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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · MO

Indian Creek (MO)

Reservable, and full this SaturdayEvery one of the 169 sites on offer is taken this Saturday, and the record lists no site held back for a walk-up. read 16:14 UTC

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Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:14 UTC
A night: $10–$30Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 247212 on recreation.gov

Photos · USACE

95 ftLongest rig

650 ftElevation

624 ftWater · Mark Twain Lake

7.2 miS of Monroe City, MO

68%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices

In the agency’s own words

Indian Creek Campground offers spacious campsites and convenient access to a variety of recreation amenities. Visitors can enjoy Indian Creek Beach, two boat ramps, two fish cleaning stations, hiking trails, playgrounds, and picnic areas all within the recreation area. Keep reading

Recreation

Facilities

Indian Creek provides four recreation areas: a public boat ramp, group campground, day-use area and the standard campground. The group camp provides 25 electric campsites, group shelter, restroom, shower and playground. The Day-Use Area provides group shelter, picnic sites and playground. The campground offers 190 campsites, 20 primitive hike-in campsites, showers, restrooms, playgrounds, a fish cleaning station, boat ramp, beach, hiking trails.

Natural Features

Mark Twain Lake is sourced by the Salt River in northeast Missouri. The Clarence Cannon Dam sits on the eastern edge of the lake, providing flood control and hydroelectricity to the region, in addition to an extensive habitat for wildlife.

Nearby Attractions

While visiting the area, tour the birthplace of the world-famous humorist and writer Mark Twain in the nearby Mark Twain State Park. The David C. Berti Shooting Range is located below the dam.

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

Firewood restrictions are in effect to prevent the spread of invasive insects and disease; http://dontmovefirewood.org/ Click here for more information

Rule

Limit 4 tents per site or 1 RV plus 3 additional tents per site

Rule

The hike-in tent sites are available mid-May to mid-September

Everything else this campground posts · 3

Rule

The west boat ramp is open year-round

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.

Rule

All campsites feature a 20/30/50 ampere service on each site.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

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

Tents and rigs

Sites: 247 · 20 tent-only, 1 group
Hookups: 191 electric, 65 water, 65 sewer
Longest rig: 95 ft
Paved pads: 227 of 247
Accessible sites: 2
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

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

Facilities

Showers: Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind; “The group camp provides 25 electric campsites, group shelter, restroom, shower and playground.”
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Boat ramp: Yes
Playground: Yes

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

Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, River, Creek, Beach; Biking; Boating; Swimming
Night sky · 55th darkest of 118 in MO: 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

Full this Saturdayread 16:14 UTC

How full the weekend is nationally.

2 campgrounds have sites open within 30 miles, read 16:23 UTC. See them

OpenBooked

Every one of the 169 sites on offer is taken this Saturday. 69 are free on Wed, Oct 21. read 16:14 UTC Why the weekend fills and the week doesn’t

Booking windowThrough November 22Bookable now through November 22, 2026, the end of this reservable season, and again for April 2, 2027 through April 16, 2027. Tomorrow at 10 AM ET, availability opens through April 17, 2027.recreation.gov

A night$10–$30plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$28–$68DerivedFriday 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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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.

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

Every line of the receipt · 17

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night, per site$10–$30

Standard Nonelectric$10

Tent Only Nonelectric$10

Standard Electric$24

Standard Electric$30

Group areas, a night$30–$125

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Apr 3, 2026 to Oct 11, 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–$38

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$28–$68

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $10–$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.

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

Open within 30 miles this weekend · 2

Sites the agency is offering this Friday and Saturday that nobody has taken, nearest first. read 16:23 UTC

Ray BehrensMark Twain Lake · 4.1 mi · 4 of 236 site-nights open
Frank RussellMark Twain Lake · 4.6 mi · 10 of 144 site-nights open

Open this weekend: recreation.gov availability · derived by CAMPANAC: site-nights the agency offered this weekend that nobody has taken, within the radius, closures removed by the closure rule · Oct 16, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:14 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

249 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 212 mapped sites

95 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop ICGP Indian Creek Group Campground 7190 ftLoop ICRE HI16 472 ftLoop ICRE HI10 418 ftLoop ICRE HI18 374 ftLoop ICRE HI19 370 ft

Least roomLoop EPOI 145 44 ftLoop EPOI 146 44 ftLoop EPOI 140 53 ft

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

All 249 records

249 of 249 records located

Tent only20RV / electric190Group1Type not stated36Day use2

122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156A 156B 157A 157B 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166A 166B 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114A 114B 115A 115B 116 117 118 119 120 121 G02 G03 G04 G05 G06 G07 G08 G09 G10 G11 G12 G13 G14 G15 G16 G17 G18 G19 G20 G21 G22 G23 G24 G25 G26 G27 G28 G29 G30 G31 G32 G33 G34 G35 G36 G37 GS1 Indian Creek Group Campground HI01 HI02 HI03 HI04 HI05 HI06 HI07 HI08 HI09 HI10 HI11 HI12 HI13 HI14 HI15 HI16 HI17 HI18 HI19 HI20 S1 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079A 079B 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090A 090B 091A 091B 092 093 094 095 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036A 036B 037A 037B 038A 038B 039A 039B 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052A 052B 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065

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 249 of the 249 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. 211 of the 249 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


EPOI	122	standard electric	81 ft	20/30/50 amp		123 ft	1,097 ft	1,363 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	123	standard electric	85 ft	20/30/50 amp		87 ft	1,248 ft	1,334 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	124	standard electric	63 ft	20/30/50 amp		72 ft	1,297 ft	1,266 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	125	standard electric	82 ft	20/30/50 amp		72 ft	1,322 ft	1,202 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	126	standard electric	85 ft	20/30/50 amp		98 ft	1,300 ft	1,097 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	127	standard electric	63 ft	20/30/50 amp		98 ft	1,212 ft	1,089 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	128	standard electric	60 ft	20/30/50 amp		119 ft	1,099 ft	1,069 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	129	standard electric	63 ft	20/30/50 amp		135 ft	974 ft	976 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	130	standard electric	61 ft	20/30/50 amp		89 ft	734 ft	714 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	131	standard electric	70 ft	20/30/50 amp		89 ft	650 ft	691 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	132	standard electric	61 ft	20/30/50 amp		98 ft	537 ft	648 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	133	standard electric	74 ft	20/30/50 amp		97 ft	525 ft	561 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	134	standard electric	73 ft	20/30/50 amp		97 ft	579 ft	469 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	135	standard electric	59 ft	20/30/50 amp		104 ft	707 ft	375 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	136	standard electric	58 ft	20/30/50 amp		100 ft	809 ft	362 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	137	standard electric	79 ft	20/30/50 amp		64 ft	927 ft	470 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	138	standard electric	80 ft	20/30/50 amp		64 ft	880 ft	488 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	139	standard electric	68 ft	20/30/50 amp		94 ft	794 ft	497 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	140	standard electric	77 ft	20/30/50 amp		54 ft	709 ft	544 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	141	standard electric	76 ft	20/30/50 amp		54 ft	750 ft	577 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	142	standard electric	73 ft	20/30/50 amp		90 ft	834 ft	628 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	143	standard electric	72 ft	20/30/50 amp		90 ft	911 ft	694 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	144	standard electric	70 ft	20/30/50 amp		67 ft	1,057 ft	901 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	145	standard electric	78 ft	20/30/50 amp		44 ft	1,125 ft	934 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	146	standard electric	81 ft	20/30/50 amp		44 ft	1,163 ft	935 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	147	standard electric	88 ft	20/30/50 amp		75 ft	1,294 ft	986 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	148	standard electric	68 ft	20/30/50 amp		70 ft	1,366 ft	1,049 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	149	standard electric	81 ft	20/30/50 amp		70 ft	1,374 ft	1,001 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	150	standard electric	95 ft	20/30/50 amp	yes	71 ft	1,382 ft	954 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	151	standard electric	64 ft	20/30/50 amp		123 ft	1,313 ft	701 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	152	standard electric	84 ft	20/30/50 amp		123 ft	1,191 ft	616 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	153	standard electric	90 ft	20/30/50 amp		130 ft	1,062 ft	513 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	154	standard electric	60 ft	20/30/50 amp		100 ft	859 ft	290 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	155	standard electric	66 ft	20/30/50 amp		112 ft	765 ft	184 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	156A	standard electric	80 ft	20/30/50 amp		93 ft	624 ft	128 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	156B	standard electric	65 ft	20/30/50 amp		93 ft	534 ft	158 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	157A	standard electric	67 ft	20/30/50 amp		95 ft	450 ft	215 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	157B	standard electric	56 ft	20/30/50 amp		82 ft	368 ft	300 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	158	standard electric	75 ft	20/30/50 amp		79 ft	296 ft	378 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	159	standard electric	64 ft	20/30/50 amp		79 ft	232 ft	454 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	160	standard electric	57 ft	20/30/50 amp		105 ft	358 ft	419 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	161	standard electric	63 ft	20/30/50 amp		91 ft	418 ft	314 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	162	standard electric	76 ft	20/30/50 amp		91 ft	481 ft	222 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	163	standard electric	86 ft	20/30/50 amp		138 ft	713 ft	55 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	164	standard electric	88 ft	20/30/50 amp		93 ft	831 ft	171 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	165	standard electric	67 ft	20/30/50 amp		93 ft	912 ft	261 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	166A	standard electric	72 ft	20/30/50 amp		82 ft	1,052 ft	402 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	166B	standard electric	50 ft	20/30/50 amp		82 ft	1,130 ft	484 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	167	standard electric	87 ft	20/30/50 amp		114 ft	1,288 ft	632 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	168	standard electric	80 ft	20/30/50 amp		114 ft	1,399 ft	739 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	169	standard electric	81 ft	20/30/50 amp		153 ft	1,361 ft	886 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	170	standard electric	88 ft	20/30/50 amp		116 ft	1,343 ft	964 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	171	standard electric	80 ft	20/30/50 amp		79 ft	1,355 ft	1,022 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	172	standard electric	61 ft	20/30/50 amp		79 ft	1,364 ft	1,071 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	173	standard electric	85 ft	20/30/50 amp		86 ft	1,387 ft	1,122 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	174	standard electric	74 ft	20/30/50 amp		97 ft	1,474 ft	1,226 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	175	standard electric	79 ft	20/30/50 amp		68 ft	1,441 ft	1,306 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	176	standard electric	67 ft	20/30/50 amp		68 ft	1,404 ft	1,368 ft	$24–$30
EPOI	177	standard electric	63 ft	20/30/50 amp		82 ft	1,380 ft	1,423 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	096	standard electric	64 ft	20/30/50 amp		127 ft	1,033 ft	1,509 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	097	standard electric	70 ft	20/30/50 amp		85 ft	906 ft	1,502 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	098	standard electric	69 ft	20/30/50 amp		85 ft	821 ft	1,491 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	099	standard electric	59 ft	20/30/50 amp		95 ft	727 ft	1,492 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	100	standard electric	62 ft	20/30/50 amp		102 ft	630 ft	1,440 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	101	standard electric	52 ft	20/30/50 amp		102 ft	563 ft	1,394 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	102	standard electric	69 ft	20/30/50 amp		92 ft	464 ft	1,379 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	103	standard electric	75 ft	20/30/50 amp		92 ft	429 ft	1,351 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	104	standard electric	71 ft	20/30/50 amp		100 ft	417 ft	1,324 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	105	standard electric	53 ft	20/30/50 amp		99 ft	302 ft	1,423 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	106	standard electric	56 ft	20/30/50 amp		71 ft	238 ft	1,474 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	107	standard electric	60 ft	20/30/50 amp		71 ft	169 ft	1,471 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	108	standard electric	81 ft	20/30/50 amp		88 ft	122 ft	1,406 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	109	standard electric	75 ft	20/30/50 amp		68 ft	158 ft	1,258 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	110	standard electric	84 ft	20/30/50 amp		68 ft	166 ft	1,190 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	111	standard electric	85 ft	20/30/50 amp		105 ft	208 ft	1,073 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	112	standard electric	71 ft	20/30/50 amp		82 ft	313 ft	1,032 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	113	standard electric	72 ft	20/30/50 amp		82 ft	393 ft	1,031 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	114A	standard electric	65 ft	20/30/50 amp		76 ft	320 ft	1,254 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	114B	standard electric	65 ft	20/30/50 amp		87 ft	251 ft	1,323 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	115A	standard electric	69 ft	20/30/50 amp		59 ft	303 ft	1,155 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	115B	standard electric	78 ft	20/30/50 amp		59 ft	352 ft	1,181 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	116	standard electric	83 ft	20/30/50 amp		76 ft	604 ft	1,232 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	117	standard electric	48 ft	20/30/50 amp		76 ft	635 ft	1,261 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	118	standard electric	71 ft	20/30/50 amp		106 ft	712 ft	1,294 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	119	standard electric	76 ft	20/30/50 amp		98 ft	795 ft	1,327 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	120	standard electric	72 ft	20/30/50 amp		98 ft	880 ft	1,355 ft	$24–$30
FLOO	121	standard electric	52 ft	20/30/50 amp		99 ft	975 ft	1,374 ft	$24–$30
GRPC	G02	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			1,119 ft	1,882 ft
GRPC	G03	type not stated	60 ft	30 amp			1,071 ft	1,808 ft
GRPC	G04	type not stated	60 ft	30 amp			1,028 ft	1,736 ft
GRPC	G05	type not stated	60 ft	30 amp			999 ft	1,664 ft
GRPC	G06	type not stated	60 ft	30 amp			970 ft	1,595 ft
GRPC	G07	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			949 ft	1,527 ft
GRPC	G08	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			937 ft	1,460 ft
GRPC	G09	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			906 ft	1,395 ft
GRPC	G10	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			856 ft	1,329 ft
GRPC	G11	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			809 ft	1,260 ft
GRPC	G12	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			762 ft	1,192 ft
GRPC	G13	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			721 ft	1,128 ft
GRPC	G14	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			261 ft	174 ft
GRPC	G15	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			252 ft	155 ft
GRPC	G16	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			248 ft	131 ft
GRPC	G17	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			226 ft	109 ft
GRPC	G18	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			223 ft	102 ft
GRPC	G19	type not stated	50 ft				237 ft	96 ft
GRPC	G20	type not stated	50 ft				246 ft	112 ft
GRPC	G21	type not stated	50 ft				242 ft	138 ft
GRPC	G22	type not stated	50 ft				236 ft	162 ft
GRPC	G23	type not stated	50 ft				211 ft	205 ft
GRPC	G24	type not stated	50 ft				215 ft	221 ft
GRPC	G25	type not stated	50 ft				188 ft	274 ft
GRPC	G26	type not stated	50 ft				156 ft	333 ft
GRPC	G27	type not stated	50 ft				181 ft	368 ft
GRPC	G28	type not stated	50 ft				215 ft	374 ft
GRPC	G29	type not stated	50 ft				203 ft	385 ft
GRPC	G30	type not stated	50 ft				157 ft	375 ft
GRPC	G31	type not stated	60 ft	30 amp			1,076 ft	1,551 ft
GRPC	G32	type not stated	60 ft	30 amp			1,139 ft	1,635 ft
GRPC	G33	type not stated	60 ft	30 amp			1,171 ft	1,718 ft
GRPC	G34	type not stated	60 ft	30 amp			1,211 ft	1,802 ft
GRPC	G35	type not stated	60 ft	30 amp			1,259 ft	1,883 ft
GRPC	G36	type not stated	60 ft	30 amp			1,309 ft	1,972 ft
GRPC	G37	type not stated	60 ft	30 amp			1,329 ft	2,049 ft
GRPC	GS1	day use		30 amp	yes		293 ft	340 ft
ICGP	Indian Creek Group Campground	group standard electric	50 ft	20/30/50 amp		7190 ft	1,139 ft	1,963 ft	$125
ICRE	HI01	tent only nonelectric				194 ft	1,274 ft	879 ft	$10
ICRE	HI02	tent only nonelectric				236 ft	1,056 ft	810 ft	$10
ICRE	HI03	tent only nonelectric				89 ft	1,263 ft	687 ft	$10
ICRE	HI04	tent only nonelectric				89 ft	1,343 ft	655 ft	$10
ICRE	HI05	tent only nonelectric				148 ft	1,133 ft	372 ft	$10
ICRE	HI06	tent only nonelectric				158 ft	1,046 ft	369 ft	$10
ICRE	HI07	tent only nonelectric				144 ft	1,131 ft	260 ft	$10
ICRE	HI08	tent only nonelectric				135 ft	993 ft	342 ft	$10
ICRE	HI09	tent only nonelectric				135 ft	1,019 ft	220 ft	$10
ICRE	HI10	tent only nonelectric				418 ft	556 ft	569 ft	$10
ICRE	HI11	tent only nonelectric				219 ft	383 ft	847 ft	$10
ICRE	HI12	tent only nonelectric				219 ft	235 ft	1,054 ft	$10
ICRE	HI13	tent only nonelectric				260 ft	1,060 ft	380 ft	$10
ICRE	HI14	tent only nonelectric				283 ft	954 ft	410 ft	$10
ICRE	HI15	tent only nonelectric				302 ft	773 ft	474 ft	$10
ICRE	HI16	tent only nonelectric				472 ft	339 ft	798 ft	$10
ICRE	HI17	tent only nonelectric				283 ft	853 ft	160 ft	$10
ICRE	HI18	tent only nonelectric				374 ft	468 ft	438 ft	$10
ICRE	HI19	tent only nonelectric				370 ft	219 ft	804 ft	$10
ICRE	HI20	tent only nonelectric				370 ft	17 ft	1,014 ft	$10
ICRE	S1	day use		30/15/20 amp	yes	148 ft	1,006 ft	513 ft	$30
NHAW	066	standard electric	77 ft	20/30/50 amp		93 ft	608 ft	508 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	067	standard electric	76 ft	20/30/50 amp		93 ft	587 ft	544 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	068	standard electric	73 ft	20/30/50 amp		114 ft	581 ft	614 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	069	standard electric	79 ft	20/30/50 amp		114 ft	593 ft	689 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	070	standard electric	89 ft	20/30/50 amp		124 ft	554 ft	555 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	071	standard electric	89 ft	20/30/50 amp		124 ft	466 ft	434 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	072	standard electric	64 ft	20/30/50 amp		134 ft	366 ft	202 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	073	standard electric	79 ft	20/30/50 amp		134 ft	374 ft	69 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	074	standard electric	54 ft	20/30/50 amp		106 ft	262 ft	239 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	075	standard electric	63 ft	20/30/50 amp		91 ft	191 ft	335 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	076	standard electric	56 ft	20/30/50 amp		91 ft	192 ft	400 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	077	standard electric	52 ft	20/30/50 amp		129 ft	172 ft	396 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	078	standard electric	81 ft	20/30/50 amp		84 ft	155 ft	292 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	079A	standard electric	59 ft	20/30/50 amp		76 ft	128 ft	250 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	079B	standard electric	61 ft	20/30/50 amp		76 ft	118 ft	219 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	080	standard electric	71 ft	20/30/50 amp		80 ft	162 ft	151 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	081	standard electric	92 ft	20/30/50 amp		62 ft	216 ft	115 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	082	standard electric	85 ft	20/30/50 amp		62 ft	261 ft	116 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	083	standard electric	61 ft	20/30/50 amp		107 ft	336 ft	324 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	084	standard electric	60 ft	20/30/50 amp		107 ft	249 ft	379 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	085	standard electric	66 ft	20/30/50 amp		88 ft	205 ft	488 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	086	standard electric	68 ft	20/30/50 amp		88 ft	255 ft	576 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	087	standard electric	58 ft	20/30/50 amp		85 ft	267 ft	687 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	088	standard electric	61 ft	20/30/50 amp		85 ft	300 ft	722 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	089	standard electric	82 ft	20/30/50 amp		133 ft	325 ft	763 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	090A	standard electric	72 ft	20/30/50 amp		120 ft	428 ft	637 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	090B	standard electric	77 ft	20/30/50 amp		57 ft	375 ft	598 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	091A	standard electric	70 ft	20/30/50 amp		57 ft	335 ft	541 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	091B	standard electric	59 ft	20/30/50 amp		93 ft	355 ft	474 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	092	standard electric	75 ft	20/30/50 amp		101 ft	421 ft	776 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	093	standard electric	71 ft	20/30/50 amp		101 ft	422 ft	726 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	094	standard electric	77 ft	20/30/50 amp		109 ft	455 ft	662 ft	$24–$30
NHAW	095	standard electric	68 ft	20/30/50 amp		109 ft	500 ft	625 ft	$24–$30
SRID	001	standard electric	61 ft	20/30/50 amp		85 ft	718 ft	449 ft	$24–$30
SRID	002	standard electric	64 ft	20/30/50 amp		85 ft	797 ft	367 ft	$24–$30
SRID	003	standard electric	69 ft	20/30/50 amp		73 ft	915 ft	221 ft	$24–$30
SRID	004	standard electric	72 ft	20/30/50 amp		73 ft	951 ft	148 ft	$24–$30
SRID	005	standard electric	69 ft	20/30/50 amp		74 ft	939 ft	75 ft	$24–$30
SRID	006	standard electric	85 ft	20/30/50 amp		96 ft	924 ft	161 ft	$24–$30
SRID	007	standard electric	68 ft	20/30/50 amp		96 ft	892 ft	249 ft	$24–$30
SRID	008	standard electric	73 ft	20/30/50 amp		96 ft	827 ft	383 ft	$24–$30
SRID	009	standard electric	73 ft	20/30/50 amp		96 ft	845 ft	478 ft	$24–$30
SRID	010	standard electric	71 ft	20/30/50 amp		111 ft	819 ft	597 ft	$24–$30
SRID	011	standard electric	73 ft	20/30/50 amp		123 ft	707 ft	722 ft	$24–$30
SRID	012	standard electric	71 ft	20/30/50 amp		121 ft	588 ft	843 ft	$24–$30
SRID	013	standard electric	69 ft	20/30/50 amp		99 ft	466 ft	965 ft	$24–$30
SRID	014	standard electric	68 ft	20/30/50 amp		111 ft	367 ft	1,076 ft	$24–$30
SRID	015	standard electric	64 ft	20/30/50 amp		100 ft	287 ft	1,188 ft	$24–$30
SRID	016	standard electric	65 ft	20/30/50 amp		100 ft	241 ft	1,286 ft	$24–$30
SRID	017	standard electric	78 ft	20/30/50 amp		108 ft	244 ft	1,404 ft	$24–$30
SRID	018	standard electric	57 ft	20/30/50 amp		84 ft	229 ft	1,457 ft	$24–$30
SRID	019	standard electric	73 ft	20/30/50 amp		103 ft	521 ft	1,143 ft	$24–$30
SRID	020	standard electric	81 ft	20/30/50 amp		99 ft	553 ft	1,041 ft	$24–$30
SRID	021	standard electric	80 ft	20/30/50 amp		99 ft	607 ft	943 ft	$24–$30
SRID	022	standard electric	67 ft	20/30/50 amp		99 ft	531 ft	947 ft	$24–$30
SRID	023	standard electric	77 ft	20/30/50 amp		113 ft	446 ft	1,059 ft	$24–$30
SRID	024	standard electric	90 ft	20/30/50 amp		87 ft	377 ft	1,190 ft	$24–$30
SRID	025	standard electric	69 ft	20/30/50 amp		87 ft	343 ft	1,277 ft	$24–$30
SRID	026	standard electric	72 ft	20/30/50 amp		84 ft	240 ft	1,481 ft	$24–$30
SRID	027	standard electric	73 ft	20/30/50 amp		106 ft	197 ft	1,570 ft	$24–$30
SRID	028	standard electric	54 ft	20/30/50 amp		110 ft	201 ft	1,661 ft	$24–$30
SRID	029	standard electric	53 ft	20/30/50 amp		72 ft	169 ft	1,794 ft	$24–$30
SRID	030	standard electric	56 ft	20/30/50 amp		72 ft	168 ft	1,845 ft	$24–$30
SRID	031	standard electric	49 ft	20/30/50 amp		85 ft	141 ft	1,864 ft	$24–$30
SRID	032	standard electric	54 ft	20/30/50 amp		142 ft	208 ft	1,763 ft	$24–$30
SRID	033	standard electric	55 ft	20/30/50 amp		106 ft	190 ft	1,625 ft	$24–$30
SRID	034	standard electric	56 ft	20/30/50 amp		102 ft	243 ft	1,609 ft	$24–$30
SRID	035	standard electric	63 ft	20/30/50 amp		95 ft	308 ft	1,540 ft	$24–$30
SRID	036A	standard electric	77 ft	20/30/50 amp		86 ft	345 ft	1,450 ft	$24–$30
SRID	036B	standard electric	75 ft	20/30/50 amp		86 ft	407 ft	1,364 ft	$24–$30
SRID	037A	standard electric	68 ft	20/30/50 amp		120 ft	513 ft	1,229 ft	$24–$30
SRID	037B	standard electric	65 ft	20/30/50 amp		113 ft	600 ft	1,112 ft	$24–$30
SRID	038A	standard electric	57 ft	20/30/50 amp		98 ft	648 ft	995 ft	$24–$30
SRID	038B	standard electric	61 ft	20/30/50 amp		93 ft	677 ft	897 ft	$24–$30
SRID	039A	standard electric	75 ft	20/30/50 amp		93 ft	725 ft	819 ft	$24–$30
SRID	039B	standard electric	73 ft	20/30/50 amp		95 ft	758 ft	743 ft	$24–$30
SRID	040	standard electric	75 ft	20/30/50 amp		73 ft	766 ft	629 ft	$24–$30
SRID	041	standard electric	52 ft	20/30/50 amp		91 ft	754 ft	521 ft	$24–$30
SRID	042	standard electric	73 ft	20/30/50 amp		73 ft	699 ft	595 ft	$24–$30
SRID	043	standard electric	81 ft	20/30/50 amp		94 ft	639 ft	667 ft	$24–$30
SRID	044	standard electric	79 ft	20/30/50 amp		96 ft	594 ft	749 ft	$24–$30
SRID	045	standard electric	77 ft	20/30/50 amp		95 ft	417 ft	1,119 ft	$24–$30
SRID	046	standard electric	80 ft	20/30/50 amp		95 ft	326 ft	1,084 ft	$24–$30
SRID	047	standard electric	86 ft	20/30/50 amp		110 ft	217 ft	1,007 ft	$24–$30
SRID	048	standard electric	61 ft	20/30/50 amp		99 ft	224 ft	825 ft	$24–$30
SRID	049	standard electric	62 ft	20/30/50 amp		99 ft	194 ft	768 ft	$24–$30
SRID	050	standard electric	85 ft	20/30/50 amp		119 ft	267 ft	763 ft	$24–$30
SRID	051	standard electric	75 ft	20/30/50 amp		119 ft	347 ft	728 ft	$24–$30
SRID	052A	standard electric	58 ft	20/30/50 amp		88 ft	421 ft	929 ft	$24–$30
SRID	052B	standard electric	71 ft	20/30/50 amp		82 ft	389 ft	980 ft	$24–$30
SRID	053	standard electric	75 ft	20/30/50 amp		82 ft	324 ft	912 ft	$24–$30
SRID	054	standard electric	86 ft	20/30/50 amp	yes	88 ft	333 ft	886 ft	$24–$30
SRID	055	standard electric	78 ft	20/30/50 amp		117 ft	513 ft	635 ft	$24–$30
SRID	056	standard electric	87 ft	20/30/50 amp		117 ft	593 ft	528 ft	$24–$30
SRID	057	standard electric	79 ft	20/30/50 amp		118 ft	668 ft	416 ft	$24–$30
SRID	058	standard electric	70 ft	20/30/50 amp		87 ft	757 ft	274 ft	$24–$30
SRID	059	standard electric	91 ft	20/30/50 amp		83 ft	802 ft	187 ft	$24–$30
SRID	060	standard electric	83 ft	20/30/50 amp		83 ft	812 ft	122 ft	$24–$30
SRID	061	standard electric	70 ft	20/30/50 amp		88 ft	779 ft	145 ft	$24–$30
SRID	062	standard electric	84 ft	20/30/50 amp		85 ft	778 ft	192 ft	$24–$30
SRID	063	standard electric	81 ft	20/30/50 amp		85 ft	802 ft	249 ft	$24–$30
SRID	064	standard electric	77 ft	20/30/50 amp		81 ft	801 ft	317 ft	$24–$30
SRID	065	standard electric	81 ft	20/30/50 amp		81 ft	725 ft	390 ft	$24–$30

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 249 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

Coordinate39.53917, -91.73306

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone573-735-4097

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Ray Behrens4.1 mi

John Spalding Rec Ar4.1 mi

Frank Russell4.6 mi

John C. Briscoe Group Use4.9 mi

Bluffview (Mark Twain Lake)8.9 mi

Dry Fork Recreation AreaMark Twain National Forest · 56 mi

Getting there

From Hannibal: Travel west on Highway 36 for 20 miles, then southwest on Highway 24 for 6 miles. Continue south on Rt. HH for 2 miles, then east on Monroe CR #581 for 3 miles.

From Monroe City: Travel 6 miles southwest on Highway 24, then south on Rt. HH for 2 miles. Continue east on Monroe CR #581 for 3 miles.

From Paris: Travel northeast on Highway 24 for 14 miles, then south on Rt. HH for 2 miles. Continue east on Monroe County Road #581 for 3 miles.

From Perry: Travel west on Highway 154 for 7 miles, then north on Highway 107 for 9 miles. Continue northeast on Hwy 24 for 3 miles, then south on Rt. HH for 2 miles. Go east on Monroe County Rd. #581 for 3 miles.

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

Tonight36°Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Cloudy18% rain

Saturday58°Areas Of Frost then Sunny

Saturday Night38°Clear

Sunday65°Sunny

NWS forecast for Florida, MO

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

Typical weather

Typical October night 43°F, day 67°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 17°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: SHELBINA, MO (USC00237720), 19 miles away and 97 ft higher

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 · a letter you can send

Who answers for this land

Indian Creek (MO) is in Missouri’s 6th congressional district. Its representative, Sam Graves (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

Who can change it · 3

Write to somebody who can change it

Two offices, two different asks. The draft to the agency asks it to set aside a published share of the sites here for whoever drives up. The draft to Congress asks why that share is zero and presses for a published minimum at the campgrounds it funds.

The member who votes the moneySam GravesU.S. Representative · Missouri’s 6th district
Open their contact form ↗Their record →
Your senator, on the same appropriationEric SchmittU.S. Senator · Missouri
Open their contact form ↗
Your senator, on the same appropriationJosh HawleyU.S. Senator · Missouri
Open their contact form ↗

Read the draft, or change the wording

For the camper who turned up, or tried to book, and couldn’t get in. Every draft is written from this campground’s own record (its agency, its unit, its site count and its own weekend) and the buttons above copy whichever wording is selected here.

To Sam Graves

Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.

Subject Walk-up camping at Indian Creek (MO), Missouri

Dear Sam Graves,

I’m a constituent in Missouri’s 6th district. I tried to camp at Indian Creek (MO), Missouri, and couldn’t.

recreation.gov lists 212 of the 247 campsites the agency files at Indian Creek (MO), and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 169 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked.

1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Indian Creek (MO) keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule.

I’m not asking you to run Indian Creek (MO). I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund.

The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them.

Sent about Indian Creek (MO) (Missouri) via campanac.com

To Eric Schmitt

Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.

Subject Walk-up camping at Indian Creek (MO), Missouri

Dear Eric Schmitt,

I’m a constituent in Missouri. I tried to camp at Indian Creek (MO), Missouri, and couldn’t.

recreation.gov lists 212 of the 247 campsites the agency files at Indian Creek (MO), and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 169 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked.

1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Indian Creek (MO) keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule.

I’m not asking you to run Indian Creek (MO). I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund.

The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them.

Sent about Indian Creek (MO) (Missouri) via campanac.com

To Josh Hawley

Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.

Subject Walk-up camping at Indian Creek (MO), Missouri

Dear Josh Hawley,

I’m a constituent in Missouri. I tried to camp at Indian Creek (MO), Missouri, and couldn’t.

recreation.gov lists 212 of the 247 campsites the agency files at Indian Creek (MO), and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 169 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked.

1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Indian Creek (MO) keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule.

I’m not asking you to run Indian Creek (MO). I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund.

The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them.

Sent about Indian Creek (MO) (Missouri) via campanac.com

How we know this · 4

Contacts: Contact forms from @unitedstates/congress-legislators · Sep 9, 2026

The figures in these drafts: Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress (CRS Report RS20643) · Updated December 4, 2025 · “The ship’s final procurement cost was $13,316.5 million (i.e., about $13.3 billion) in then-year dollars.”

The figures in these drafts: Salary Table 2026-GS, Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase, Effective January 2026 (U.S. Office of Personnel Management) · Effective January 2026 · “Grade 5, Step 1: $34,799 (annual rate, before locality pay).”

The figures in these drafts: Update to Civilian Position Full Fringe Benefit Cost Factor, Federal Pay Raise Assumptions, and Inflation Factors used in OMB Circular No. A-76 (OMB Memorandum M-08-13) · March 11, 2008 · “the civilian position full fringe benefit cost factor needs to be adjusted downward, from 36.45 percent to 36.25 percent”

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 212 of the 247 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 249 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: 0.28 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 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: Florida, MO, 4.1 mi NE. 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