Piedmont Park
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 14 of the next 15 nights read 14:51 UTC
- A night
- $14–$20Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 9796 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices
In the agency’s own words
Piedmont Park is a spacious, activity-dense recreation area on the shores of Missouri's Clearwater Lake. Water sport enthusiasts love the lakes diverse offerings, from boating to jet skiing and canoeing to swimming. Clearwater is considered a "wilderness lake" because it lacks private boat docks and offers plenty of unspoiled shorelines to explore. The beautiful area is enhanced each spring by flowering shrubs and trees like the redbud, hawthorn, dogwood and wild plum. Keep reading
Recreation
Wildlife viewing is popular with wetland waterfowl, fox, deer and geese. Picnicking is also a favorite pastime, as is lounging on the beach, boating and fishing.
Facilities
Piedmont Park Campground offers 97 sites, including many with electric and water hookups. Additional amenities include a dump station, hot showers, picnic shelters, a boat ramp, playgrounds and a swimming area.
Natural Features
Visitors can sit under the shade of a sycamore or maple tree and look out across the lake to the lush but rugged terrain of the Ozark foothills. The vicinity is noted for the grandeur of its hills, natural springs, and general outdoor beauty. The shoreline is studded with high picturesque bluffs covered with sweet williams, indented bays and quiet coves.
Nearby Attractions
In the area, campers enjoy visiting traditional drive-in movie theaters, the Sam A. Baker State Park, local golf courses, and the historic Civil War site at Fort Benton.
What the agency tells you
Site occupancy is limited to two camping units. One wheeled unit and one tent. Or the site may have two tents. Maximum of 10 people per site.
For more information on Clearwater Lake, Please Click here
Firewood restrictions are in effect to prevent the spread of invasive insects and disease; Click here for more information
Everything else this campground posts · 4
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.
No paper payments. Credit or debit payment for campsites only.
Running of generators is prohibited between the hours of 10p.m. to 6a.m.
Operation of ATV's, UTV's and golf carts is prohibited within the developed recreation areas.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 97 · 1 group
- Hookups
- 83 electric, 31 water
- Longest rig
- 120 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 94 of 95 sites
Facilities
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Additional amenities include a dump station, hot showers, picnic shelters, a boat ramp, playgrounds and a swimming area.”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Playground
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Beach
- Boating
- Swimming
- Night sky · 49th darkest of 118 in MO
- Bortle 4
25 of 70 sites open on Sat, Oct 17read 14:51 UTC
recreation.gov lists 96 of the 97 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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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, $14–$20 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 14:51 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
99 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 95 mapped sitesAll 99 records
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 94 of the 99 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| A | A01 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30/50 amp | 48 ft | 1,134 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A02 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 43 ft | 1,086 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A03 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 43 ft | 1,059 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A04 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 69 ft | 868 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A05 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 69 ft | 831 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A06 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 71 ft | 773 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A07 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 90 ft | 704 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A08 | standard electric | 65 ft | 30 amp | 71 ft | 689 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A09 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 78 ft | 615 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A10 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 30 ft | 488 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A11 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 30 ft | 471 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A12 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 23 ft | 452 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A13 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 23 ft | 442 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A14 | standard electric | 55 ft | 30 amp | 63 ft | 338 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A15 | standard electric | 120 ft | 30 amp | 63 ft | 308 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A16 | standard electric | 52 ft | 30 amp | 82 ft | 289 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A18 | standard electric | 35 ft | 30 amp | 148 ft | 293 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A19 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 140 ft | 322 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A20 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 76 ft | 443 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A21 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 76 ft | 481 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A22 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 600 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A23 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 634 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A24 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 108 ft | 749 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A25 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 925 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A26 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 985 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A27 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 110 ft | 1,103 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A28 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 69 ft | 1,216 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A29 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 51 ft | 1,247 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A30 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 27 ft | 1,319 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A31 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 27 ft | 1,296 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A32 | standard electric | 55 ft | 30 amp | 56 ft | 1,415 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A33 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 56 ft | 1,366 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A35 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 74 ft | 685 ft | $14 | |
| A | A36 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 83 ft | 606 ft | $14 | |
| A | A37 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 88 ft | 518 ft | $14 | |
| A | A38 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 91 ft | 416 ft | $14 | |
| A | A39 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 91 ft | 325 ft | $14 | |
| A | A40 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 69 ft | 333 ft | $14 | |
| A | A41 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 69 ft | 397 ft | $14 | |
| A | A42 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 79 ft | 474 ft | $14 | |
| A | A43 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 84 ft | 558 ft | $14 | |
| A | A44 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 95 ft | 651 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A45 | standard electric | 55 ft | 30 amp | 71 ft | 735 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A46 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 88 ft | 802 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A47 | standard electric | 75 ft | 30 amp | 124 ft | 896 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | GA1 | type not stated | 56 ft | 30 amp | |||
| A | PA1 | type not stated | 60 ft | 30 amp | 1,318 ft | ||
| B | B01 | type not stated | 70 ft | 30 amp | 1,260 ft | ||
| B | B02 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 1,076 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B03 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 1,039 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B04 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 52 ft | 970 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B05 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 52 ft | 936 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B06 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 866 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B07 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 828 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B08 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 71 ft | 786 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B09 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 64 ft | 739 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B10 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 64 ft | 694 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B11 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 620 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B12 | standard electric | 53 ft | 50 amp | 104 ft | 520 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B13 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 132 ft | 400 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B14 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 124 ft | 534 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B15 | standard electric | 100 ft | 30 amp | 124 ft | 558 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B16 | standard electric | 100 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 633 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B17 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 665 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B18 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 88 ft | 709 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B19 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | $16–$20 | ||
| B | B29 | standard nonelectric | 95 ft | 114 ft | 936 ft | $14 | |
| B | B30 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 67 ft | 1,000 ft | $14 | |
| B | B31 | standard electric | 55 ft | 30 amp | 67 ft | 1,056 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B32 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 55 ft | 1,131 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B33 | standard electric | 55 ft | 30 amp | 55 ft | 1,179 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C01 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 34 ft | 1,034 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C02 | standard electric | 54 ft | 30 amp | 34 ft | 1,001 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C03 | standard electric | 54 ft | 30 amp | 59 ft | 945 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C04 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 42 ft | 879 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C05 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 42 ft | 842 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C06 | standard electric | 75 ft | 30 amp | 82 ft | 719 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C07 | standard electric | 100 ft | 30 amp | 80 ft | 522 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C08 | standard electric | 65 ft | 30 amp | 80 ft | 449 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C09 | standard electric | 95 ft | 30 amp | 101 ft | 293 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C10 | standard electric | 115 ft | 30 amp | 129 ft | 257 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C11 | standard electric | 65 ft | 30 amp | 129 ft | 259 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C12 | standard electric | 85 ft | 30 amp | 132 ft | 212 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C13 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 72 ft | 111 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C14 | standard electric | 100 ft | 30 amp | 72 ft | 103 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C17 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 31 ft | 388 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C18 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 31 ft | 400 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C19 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 38 ft | 445 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C20 | standard electric | 57 ft | 30 amp | 38 ft | 483 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C21 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 29 ft | 548 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C22 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 29 ft | 553 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C23 | standard electric | 80 ft | 30 amp | 82 ft | 757 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C24 | standard electric | 75 ft | 30 amp | 60 ft | 843 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C25 | standard electric | 75 ft | 30 amp | 60 ft | 897 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C26 | standard electric | 75 ft | 30 amp | 75 ft | 986 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C27 | standard electric | 35 ft | 30 amp | 75 ft | 1,051 ft | $16–$20 |
| PIED | G1 | group standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 147 ft | 1,396 ft | $40 |
| PIED | S01 | day use | 30 amp | 61 ft | 253 ft | $50 | |
| PIED | S02 | day use | 30 amp | 61 ft | 194 ft | $50 |
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.
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
25 of 99 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
River Road Park0.6 mi
Webb Creek Park2.1 mi
Bluff View(Clearwater Lake)2.9 mi
Highway K13 miMarkham Springs Recreation AreaMark Twain National Forest · 14 mi
Fuchs HouseMark Twain National Forest · 15 miFrom Piedmont, MO, follow Missouri State Highway HH. Travel on Highway HH for 6 miles to the top of the dam. Turn right and follow signs into campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Piedmont, 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
Piedmont Park 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 →