Bucksaw
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 26 of the next 30 nights read 16:14 UTC
- A night
- $14–$24Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 148146 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 4 notices
In the agency’s own words
Bucksaw Campground sits on the Grand River Arm of the Harry S. Truman Lake in the hills of western Missouri. The campground is an excellent destination for all types of water recreation. Click here for the Harry S. Truman Lake virtual tour. Keep reading
Recreation
Popular activities in the area include wildlife viewing, fishing, hunting, swimming, hiking and boating. For an enjoyable short hike, be sure to check out the mile long hiking trail located across the road from the A & B loop's showerhouse. For more information about this trail upon your arrival, please see the booth attendant. Bucksaw is an excellent fishing location. Anglers find crappie, largemouth bass and blue and flathead catfish. Truman Lake is also a popular destination for tournament fishermen. Bucksaw Point Marina is also located next to the park.
Facilities
This large campground offers 146 campsites total. 45 sites are 30-amp; 70 sites are 50-amp with water; 14 sites are 50-amp with water and sewage; and 17 sites are primitive. Amenities include flush and pit toilets, showers, drinking water, laundry facilities and a dump station. A boat ramp, playground and swimming beach offer additional recreational opportunities.
Natural Features
Bucksaw is located on a peninsula with primarily flat terrain and excellent lake views. Campsites are well-shaded, while expansive grassy areas are spread throughout the campground. Wildlife such as whitetail deer, turkey, hawks, ospreys, eagles, and many different water birds can be found in and around the park. An abundance of fish such as crappie, bass, walleye, paddlefish, blue and channel catfish can also be found in Harry S Truman Reservoir. Approximately 8,800 acres of standing timber were left in the lake to provide quality aquatic habitat.
Nearby Attractions
Bucksaw Marina
What the agency tells you
Click here for more information about Truman Lake
Help stop the spread of the invasive zebra mussel by draining all water from equipment and discarding live bait before leaving the park
Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
Everything else this campground posts · 1
Campers must have permit before camping. Available at park booth. *There is a limit of 1 wheeled camper and 2 tents or 3 tents per camp pad.* All equipment must fit on the site pad. Vehicles park in developed areas only. This park requires a 3 night minimum stay on holiday weekends and 2 night minimum stay on weekends.*
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 148
- Hookups
- 129 electric, 86 water, 17 sewer
- Longest rig
- 83 ft
- Paved pads
- 4 of 148
- Accessible sites
- 8
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 133 of 134 sites
Facilities
- Toilets
- Pit Toilets
- “…primitive. Amenities include flush and pit toilets, showers, drinking water, laundry facilities and a…”
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Amenities include flush and pit toilets, showers, drinking water, laundry facilities and a dump station.”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…include flush and pit toilets, showers, drinking water, laundry facilities and a dump station. A boat…”
- Dump station
- Yes
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Playground
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, River, Beach
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hunting
- Swimming
- Night sky · 73rd darkest of 118 in MO
- Bortle 4
140 of 290 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:14 UTC
recreation.gov lists 146 of the 148 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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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.
Every line of the receipt · 16
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $14–$24 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 16:14 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
148 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 146 mapped sitesAll 148 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 146 of the 148 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| A | A013 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 41 ft | 679 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A014 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 41 ft | 683 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A015 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 105 ft | 742 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A029 | standard electric | 65 ft | 30 amp | yes | 30408 ft | 288 ft | $14–$24 |
| A | A030 | standard electric | 59 ft | 30 amp | yes | 70 ft | 585 ft | $14–$24 |
| A | A031 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 51 ft | 460 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A032 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 51 ft | 452 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A033 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 48 ft | 469 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A034 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 48 ft | 470 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A035 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 77 ft | 524 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A036 | standard electric | 44 ft | 30 amp | 48 ft | 601 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A037 | standard electric | 55 ft | 30 amp | 48 ft | 625 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A038 | standard electric | 62 ft | 30 amp | 50 ft | 623 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A039 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 50 ft | 629 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A040 | standard electric | 53 ft | 30 amp | 74 ft | 720 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A041 | standard electric | 57 ft | 30 amp | 58 ft | 700 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A042 | standard electric | 55 ft | 30 amp | 58 ft | 647 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A043 | standard electric | 55 ft | 30 amp | 109 ft | 577 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A044 | standard electric | 76 ft | 30 amp | 94 ft | 696 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A046 | standard electric | 52 ft | 30 amp | 42 ft | 777 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A047 | standard electric | 47 ft | 30 amp | 42 ft | 769 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A048 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 97 ft | 720 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A049 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | 41 ft | 660 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A050 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 41 ft | 651 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A051 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 46 ft | 607 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A052 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 46 ft | 594 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A053 | type not stated | 62 ft | 50 amp | 588 ft | |||
| A | A054 | standard electric | 61 ft | 30 amp | 67 ft | 516 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A055 | standard electric | 63 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 449 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A056 | standard electric | 61 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 388 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A057 | standard electric | 62 ft | 30 amp | 82 ft | 311 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A058 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 70 ft | 371 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A059 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 75 ft | 254 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A060 | standard electric | 53 ft | 30 amp | 75 ft | 234 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A061 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 70 ft | 342 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A062 | standard electric | 65 ft | 30 amp | 112 ft | 299 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A063 | standard electric | 65 ft | 30 amp | 81 ft | 353 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A064 | standard electric | 65 ft | 30 amp | 71 ft | 427 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A065 | standard electric | 61 ft | 30 amp | 88 ft | 414 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A066 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 44 ft | 493 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A067 | standard electric | 61 ft | 30 amp | 44 ft | 535 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A068 | standard electric | 65 ft | 30 amp | 76 ft | 548 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A069 | standard electric | 63 ft | 30 amp | 66 ft | 556 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A070 | standard electric | 48 ft | 30 amp | 87 ft | 489 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A071 | standard electric | 63 ft | 30 amp | 66 ft | 566 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A072 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 48 ft | 599 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A073 | standard electric | 54 ft | 30 amp | 48 ft | 647 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A074 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 55 ft | 551 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A075 | standard electric | 51 ft | 30 amp | 55 ft | 563 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A076 | standard electric | 63 ft | 30 amp | 77 ft | 517 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A077 | standard electric | 68 ft | 30 amp | 75 ft | 492 ft | $14–$24 | |
| A | A078 | standard electric | 68 ft | 30 amp | 75 ft | 451 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B001 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 110 ft | 464 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B002 | standard electric | 56 ft | 50 amp | 78 ft | 399 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B003 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 78 ft | 352 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B004 | standard electric | 61 ft | 50 amp | 82 ft | 304 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B005 | standard electric | 72 ft | 50 amp | 76 ft | 401 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B006 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | 82 ft | 279 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B007 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 76 ft | 405 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B008 | standard electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 79 ft | 291 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B009 | standard electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | yes | 73 ft | 303 ft | $14–$24 |
| B | B011 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | 46 ft | 531 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B012 | standard electric | 68 ft | 50 amp | 46 ft | 574 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B013 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | yes | 62 ft | 636 ft | $14–$24 |
| B | B015 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 546 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B016 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 78 ft | 470 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B017 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | yes | 109 ft | 513 ft | $14–$24 |
| B | B018 | standard electric | 56 ft | 50 amp | 97 ft | 674 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B020 | standard electric | 68 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 594 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B021 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 543 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B023 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | yes | 73 ft | 344 ft | $14–$24 |
| B | B024 | standard electric | 61 ft | 50 amp | 42 ft | 357 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B025 | standard electric | 68 ft | 50 amp | 42 ft | 384 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B027 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 75 ft | 471 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B028 | standard electric | 64 ft | 50 amp | 105 ft | 474 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B030 | standard electric | 71 ft | 50 amp | 75 ft | 532 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B031 | standard electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 50 ft | 576 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B032 | standard electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 50 ft | 532 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B033 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 102 ft | 474 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B034 | standard electric | 63 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 573 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B035 | standard electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 543 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B036 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | 59 ft | 425 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B037 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 519 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B038 | standard electric | 56 ft | 50 amp | 59 ft | 397 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B039 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 364 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B040 | standard electric | 64 ft | 50 amp | 71 ft | 322 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B041 | standard electric | 41 ft | 50 amp | 111 ft | 289 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B042 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 70 ft | 397 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B043 | standard electric | 42 ft | 50 amp | 113 ft | 302 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B044 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 70 ft | 399 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B045 | standard electric | 41 ft | 50 amp | 108 ft | 336 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B046 | standard electric | 52 ft | 50 amp | 90 ft | 442 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B047 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | 103 ft | 360 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B049 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 453 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B050 | standard electric | 51 ft | 50 amp | 85 ft | 541 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B051 | standard electric | 56 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 528 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B052 | standard electric | 56 ft | 50 amp | 73 ft | 608 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B053 | standard electric | 59 ft | 50 amp | 107 ft | 620 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B054 | standard electric | 51 ft | 50 amp | 73 ft | 680 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B055 | standard electric | 74 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 718 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B056 | standard electric | 72 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 751 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B057 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 91 ft | 660 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B058 | standard electric | 64 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 705 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B060 | standard electric | 72 ft | 50 amp | 88 ft | 629 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B061 | standard electric | 74 ft | 50 amp | 79 ft | 554 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B062 | standard electric | 61 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 527 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B063 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 79 ft | 475 ft | $14–$24 | |
| B | B064 | standard electric | 72 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 470 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C015 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 64 ft | 727 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C016 | type not stated | 56 ft | 50 amp | 631 ft | |||
| C | C017 | standard electric | 67 ft | 50 amp | 64 ft | 689 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C018 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 120 ft | 628 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C019 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 75 ft | 634 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C020 | standard electric | 68 ft | 50 amp | 85 ft | 584 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C021 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 78 ft | 537 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C023 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 534 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C024 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 78 ft | 474 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C025 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 83 ft | 438 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C030 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 353 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C031 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 402 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C032 | standard nonelectric | 70 ft | 109 ft | 357 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C033 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | yes | 63 ft | 459 ft | $14–$24 |
| C | C034 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 484 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C035 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 82 ft | 525 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C038 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 96 ft | 470 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C039 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 98 ft | 558 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C055 | standard electric | 78 ft | 50 amp | 95 ft | 687 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C056 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 86 ft | 780 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C060 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 83 ft | 861 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C063 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | yes | 83 ft | 810 ft | $14–$24 |
| C | C064 | standard electric | 72 ft | 50 amp | 90 ft | 645 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C086 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 574 ft | $14–$24 | |
| C | C088 | standard nonelectric | 66 ft | 73 ft | 456 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C090 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 69 ft | 442 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C092 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 69 ft | 456 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C094 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 71 ft | 425 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C096 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 84 ft | 359 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C098 | standard nonelectric | 66 ft | 84 ft | 308 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C101 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 108 ft | 195 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C103 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 99 ft | 98 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C104 | standard nonelectric | 83 ft | 91 ft | 144 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C105 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 91 ft | 58 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C108 | standard nonelectric | 57 ft | 86 ft | 73 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C109 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 93 ft | 194 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C110 | standard nonelectric | 57 ft | 76 ft | 127 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C111 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 76 ft | 144 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C112 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 77 ft | 149 ft | $14 | ||
| C | C113 | standard nonelectric | 57 ft | 78 ft | 225 ft | $14 |
25 of 148 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Berry Bend6.7 mi
Sparrowfoot7.0 mi
Long Shoal7.5 mi
Shawnee Bend10 mi
Bledsoe Ferry11 mi
Thibaut Point12 miFrom Highway 7, take Highway U south for 3 miles. Turn left at SE 803. Stay on the paved road and follow signs into the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Tightwad, MO
Typical weather
Typical October night 46°F, day 70°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 22°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
Bucksaw is in Missouri’s 4th congressional district. Its representative, Mark Alford (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →