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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · KS

Cottonwood Point

ReservableBookable through October 31; an off-peak season follows November 1 to March 31.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 15:03 UTC
A night: $10–$23Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 169All of them booked ahead

Photos · USACE Park Ranger

70 ftLongest rig

1,370 ftElevation

360 ftWater · an unnamed lake

3.9 miNW of Marion, KS

0%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 3 notices

In the agency’s own words

Cottonwood Point is a spacious and shady campground located on the shores of Marion Reservoir. This Kansas getaway draws in thousands of visitors annually to enjoy the pristine lake shoreline and surrounding canopy of forest. Keep reading

Recreation

Popular activities include camping, boating, fishing and hunting. Numerous hiking and biking trails snake through the forest around the lake, and the The Willow Walk Nature Trail is especially popular for wildlife enthusiasts. Campers are likely to spot white-tailed deer, pelicans, raccoons and various other waterfowl. Anglers will find an abundance of channel catfish, walleye, white bass and wipers, and a boat ramp is provided at the campground for convenient access to the lake.

Facilities

The campground offers 164 individual sites, along with two group camping areas and two group day use picnic shelters. Campsites offer plenty of shade and include picnic areas with grills and tables. Electrical pedestals are either 50 or 30 amp. Every 50 amp pedestal has 50/30/20 outlets available. All 30 amp pedestals have 30/20 outlets available. The 20 amp outlets are typical residential 110 Volt wall outlets. Additionally you will find two boat ramps between sites 62 and 67.

Natural Features

Completed in 1968, Marion Reservoir encompasses 6,200 acres of water surrounded by 6,000 acres of public lands. The surrounding expanse of forest provides visitors with endless recreational activities, set against the backdrop of the sparkling lake.

Nearby Attractions

The nearby communities of Hillsboro and Marion offer additional tourist attractions. Both cities have a nationally recognized Art and Crafts show, as well as a variety of restaurants and shops.

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

Three tents or two tents and one RV permitted per campsite

Rule

Off-road vehicles not permitted

Rule

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.

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 169 · 2 group
Hookups: 156 electric, 115 water, 73 sewer
Longest rig: 70 ft
Accessible sites: 1
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Boat ramp: Yes
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Reservoir, Lake, Beach; Accessible Swimming; Boating; Fishing; Hiking; Swimming; Water access
Night sky · 23rd darkest of 57 in KS: Bortle 4

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

92 of 164 sites open on Sat, Oct 17read 15:03 UTC

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

OpenBooked

Booking windowThrough October 31Bookable now through October 31, 2026, the end of the peak season. The off-peak season that follows runs November 1, 2026 through March 31, 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$10–$23plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$28–$54DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

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Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

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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.

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 · 18

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night, per site$10–$23

2027 - Primitive$10

2027 - 30 Amp$18

2027 - 50 Amp + H20$21

2027 - Full Hookup$23

Full Hook Up$23

Group areas, a night$20–$100

The agency has already scheduled a change from Apr 1, 2027: $12 to $26 a night.

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Apr 1, 2026 to Oct 31, 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$18–$31

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$28–$54

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $10–$23 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 · Oct 1, 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 15:03 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

171 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 166 mapped sites

84 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop CPOI GS2 454 ftLoop CPOI 094 261 ftLoop CPOI GS1 190 ftLoop CPOI 038 169 ftLoop CPOI 039 169 ft

Least roomLoop CPOI 077 50 ftLoop CPOI 078 50 ftLoop CPOI 015 51 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 171 records

170 of 171 records located

Standard11RV / electric153Group2Type not stated2Day use2

001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 GA1 GA2 GS1 GS2 PSA PSB 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

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The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 167 of the 171 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


CPOI	001	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		75 ft	281 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	002	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		75 ft	270 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	003	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		79 ft	296 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	004	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		85 ft	277 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	005	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		85 ft	277 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	006	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		97 ft	272 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	007	standard electric	25 ft	30 amp		67 ft	256 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	008	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp		69 ft	187 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	009	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		100 ft	43 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	010	standard electric	25 ft	30 amp		109 ft	26 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	011	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp		96 ft	142 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	012	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp		55 ft	148 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	013	standard electric	30 ft	30 amp		55 ft	166 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	014	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		73 ft	117 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	015	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp		51 ft	41 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	016	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp				$18–$23
CPOI	017	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		55 ft	117 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	018	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		51 ft	47 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	019	standard electric	45 ft	30 amp		75 ft	67 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	020	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp		55 ft	143 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	021	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp		91 ft	34 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	022	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp		115 ft	55 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	023	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		115 ft	151 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	024	standard electric	45 ft	30 amp		104 ft	203 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	025	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		130 ft	267 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	026	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		67 ft	270 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	027	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		74 ft	185 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	028	standard electric	25 ft	30 amp		76 ft	119 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	029	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		82 ft	116 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	030	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		87 ft	69 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	031	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		87 ft	44 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	032	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		122 ft	36 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	033	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		79 ft	51 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	034	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		79 ft	59 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	035	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		115 ft	61 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	036	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		113 ft	76 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	037	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		113 ft	49 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	038	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		169 ft	168 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	039	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		169 ft	48 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	040	standard electric	24 ft	50 amp		121 ft	40 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	041	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		113 ft	46 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	042	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		113 ft	57 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	043	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		96 ft	35 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	044	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		92 ft	39 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	045	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		92 ft	66 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	046	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		96 ft	66 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	047	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		96 ft	49 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	048	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		106 ft	48 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	049	standard nonelectric	50 ft			117 ft	19 ft	$10
CPOI	050	standard nonelectric	50 ft			80 ft	32 ft	$10
CPOI	051	standard nonelectric	50 ft			76 ft	47 ft	$10
CPOI	052	standard nonelectric	50 ft			76 ft	52 ft	$10
CPOI	053	standard nonelectric	50 ft			79 ft	39 ft	$10
CPOI	054	standard nonelectric	50 ft			90 ft	38 ft	$10
CPOI	055	standard nonelectric	45 ft			113 ft	15 ft	$10
CPOI	056	standard nonelectric	50 ft			78 ft	38 ft	$10
CPOI	057	standard nonelectric	50 ft			78 ft	under 10 ft	$10
CPOI	058	standard nonelectric	45 ft			107 ft	27 ft	$10
CPOI	059	standard nonelectric	50 ft			107 ft	69 ft	$10
CPOI	060	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		133 ft	29 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	061	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		104 ft	18 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	062	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		104 ft	43 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	063	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		78 ft	82 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	064	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp		78 ft	41 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	065	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp		80 ft	51 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	066	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp		68 ft	24 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	067	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		68 ft	55 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	068	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		89 ft	75 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	069	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		78 ft	41 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	070	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		64 ft	40 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	071	standard electric	30 ft	30 amp		64 ft	24 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	072	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		90 ft	55 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	073	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp		84 ft	12 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	074	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		64 ft	32 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	075	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		64 ft	34 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	076	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		83 ft	28 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	077	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		50 ft	37 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	078	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		50 ft	52 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	079	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		121 ft	73 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	080	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		107 ft	61 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	081	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		84 ft	87 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	082	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		84 ft	103 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	083	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		113 ft	65 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	084	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		119 ft	57 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	085	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		120 ft	32 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	086	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		115 ft	61 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	087	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		88 ft	60 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	088	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		88 ft	78 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	089	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		113 ft	38 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	090	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		93 ft	36 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	091	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		90 ft	55 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	092	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		85 ft	40 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	093	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		85 ft	70 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	094	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	yes	262 ft	310 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	095	standard electric		50 amp		162 ft	62 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	096	standard electric		50 amp		103 ft	191 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	097	standard electric		50 amp		113 ft	81 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	098	standard electric		50 amp		103 ft	200 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	099	standard electric		50 amp		123 ft	89 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	100	standard electric		50 amp		106 ft	211 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	101	standard electric		50 amp		108 ft	84 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	102	standard electric		50 amp		79 ft	76 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	103	standard electric		50 amp		79 ft	90 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	104	standard electric		50 amp		85 ft	67 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	105	standard electric		50 amp		97 ft	64 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	106	standard electric		50 amp		76 ft	56 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	107	standard electric		50 amp		76 ft	40 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	108	standard electric		50 amp		111 ft	431 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	109	standard electric		50 amp		79 ft	463 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	110	standard electric		50 amp		79 ft	433 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	111	standard electric		50 amp		77 ft	360 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	112	standard electric		50 amp		77 ft	283 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	113	standard electric		50 amp		79 ft	207 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	114	standard electric		50 amp		93 ft	125 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	115	standard electric		50 amp		81 ft	89 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	116	standard electric		50 amp		81 ft	89 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	117	standard electric		50 amp		157 ft	191 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	118	standard electric		50 amp		66 ft	149 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	119	standard electric		50 amp		66 ft	86 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	120	standard electric		50 amp		64 ft	50 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	121	standard electric		50 amp		63 ft	38 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	122	standard electric		50 amp		62 ft	35 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	123	standard electric		50 amp		61 ft	61 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	124	standard electric		50 amp		61 ft	51 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	125	standard electric		50 amp		74 ft	81 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	126	standard electric		50 amp		75 ft	71 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	127	standard electric		50 amp		92 ft	56 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	128	standard electric		50 amp		95 ft	173 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	129	standard electric		50 amp		95 ft	191 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	130	standard electric		50 amp		122 ft	208 ft	$18–$23
CPOI	GA1	type not stated	70 ft	50 amp			439 ft
CPOI	GA2	type not stated	70 ft	50 amp			497 ft
CPOI	GS1	group standard electric		30 amp		190 ft	425 ft	$80–$100
CPOI	GS2	group standard electric		30 amp		454 ft	643 ft	$80–$100
CPOI	PSA	day use	20 ft	15 amp	yes		347 ft	$20
CPOI	PSB	day use	20 ft	15 amp	yes		259 ft	$20
LOOP H	131	standard electric		50 amp		132 ft	84 ft	$18–$23
LOOP H	132	standard electric		50 amp		61 ft	178 ft	$18–$23
LOOP H	133	standard electric		50 amp		100 ft	51 ft	$18–$23
LOOP H	134	standard electric		50 amp		61 ft	173 ft	$18–$23
LOOP H	135	standard electric		50 amp		98 ft	65 ft	$18–$23
LOOP H	136	standard electric		50 amp		90 ft	190 ft	$18–$23
LOOP H	137	standard electric		50 amp		78 ft	55 ft	$18–$23
LOOP H	138	standard electric		50 amp		90 ft	178 ft	$18–$23
LOOP H	139	standard electric		50 amp		76 ft	43 ft	$18–$23
LOOP H	140	standard electric		50 amp		91 ft	159 ft	$18–$23
LOOP H	141	standard electric		50 amp		76 ft	44 ft	$18–$23
LOOP H	142	standard electric		50 amp		117 ft	169 ft	$18–$23
LOOP H	143	standard electric		50 amp		77 ft	54 ft	$18–$23
LOOP H	144	standard electric		50 amp		84 ft	217 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	145	standard electric		50 amp		101 ft	70 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	146	standard electric		50 amp		76 ft	198 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	147	standard electric		50 amp		101 ft	115 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	148	standard electric		50 amp		76 ft	203 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	149	standard electric		50 amp		107 ft	76 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	150	standard electric		50 amp		76 ft	212 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	151	standard electric		50 amp		89 ft	75 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	152	standard electric		50 amp		82 ft	214 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	153	standard electric		50 amp		70 ft	72 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	154	standard electric		50 amp		117 ft	193 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	155	standard electric		50 amp		70 ft	86 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	156	standard electric		50 amp		62 ft	178 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	157	standard electric		50 amp		110 ft	71 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	158	standard electric		50 amp		62 ft	203 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	159	standard electric		50 amp		83 ft	85 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	160	standard electric		50 amp		60 ft	218 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	161	standard electric		50 amp		83 ft	109 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	162	standard electric		50 amp		60 ft	258 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	163	standard electric		50 amp		77 ft	102 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	164	standard electric		50 amp		66 ft	323 ft	$18–$23
LOOP I	165	standard electric		50 amp		77 ft	167 ft	$18–$23

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 · Oct 1, 2026

25 of 171 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

Coordinate38.38889, -97.08889

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone620-382-2101

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Marion Cove0.9 mi

Hillsboro Cove1.9 mi

French Creek3.4 mi

Canning Creek37 mi

Santa Fe Trail37 mi

Neosho Park37 mi

Getting there

From Marion, Kansas, take Highway 56 for about 4 miles. Turn north on Old Mill Road and continue almost three miles, then follow signs to the campground.

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

Today59°Sunny

Tonight44°Clear

Sunday62°Sunny

Sunday Night45°Mostly Clear

NWS forecast for Eastshore, KS

Source: National Weather Service, ICT forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 47°F, day 70°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: MARION RSVR, KS (USC00145039), 1 mile away and at about the same elevation

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

Cottonwood Point is in Kansas’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Derek Schmidt (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

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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: recreation.gov is offering sites on 30 of the next 30 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.

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 169 of the 169 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

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 170 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 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: 0.32 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 57 rated federal campgrounds in Kansas · 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 Army Corps’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: Eastshore, KS, 0.6 mi WNW (a census designated place). 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