ft50 amp68 ft852 ft198 ft$30
Loop 600623standard electric24 ft50 amp64 ft868 ft151 ft$30
Loop 600624standard electric35 ft50 amp72 ft784 ft245 ft$30
Loop 600625standard electric24 ft50 amp$30
Loop 600626standard electric35 ft50 amp68 ft767 ft245 ft$30
Loop 600627standard electric35 ft50 amp68 ft782 ft243 ft$30
Loop 600628standard electric28 ft50 amp68 ft871 ft163 ft$30
Loop 700701tent only nonelectric32 ft
Loop 700702tent only nonelectric32 ft
Loop 700703tent only nonelectric32 ft
Loop 700704tent only nonelectric32 ft
Loop 700705tent only nonelectric32 ft
Loop 700717tent only nonelectric32 ft
Loop 700718tent only nonelectric32 ft
Loop 700719tent only nonelectric32 ft
Loop 700720tent only nonelectric32 ft
Loop 700721tent only nonelectric32 ft
Loop 700722tent only nonelectric32 ft
Loop 700723tent only nonelectric32 ft
Loop 700724tent only nonelectric32 ft
Loop 700725tent only nonelectric32 ft
Loop 800801standard nonelectric29 ft74 ft954 ft305 ft$20–$45
Loop 800802standard nonelectric24 ft33 ft1,075 ft152 ft$20–$45
Loop 800803standard nonelectric29 ft74 ft1,029 ft240 ft$20–$45
Loop 800804standard nonelectric29 ft70 ft1,162 ft57 ft$20–$45
Loop 800805standard nonelectric29 ft69 ft1,107 ft160 ft$20–$45
Loop 800806standard nonelectric29 ft99 ft1,206 ft115 ft$20–$45
Loop 800807standard nonelectric64 ft53 ft1,206 ft32 ft$20–$45
Loop 800808standard nonelectric29 ft53 ft1,259 ft49 ft$20–$45
Loop 800809standard nonelectric30 ft112 ft1,394 ft196 ft$20–$45
Loop 800810standard nonelectric30 ft111 ft1,338 ft206 ft$20–$45
Loop 800811standard nonelectric30 ft50 ft1,227 ft136 ft$20–$45
Loop 800812standard nonelectric30 ft38 ft1,223 ft186 ft$20–$45
Loop 800813standard nonelectric30 ft62 ft1,287 ft267 ft$20–$45
Loop 800814standard nonelectric60 ft38 ft1,208 ft218 ft$20–$45
Loop 800815standard nonelectric30 ft57 ft1,245 ft298 ft$20–$45
Loop 800816standard nonelectric30 ft57 ft1,190 ft266 ft$20–$45
Loop 800817standard nonelectric32 ft43 ft1,165 ft223 ft$20–$45
Loop 800818standard nonelectric32 ft62 ft1,132 ft253 ft$20–$45
Loop 800819standard nonelectric32 ft53 ft1,118 ft212 ft$20–$45
Loop 800820standard nonelectric32 ft74 ft1,060 ft237 ft$20–$45
Loop 800821standard nonelectric31 ft66 ft1,061 ft215 ft$20–$45
Loop 800822standard nonelectric25 ft69 ft984 ft268 ft$20–$45
Loop 800823standard nonelectric32 ft55 ft1,001 ft234 ft$20–$45
Loop 800824standard nonelectric32 ft60 ft929 ft313 ft$20–$45
Loop 800825standard nonelectric32 ft41 ft896 ft329 ft$20–$45
Loop 800826standard nonelectric32 ft36 ft999 ft219 ft$20–$45
Loop 800827standard nonelectric32 ft41 ft900 ft317 ft$20–$45
Loop 800828standard nonelectric32 ft48 ft938 ft277 ft$20–$45
Loop 800829standard nonelectric28 ft36 ft1,015 ft200 ft$20–$45
Loop 800830standard nonelectric28 ft48 ft958 ft262 ft$20–$45
Loop 800831standard nonelectric27 ft33 ft1,061 ft157 ft$20–$45
Loop 900901standard nonelectric32 ft177 ft918 ft380 ft$20–$45
Loop 900902standard nonelectric31 ft49 ft981 ft135 ft$20–$45
Loop 900903standard nonelectric31 ft102 ft906 ft219 ft$20–$45
Loop 900904standard nonelectric31 ft57 ft986 ft72 ft$20–$45
Loop 900905standard nonelectric28 ft96 ft870 ft159 ft$20–$45
Loop 900906standard nonelectric25 ft61 ft878 ft121 ft$20–$45
Loop 900907standard nonelectric31 ft57 ft987 ft18 ft$20–$45
Loop 900908standard nonelectric25 ft61 ft884 ft136 ft$20–$45
Loop 900909standard nonelectric60 ft80 ft980 ft91 ft$20–$45
Loop 900910standard nonelectric30 ft80 ft898 ft191 ft$20–$45
Loop 900911standard nonelectric34 ft80 ft970 ft205 ft$20–$45
Loop 900912standard nonelectric25 ft86 ft1,053 ft237 ft$20–$45
Loop 900913standard nonelectric35 ft63 ft1,051 ft139 ft$20–$45
Loop 900914standard nonelectric25 ft75 ft1,152 ft246 ft$20–$45
Loop 900915standard nonelectric30 ft63 ft1,084 ft116 ft$20–$45
Loop 900916standard nonelectric25 ft75 ft1,183 ft226 ft$20–$45
Loop 900917standard nonelectric36 ft33 ft1,105 ft106 ft$20–$45
Loop 900918standard nonelectric25 ft73 ft1,203 ft212 ft$20–$45
Loop 900919standard nonelectric34 ft33 ft1,096 ft100 ft$20–$45
Loop 900920standard nonelectric30 ft73 ft1,192 ft194 ft$20–$45
Loop 900921standard nonelectric31 ft60 ft1,076 ft109 ft$20–$45
Loop 900922standard nonelectric27 ft88 ft1,114 ft192 ft$20–$45
Loop 900923standard nonelectric29 ft60 ft1,041 ft216 ft$20–$45
Loop 900924standard nonelectric27 ft49 ft1,028 ft126 ft$20–$45
Loop 900925standard nonelectric30 ft50 ft1,026 ft212 ft$20–$45
Loop 900926standard nonelectric27 ft50 ft1,030 ft209 ft$20–$45

The agency files 2 more records here that aren’t sites for the night. It files them as day use. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Sep 11, 2026

25 of 165 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate37.14722, -91.44972
The phone573-323-4236
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near hereBay Creek CampgroundOzark National Scenic Riverways · 3.5 miShawnee Creek CampgroundOzark National Scenic Riverways · 8.4 miRymers CampgroundOzark National Scenic Riverways · 8.5 miBroadfoot CampgroundOzark National Scenic Riverways · 8.7 miJerktail CampgroundOzark National Scenic Riverways · 9.6 miRound SpringOzark National Scenic Riverways · 9.6 mi
Getting there

From the east on US Highway 60, turn north on Missouri Highway 19 in the town of Winona. Continue north 12 miles to the town of Eminence. From Eminence, Alley Spring campground is located five minutes west of State Highway 106.

From Mountain View, travel 19 miles east from Mountain View on US Highway 60 and turn north on County Highway E. Go north on E for 10 miles until you reach State Highway 106, then turn west on 106 for two miles. The Alley Spring Campground is on the south side of Highway 106.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026
Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today57°Partly Sunny then Chance Rain Showers10% rain
Tonight37°Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy10% rain
Saturday63°Sunny
Saturday Night32°Clear then Areas Of Frost

NWS forecast for Eminence, MO

Source: National Weather Service, SGF forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 42°F, day 73°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 21°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

100°32°10°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: EMINENCE 1 N, MO (USC00232619), 5 miles away and 30 ft lower
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Jason Smith, official portrait

Alley Spring is in Missouri’s 8th congressional district. Its representative, Jason Smith (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: The agency lists it open right now.
The alert naming this campground: National Park Service alerts API · Oct 16, 2026
Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 164 of the 163 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026
Season: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026
Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.13 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 118 rated federal campgrounds in Missouri · Sep 8, 2026
Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model
Cell signal: the Park Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.
Nearest place of any size: Eminence, MO, 4.2 mi W. Straight line.
Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026