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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · MO

Redman Creek Recreation Area

ReservableBookable through November 2; an off-peak season follows November 3 to May 4.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:17 UTC
A night: $28–$48Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 111106 on recreation.gov

Photos · USACE

80 ftLongest rig

420 ftElevation

166 ftWater · Saint Francis River

10.2 miNE of Poplar Bluff, MO

40%Tree cover

The place

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

In the agency’s own words

Redman Creek offers a variety of recreational opportunities for every visitor! This large park is an ideal place for just a day visit or an extended stay. Redman Creek Campground features 109 full service campsites in the Redman East and West Campground. Each campground loop has a playground and shower house. As of 2025, recent campground improvements at Redman East include newly paved campsites which include a picnic table, lantern post, and fire pit. Enjoy the scenic view along the Lake View Trail, this multi-use trail is a hiker, biker or walkers dream. Keep reading

Beginning at Redman East Campground, the trail connects the entire Wappapello Dam area featuring multiple trailheads with unique landscapes. A tennis court, basketball court, sand volleyball court and playground are available for use year-round. A family picnic or a day of grilling are easy at one of 17 picnic sites or 4 reservable group shelters. An accessible fishing pier, 4-lane boat ramp with courtesy dock and a seasonal swimming beach provide a multitude of water recreation opportunities. Click here to take a virtual tour of the facilities at Wappapello Lake!

Recreation

Wappapello Lake can be a boater's paradise with a string of secluded coves, islands and wooded shorelines. Hunting, fishing and kayaking are popular activities year-round. Hiking and biking on one of the Lake's 9 trail systems provides opportunities for all ages and abilities. Shell Lake Archery Trail is a unique destination for archery enthusiasts.

Facilities

The day-use portion of Redman Creek includes the visitor center, four picnic shelters, basketball, volleyball, and tennis courts, horseshoe pits and more. The campground portion provides 109 full service campsites with 50-AMP electric, water and sewer hookups in addition to six non-electric boat-in island camp sites.

Natural Features

Wappapello Lake is fed by the St. Francis River and boasts 8,400 acres on a whopping 45,000-acre expanse of public land in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. Contact Info Between 04/02/2026 and 10/28/2026 this location is staffed. Please call (573) 222-8233 to speak with local staff. From 11/03/2025 to 04/01/2026 this location is unstaffed. Please call (573) 778-5404 for general information.

Nearby Attractions

Explore the nearby Pine Ridge Nature trail, Shell Lake Archery Trail and Wappapllo Wildflower Trail and Greenhouse areas or St. Francis River. The Mingo Wildlife Refuge is approximately 11.6 miles from Redman Creek Recreation Area. The Lake Wappapello State Park is approximately 17 miles away, and the Sam A. Baker State park is 34 miles away from Redman Creek Recreation Area.

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides free, family-oriented programs throughout the calendar year, for more information about scheduled events you can contact the management office at 573-222-7500 or on the Wappapello Lake Facebook page.

Rule

Existing day use shelter reservations may be cancelled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers if the facility is closed due to flooding, elevated security threats, maintenance problems, etc. Reservations may also be cancelled when the reservation conflicts with large public special events that would negatively impact a private event at the shelter. For these reasons, customers should consider an alternate date or location in the event a closure is necessary. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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.

Everything else this campground posts · 3

Rule

Attention All Recreation Users: If you would like to hold an event or wedding at any of the project’s day use shelters, boat ramps, or any recreation area please call or visit the USACE Wappapello Lake project office to obtain the special use or event permit REQUIRED. These permits are required if you are hosting: a large gathering greater than 50 people, fishing tournaments, 5k’s, weddings, use of a bounce house/water slide of any kind, ETC. Please note that if events are held that require, but do not possess a special use or special event permit may be subject to a WRITTEN CITATION. Per Title 36 CFR 327.21(a) If you are planning on hosting an event and it does not fall under these specific criteria, please contacting with the USACE Wappapello Lake Project Office at 1(573) 222-7500 or messaging us on our Facebook page.

Rule

See Park Information Guide for Rules and Regulations.

Rule

Additional Campground Rules and Regulations: The following are prohibited from use in recreation areas and campgrounds at Wappapello Lake. 1. Any container filled with water for the intended use of "swimming, wading, lounging, or other playing in is prohibited. No kiddie pools, tubs filled with water, other containers, etc. 2. Sprinklers, and other water delivery devices with standard uses of playing in and/or frolicking in, as well as for providing water for the health of lawns are prohibited. 3. Use of government-provided water to "wash or clean" vehicles, campers, boats, or any other equipment is prohibited.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

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

Tents and rigs

Sites: 111 · 6 boat-in
Hookups: 96 electric, 105 water, 105 sewer
Longest rig: 80 ft
Paved pads: 105 of 111
Accessible sites: 7
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: 108 of 111 sites

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

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets; FLUSH TOILETS (SEASONAL) on 1 of 115 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE FLUSH TOILETS on 1 of 115 campsite records
Showers: Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind; SHOWERS on 102 of 115 campsite records
Drinking water: Yes; DRINKING WATER (PEAK SEASON) on 2 of 115 campsite records, WATER (SEASONAL) on 1 of 115 campsite records
Boat ramp: Yes
Playground: Yes
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

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

Water, toilets and showers: counted from this campground’s own campsite records, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, River, Creek, Beach; Fishing; Hiking; Picnicking; Swimming; Visitor center; Water access
Night sky · 96th 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

25 of 204 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:17 UTC

recreation.gov lists 106 of the 111 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

OpenBooked

Booking windowThrough November 2Bookable now through November 2, 2026, the end of the peak season. The off-peak season that follows runs November 3, 2026 through May 4, 2027; recreation.gov releases it on its own schedule, so check there before counting on those nights.recreation.gov

Max stay14 nights2-night minimum on weekendsthe facility record

A night$28–$48plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$64–$104DerivedFriday 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.

Book on recreation.gov

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

Every line of the receipt · 15

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night, per site$28–$48

Full Hook Up$28

Buddy Site Full Hook up$48

Group area, a night$50

Rates for the season the campground is in now, May 6, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026.

Site Type: Full Service (50 Amp, Water, Sewer) $28.00

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$36–$56

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$64–$104

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $28–$48 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 · Sep 10, 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 16:17 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

115 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 100 mapped sites

78 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop REAS 106 638 ftLoop REDC S02 541 ftLoop VIST S03 541 ftLoop REAS 104 513 ftLoop REAS 105 513 ft

Least roomLoop RWES 038 47 ftLoop RWES 039 47 ftLoop RWES 003 48 ft

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

All 115 records

109 of 115 records located

RV / electric96Type not stated9Day use4

041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 057 058 059 060 062 063 064 065 066 067 069 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 56/61 68/86 S02 S08 S01 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 021 022 023 024 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 19/20 25/26 S03

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 2 of the 115 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. 102 of the 115 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


ISLAND	Island Site 01	boat in							$10
ISLAND	Island Site 02	boat in							$10
ISLAND	Island Site 03	boat in							$10
ISLAND	Island Site 04	boat in							$10
ISLAND	Island Site 05	boat in							$10
ISLAND	Island Site 06	boat in							$10
REAS	041	standard electric		50 amp		78 ft	982 ft		$28–$48
REAS	042	standard electric		50 amp		78 ft	1,039 ft		$28–$48
REAS	043	type not stated		50 amp			1,114 ft
REAS	044	type not stated		50 amp			1,188 ft
REAS	045	type not stated		50 amp			1,277 ft
REAS	046	standard electric		50 amp		84 ft	1,334 ft		$28–$48
REAS	047	standard electric		50 amp	yes	53 ft	1,311 ft		$28–$48
REAS	048	standard electric		50 amp	yes	53 ft	1,268 ft		$28–$48
REAS	049	standard electric		50 amp		105 ft	1,154 ft		$28–$48
REAS	050	standard electric		50 amp		71 ft	1,072 ft		$28–$48
REAS	051	standard electric		50 amp		71 ft	1,007 ft		$28–$48
REAS	052	standard electric		50 amp		54 ft	939 ft		$28–$48
REAS	053	standard electric		50 amp		54 ft	904 ft		$28–$48
REAS	054	standard electric		50 amp		75 ft	835 ft		$28–$48
REAS	055	standard electric		50 amp		56 ft	829 ft		$28–$48
REAS	057	standard electric		50 amp		56 ft	827 ft		$28–$48
REAS	058	standard electric		50 amp		73 ft	857 ft		$28–$48
REAS	059	standard electric		50 amp		89 ft	805 ft		$28–$48
REAS	060	standard electric		50 amp		89 ft	716 ft		$28–$48
REAS	062	standard electric		50 amp		76 ft	637 ft		$28–$48
REAS	063	standard electric		50 amp	yes	76 ft	626 ft		$28–$48
REAS	064	standard electric		50 amp		78 ft	721 ft		$28–$48
REAS	065	standard electric		50 amp		53 ft	561 ft		$28–$48
REAS	066	standard electric		50 amp	yes	53 ft	535 ft		$28–$48
REAS	067	standard electric		50 amp		55 ft	680 ft		$28–$48
REAS	069	standard electric		50 amp		56 ft	624 ft		$28–$48
REAS	087	standard electric		50 amp		61 ft	699 ft		$28–$48
REAS	088	standard electric		50 amp		61 ft	649 ft		$28–$48
REAS	089	standard electric		50 amp		53 ft	712 ft		$28–$48
REAS	090	standard electric		50 amp		85 ft	589 ft		$28–$48
REAS	091	standard electric		50 amp		53 ft	702 ft		$28–$48
REAS	092	standard electric		50 amp		102 ft	561 ft		$28–$48
REAS	093	standard electric		50 amp		84 ft	680 ft		$28–$48
REAS	094	standard electric		50 amp		102 ft	680 ft		$28–$48
REAS	095	standard electric		50 amp		76 ft	694 ft		$28–$48
REAS	096	standard electric		50 amp		76 ft	735 ft		$28–$48
REAS	097	standard electric		50 amp		80 ft	802 ft		$28–$48
REAS	098	standard electric		50 amp		76 ft	862 ft		$28–$48
REAS	099	standard electric		50 amp		76 ft	929 ft		$28–$48
REAS	100	standard electric		50 amp		81 ft	994 ft		$28–$48
REAS	101	standard electric		50 amp		344 ft	91 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
REAS	102	standard electric		50 amp		328 ft	27 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
REAS	103	standard electric		50 amp		328 ft	12 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
REAS	104	standard electric		50 amp		513 ft	55 ftLake Wappapello	3,264 ft	$28–$48
REAS	105	standard electric		50 amp		513 ft	74 ftLake Wappapello	2,788 ft	$28–$48
REAS	106	standard electric		50 amp		638 ft	82 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
REAS	107	standard electric		50 amp		74 ft	1,266 ft		$28–$48
REAS	108	standard electric		50 amp		74 ft	1,199 ft		$28–$48
REAS	109	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp		75 ft	1,138 ft		$28–$48
REAS	56/61	standard electric		50 amp		116 ft	742 ft		$28–$48
REAS	68/86	standard electric		50 amp		55 ft	709 ft		$28–$48
REDC	S02	day use		15 amp	yes	541 ft	181 ftLake Wappapello		$50
REDC	S08	day use		15 amp	yes	207 ft	161 ftLake Wappapello		$50
REDP	S01	day use		15 amp	yes	207 ft	273 ftLake Wappapello	Flush Toilets (seasonal) listed	$50
REDS	070	standard electric		50 amp		56 ft	626 ft		$28–$48
REDS	071	type not stated		50 amp			636 ft
REDS	072	standard electric		50 amp		64 ft	632 ft		$28–$48
REDS	073	standard electric		50 amp		63 ft	612 ft		$28–$48
REDS	074	standard electric		50 amp		63 ft	590 ft		$28–$48
REDS	075	standard electric		50 amp		81 ft	529 ft		$28–$48
REDS	076	standard electric		50 amp		96 ft	436 ft		$28–$48
REDS	077	standard electric	51 ft	50 amp		101 ft	346 ft		$28–$48
REDS	078	standard electric		50 amp		96 ft	327 ft		$28–$48
REDS	079	standard electric		50 amp		99 ft	402 ft		$28–$48
REDS	080	standard electric		50 amp		77 ft	488 ft		$28–$48
REDS	081	standard electric		50 amp		96 ft	419 ft		$28–$48
REDS	082	standard electric		50 amp		77 ft	549 ft		$28–$48
REDS	083	type not stated		50 amp			603 ft
REDS	084	standard electric		50 amp		72 ft	660 ft		$28–$48
REDS	085	standard electric		50 amp		72 ft	722 ft		$28–$48
RWES	001	standard electric		50 amp		79 ft	1,115 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	002	standard electric		50 amp		79 ft	1,035 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	003	standard electric		50 amp		48 ft	998 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	004	standard electric		50 amp		96 ft	933 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	005	standard electric		50 amp		48 ft	952 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	006	standard electric		50 amp		55 ft	906 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	007	type not stated		50 amp	yes		815 ftLake Wappapello
RWES	008	standard electric		50 amp		128 ft	748 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	009	type not stated		50 amp			806 ftLake Wappapello
RWES	010	standard electric		50 amp		121 ft	596 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	011	type not stated		50 amp			683 ftLake Wappapello
RWES	012	standard electric		50 amp	yes	84 ft	620 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	013	standard electric		50 amp		81 ft	531 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	014	standard electric		50 amp		50 ft	554 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	015	standard electric		50 amp		92 ft	458 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	016	standard electric		50 amp		62 ft	495 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	017	standard electric		50 amp	yes	86 ft	714 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	018	standard electric		50 amp		86 ft	644 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	021	standard electric		50 amp		125 ft	451 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	022	standard electric		50 amp		131 ft	413 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	023	standard electric		50 amp		143 ft	324 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	024	standard electric		50 amp		105 ft	423 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	027	standard electric		50 amp		69 ft	437 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	028	standard electric		50 amp		71 ft	504 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	029	standard electric		50 amp		64 ft	483 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	030	standard electric		50 amp		71 ft	567 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	031	standard electric		50 amp		50 ft	560 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	032	standard electric		50 amp		84 ft	645 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	033	standard electric		50 amp		84 ft	666 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	034	standard electric		50 amp		98 ft	747 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	035	standard electric		50 amp		103 ft	833 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	036	type not stated		50 amp			907 ftLake Wappapello
RWES	037	standard electric		50 amp		73 ft	856 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	038	standard electric		50 amp		47 ft	953 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	039	standard electric		50 amp		47 ft	989 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	040	standard electric		50 amp		152 ft	1,151 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	19/20	standard electric		50 amp		115 ft	534 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
RWES	25/26	standard electric		50 amp		101 ft	423 ftLake Wappapello		$28–$48
VIST	S03	day use		15 amp	yes	541 ft	179 ftLake Wappapello	Accessible Flush Toilets listed	$50

The agency files 4 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 115 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

Coordinate36.92737, -90.28380

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone573-222-8233

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Spillway Recreation Area0.1 mi

Eagle Point Recreation Area0.6 mi

Peoples Creek1.4 mi

Snow Creek Campground5.1 mi

Greenville Recreation Area15 mi

Markham Springs18 mi

Getting there

From St. Louis: Take I-55 south to Highway 67. Go south and turn left on State Highway D. Take Highway D south for 20 miles and look for signs.

From Poplar Bluff: Take Highway 60 east to Highway T. Take exit toward Wappapello Lake (north). Continue and look for signs.

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

Tonight42°Partly Cloudy

Saturday60°Sunny

Saturday Night34°Clear then Areas Of Frost

Sunday64°Areas Of Frost then Sunny

NWS forecast for Puxico, MO

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

Typical weather

Typical October night 47°F, day 72°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 28°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

100°32°20°

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: POPLAR BLUFF MUNI AP, MO (USW00003975), 11 miles away and 93 ft lower

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

Redman Creek Recreation Area 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 →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

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 106 of the 111 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 109 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: 0.49 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: Puxico, MO, 6.5 mi WSW. 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