Big Spring
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- Reservations Required for All CampgroundsInformation naming this campground · open
- A night
- $20–$30Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 134All of them booked ahead
- Season
- Year-roundOpen year-round
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 12 notices
In the agency’s own words
In the rolling, forested landscape of Big Spring, 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 have plenty of scenic water activities to enjoy as well as hiking, horseback riding and wildlife viewing. Keep reading
Recreation
The Current River flows past the campground, offering excellent canoeing, tubing, swimming and fishing. Over 130 miles (209 km) of waterways exist within the park. Canoe and kayak rentals and outfitters can be found nearby. Several miles of hiking and horseback riding trails crisscross the region, include the Alley Overlook Trail, Chubb Hollow Trail, Ozark Trail, Cave Spring Trail and Big Springs Trail.
Facilities
This year-round campground has flush toilets and shower facilities available. Picnic tables, fire rings, and grills are provided. Roads and parking spurs are paved. Ranger-led campfire programs are offered in the campground amphitheater during summer months. Reservations are accepted for three different group picnic areas. Be sure to specify which picnic area you desire. Big Spring Group Picnic Site is at the spring; Peavine and Chubb Hollow are along the river.
Natural Features
The Ozark National Scenic Riverways is known for its caves, springs, sinkholes and losing streams, and features over 300 identified caves within its boundaries. The caves 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 dogwoods are also 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
Scenic Big Spring is the largest freshwater spring in North America and produces an outflow of 280 million gallons a day. Round Spring Cave is nearby, with ranger-guided tours offered daily during summer months. Historic and picturesque Alley Mill and Alley Spring are also nearby. The mill is open daily in the summer and ranger-guided tours are available upon request.
What the agency tells you
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.
You are responsible for reading the site alerts and booking a site that will accommodate your equipment. - The maximum allowable trailer length is always shorter than the allowable RV length (due to maneuverability). You are responsible for reading the site alerts and booking a site that will accommodate your equipment. If you arrive to the campground with different equipment than what you booked for, you will likely not fit, and will be turned away.
There is no direct water hook up at the campsites. You may fill your tanks at the station near the front entrance.
Everything else this campground posts · 9
50-amp electric hookups are now available in the 200 loop only (bring converters if necessary).
There are no sewer hookups. A dump station is available at the campground entrance.
Two tents or 1 RV and 1 tent per site only on Standard Family sites
Modern restrooms are open April 15-Oct. 15. During other times visitors will be directed to an alternative, which may be a short distance from their campsite.
No glass bottled beverages are allowed in tubes or non-motorized vessels
All reservations and reservation changes MUST be completed through the Recreation.gov user profile or by calling toll free 1+877-444-6777.
For more information about the campground, please call (573) 323-4236 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30pm weekdays, or e-mail OZAR_Campground_Operations@nps.gov.
Free standing Hammocks only. NO hammocks are allowed to be tied to trees.
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.)
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 134 · 3 tent-only, 3 group
- Hookups
- 28 electric
- Longest rig
- 76 ft
- Paved pads
- 133 of 134
- Accessible sites
- 3
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 128 of 129 sites
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets - year round
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Facilities This year-round campground has flush toilets and shower facilities available.”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
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 · 34th darkest of 118 in MO
- Bortle 3
75 of 114 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:31 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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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.
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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 make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $20–$30 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.
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
recreation.gov availability, read 16:31 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
137 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 131 mapped sitesAll 137 records
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 134 of the 137 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. 133 of the 137 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Big Spring Group Sites | G01 | group tent only area nonelectric | 427 ft | 357 ft | 177 ft | $65–$140 | |||
| Big Spring Group Sites | G02 | group tent only area nonelectric | 361 ft | 440 ft | 315 ft | $65–$140 | |||
| Big Spring Picnic Pavilion | Big Spring Picnic Pavilion | day use | 15 amp | 136 ft | 1,122 ft | $30 | |||
| Chub Hollow/Groupsite #3 | CHPS | day use | 209 ft | 3,116 ft | |||||
| Chub Hollow/Groupsite #3 | G03 | group tent only area nonelectric | 5496 ft | 180 ft | 3,035 ft | $65–$140 | |||
| Loop 100 | 101 | standard nonelectric | 34 ft | 85 ft | 577 ft | 159 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 102 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 42 ft | 548 ft | 173 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 103 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 42 ft | 507 ft | 141 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 104 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 56 ft | 453 ft | 133 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 105 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 50 ft | 501 ft | 95 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 106 | standard nonelectric | 46 ft | 50 ft | 451 ft | 53 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 107 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 70 ft | 350 ft | 137 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 108 | standard nonelectric | 44 ft | 65 ft | 281 ft | 177 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 109 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 63 ft | 365 ft | 62 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 110 | standard nonelectric | 52 ft | 65 ft | 221 ft | 218 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 111 | standard nonelectric | 49 ft | 63 ft | 303 ft | 119 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 112 | standard nonelectric | 47 ft | 47 ft | 178 ft | 240 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 113 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 47 ft | 177 ft | 245 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 114 | standard nonelectric | 44 ft | 45 ft | 206 ft | 229 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 115 | standard nonelectric | 43 ft | 65 ft | 243 ft | 175 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 116 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 45 ft | 240 ft | 210 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 117 | standard nonelectric | 52 ft | yes | 52 ft | 289 ft | 177 ft | $20 | |
| Loop 100 | 118 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 59 ft | 352 ft | 139 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 119 | standard nonelectric | 44 ft | 55 ft | 399 ft | 56 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 120 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 55 ft | 411 ft | 117 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 121 | standard nonelectric | 51 ft | 49 ft | 453 ft | 53 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 122 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 55 ft | 465 ft | 129 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 123 | standard nonelectric | 48 ft | 49 ft | 502 ft | 91 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 100 | 124 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 56 ft | 520 ft | 145 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 200 | 201 | type not stated | 45 ft | 50 amp | |||||
| Loop 200 | 202 | standard electric | 43 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 50 ft | 585 ft | 214 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 203 | standard electric | 43 ft | 20/30/50 amp | yes | 41 ft | 516 ft | 116 ft | $30 |
| Loop 200 | 204 | standard electric | 45 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 50 ft | 536 ft | 183 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 205 | standard electric | 45 ft | 20/30/50 amp | yes | 41 ft | 477 ft | 79 ft | $30 |
| Loop 200 | 206 | standard electric | 47 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 80 ft | 454 ft | 135 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 207 | standard electric | 45 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 63 ft | 421 ft | 26 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 208 | standard electric | 43 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 72 ft | 353 ft | 136 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 209 | standard electric | 48 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 59 ft | 288 ft | 157 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 210 | standard electric | 48 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 58 ft | 189 ft | 232 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 211 | standard electric | 44 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 59 ft | 325 ft | 103 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 212 | standard electric | 51 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 56 ft | 162 ft | 258 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 213 | standard electric | 38 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 51 ft | 252 ft | 167 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 214 | standard electric | 40 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 51 ft | 155 ft | 275 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 215 | standard electric | 25 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 51 ft | 158 ft | 284 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 216 | standard electric | 40 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 68 ft | 198 ft | 276 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 217 | standard electric | 46 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 51 ft | 235 ft | 189 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 218 | standard electric | 40 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 49 ft | 350 ft | 182 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 219 | standard electric | 47 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 63 ft | 278 ft | 177 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 220 | standard electric | 42 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 49 ft | 399 ft | 169 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 221 | standard electric | 37 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 61 ft | 340 ft | 134 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 222 | standard electric | 43 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 60 ft | 466 ft | 171 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 223 | standard electric | 33 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 61 ft | 401 ft | 99 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 224 | standard electric | 46 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 55 ft | 522 ft | 174 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 225 | standard electric | 46 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 53 ft | 559 ft | 169 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 226 | standard electric | 50 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 53 ft | 582 ft | 168 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 227 | standard electric | 37 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 54 ft | 484 ft | 89 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 228 | standard electric | 46 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 74 ft | 601 ft | 185 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 200 | 229 | standard electric | 42 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 54 ft | 509 ft | 90 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 300 | 301 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 60 ft | 872 ft | 193 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 302 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 56 ft | 890 ft | 215 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 303 | standard nonelectric | 21 ft | 56 ft | 941 ft | 163 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 304 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 59 ft | 1,007 ft | 122 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 305 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 59 ft | 993 ft | 75 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 306 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 78 ft | 1,084 ft | 116 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 307 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 68 ft | 1,098 ft | 63 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 308 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 68 ft | 1,146 ft | 117 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 309 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 69 ft | 1,160 ft | 131 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 310 | standard nonelectric | 76 ft | 52 ft | 1,014 ft | 78 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 311 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 80 ft | 1,079 ft | 139 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 312 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 54 ft | 999 ft | 132 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 313 | standard nonelectric | 31 ft | 52 ft | 962 ft | 102 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 314 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 66 ft | 891 ft | 150 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 315 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 61 ft | 911 ft | 163 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 316 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 70 ft | 827 ft | 223 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 317 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 58 ft | 814 ft | 222 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 318 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 52 ft | 799 ft | 243 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 300 | 319 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 52 ft | 850 ft | 192 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 401 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 60 ft | 930 ft | 461 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 402 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 50 ft | 988 ft | 439 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 403 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 50 ft | 1,002 ft | 390 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 404 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 60 ft | 1,017 ft | 428 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 405 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 60 ft | 1,077 ft | 369 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 406 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 60 ft | 1,033 ft | 427 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 407 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 73 ft | 1,064 ft | 430 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 408 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 73 ft | 1,135 ft | 402 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 409 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 70 ft | 1,178 ft | 330 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 410 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 65 ft | 1,229 ft | 332 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 411 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 65 ft | 1,235 ft | 269 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 412 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 67 ft | 1,167 ft | 224 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 413 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 50 ft | 1,096 ft | 260 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 414 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 50 ft | 1,098 ft | 211 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 415 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 59 ft | 1,036 ft | 272 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 416 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 56 ft | 1,013 ft | 225 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 417 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 48 ft | 961 ft | 317 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 418 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 56 ft | 960 ft | 263 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 419 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 48 ft | 915 ft | 324 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 420 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 52 ft | 888 ft | 384 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 400 | 421 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 52 ft | 938 ft | 371 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 501 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 46 ft | 733 ft | 718 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 502 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 46 ft | 688 ft | 763 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 503 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 55 ft | 766 ft | 700 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 504 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 55 ft | 713 ft | 755 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 505 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 41 ft | 789 ft | 705 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 506 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 41 ft | 751 ft | 746 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 507 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 46 ft | 781 ft | 748 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 508 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 66 ft | 899 ft | 607 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 509 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 46 ft | 822 ft | 732 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 510 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 57 ft | 878 ft | 698 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 511 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 47 ft | 927 ft | 643 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 512 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 47 ft | 947 ft | 598 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 513 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 70 ft | 966 ft | 541 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 514 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 59 ft | 943 ft | 525 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 515 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 46 ft | 875 ft | 579 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 516 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 46 ft | 915 ft | 535 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 517 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 71 ft | 881 ft | 560 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 500 | 518 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 71 ft | 814 ft | 626 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 601 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 51 ft | 487 ft | 990 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 602 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 51 ft | 475 ft | 1,025 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 603 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 63 ft | 448 ft | 1,079 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 604 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop 600 | 605 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 79 ft | 367 ft | 1,220 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 606 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 65 ft | 429 ft | 1,202 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 607 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop 600 | 608 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 65 ft | 493 ft | 1,164 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 609 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 40 ft | 535 ft | 1,078 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 610 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 40 ft | 558 ft | 1,084 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 611 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 48 ft | 575 ft | 1,024 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 612 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 48 ft | 602 ft | 1,032 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 613 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 59 ft | 611 ft | 967 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 614 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 54 ft | 649 ft | 969 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 615 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 54 ft | 685 ft | 916 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 616 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 60 ft | 700 ft | 865 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 617 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 73 ft | 678 ft | 838 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 618 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 58 ft | 616 ft | 867 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 619 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 50 ft | 559 ft | 922 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop 600 | 620 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 50 ft | 569 ft | 894 ft | $20 | ||
| Peavine Picnic Pavilion | Peavine Picnic Pavilion | day use | 15 amp | 209 ft | 1,304 ft | $30 |
The agency files 3 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.
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Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
WatercressMark Twain National Forest · 3.4 mi
Big Tree CampgroundOzark National Scenic Riverways · 5.2 mi
Clubhouse CampgroundOzark National Scenic Riverways · 5.5 mi
Cedar Spring CampgroundOzark National Scenic Riverways · 8.9 miGrubb Hollow CampgroundOzark National Scenic Riverways · 9.2 mi
Gooseneck Campground10 miBig Spring Campground is located four miles (6.4 km) south of Van Buren, Missouri. Turn south on Missouri Highway 103 and continue south for four miles (6.4 km) to the Big Spring Unit of the park.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Van Buren, MO
Typical weather
Typical October night 45°F, day 70°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 23°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
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.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Big 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 →