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ReservableOut of season; bookable April 15 through April 17.
Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book
Right now
Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night
$16–$26Across the site types the agency prices
Sites
177173 on recreation.gov
Photos · USACE Perry Lake
72 ftLongest rig
1,020 ftElevation
869 ftWater · an unnamed pond
4.1 miNW of Perry, KS
0%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 4 notices

In the agency’s own words

Slough Creek Campground is situated on Perry Lake in the lush Kansas forest. As the largest and most popular recreation area at the lake, Slough Creek is an ideal destination for family camping trips. CAMPGROUND GATE POLICY--Park entrance gates will be closed from 10pm-6am on Friday and Saturday nights and the entirety of holiday weekends. An exit lane is provided with one way traffic only. No late entrance will be allowed and only Park Staff or Emergency Personnel will be permitted though the gate after 10pm. Keep reading

Recreation

Perry lake has a reputation for being one of the best sailing lakes in the region; however, boaters of all types will enjoy the many opportunities offered here, whether it's sailing, power boating or canoeing. Perry Lake offers excellent fishing: White crappie, flathead catfish, walleye, white bass, channel catfish and sauger are in abundance throughout the lake. In addition to the vast lake, the area has approximately 27,000 acres of public land dedicated to wildlife management: turkey, deer, quail, pheasant, rabbit, squirrel, duck and geese are all found on these federal lands. For hikers, the 29-mile Perry Lake loop trail offers a range of terrain and difficulty from easy, gentle slopes in the south to rugged, varying elevation changes in the north. The Slough Creek trailhead for the Perry Lake Trail is located on-site. There is also a short loop trail through the Slough Creek Area called the Thunder Ridge Trail with the trailhead just outside the main campground gate. The Thunder Ridge Trail is approximately 2.5 miles and offers a diverse array of terrain and scenery in such a short trail.

Facilities

Slough Creek Campground offers 174 reservable spacious campsites, ranging from walk-in tent sites to full electric and water hookup sites. In addition to the individual campsites, one large group camp is available for large parties or family functions and provides privacy from the main campground.

Natural Features

Perry Lake Dam was completed in 1969 to help with flood control for the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Today, the lake boasts 159 miles of shoreline and 12,000 surface acres of water, creating countless recreational activities for visitors, and earning it the nickname "paradise on the plains." The campground is surrounded by the lake on one side and a dense canopy of forest on the other, making it ideal for those wishing to enjoy the best of both environments. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (785) 597-5144.

Nearby Attractions

Perry Lake is a short drive from Lawrence, Topeka, and Kansas City--each with their own array of shopping, dining, and attractions.

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

Perry Lake Basic Campground Rules We need your help to protect the natural resources so that future trips to Perry Lake are as rewarding as today’s. In order to make your camping experience more enjoyable, we ask that you observe the following basic campground rules.  1. Park entrance gates will be closed and locked Friday and Saturday from 10pm to 6am, and Sundays on Holiday weekends. An exit lane is provided with one way traffic only.  2. Quiet hours are from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. This includes turning off radios and generators at 10:00 p.m. All visitors not staying overnight at the campsite must leave the park by 10:00 p.m.   3. All pets must be kept on a 6 foot leash at all times or otherwise restrained (cable/chain).  4. Campsite occupancy/capacities are restricted to the following:                • One wheeled unit and 1 tent OR 2 tents maximum per site                • 3 vehicles maximum per site                • 10 people maximum per site  5. All vehicles must remain on paved or graveled surfaces. Parking vehicles on the grass is prohibited, extra parking is available at restroom facilities. Boat trailers (loaded or unloaded) may be parked on the grass adjacent to your campsite.  6. At the end of your stay please dispose of all trash in the dumpsters located in the park.  7. Vehicles must be operated in accordance with applicable state laws. Only licensed vehicles operated by a licensed driver can be used within a public use area. Park roads are for ingress and egress only. Absolutely No ATV’s, Golf Carts, or other battery operated vehicles can be operated in the park.   8. All waste water (gray and black water) must be disposed of at the sanitary dump stations.   9. Dead and downed wood may be used for firewood, cutting of standing trees, limbs, or bushes is prohibited. Operation of a chainsaw is prohibited, hand tools are allowed.    10. Fires must be confined to fire rings provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.   11. Checkout is 4:00 p.m., Please contact our office or visit the park attendant at the booth if you have any questions.   12. Camping is limited to 14 days on a site, campers must vacate the site for 24 hours prior to returning. Campers may move to a different loop in the campground during that time.    13. Camping facilities are for campers only, no day use is allowed within the campgrounds.

Rule

Due to the spread of invasive insects like the Emerald Ash Borer, firewood from outside the area is not permitted. Visitors to Perry Lake may only bring and burn firewood originating from Jefferson County, Kansas. For more information please contact the Perry Lake Project Office at 785-597-5144.

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 · 1
Rule

CAMPGROUND GATE POLICY --Park entrance gates will be closed from 10pm-6am. An exit lane is provided with one way traffic only. No late entrance will be allowed and only Park Staff or Emergency Personnel will be permitted through the gate after 10pm.

Read them on the agency’s own page →
Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites
177 · 3 group
Hookups
126 electric, 87 water, 3 sewer
Longest rig
72 ft
Accessible sites
2
Pets
Allowed
Campfires
Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade
Every site
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Stay limit
14 nights
recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Source: recreation.gov facility record · Sep 9, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Lake, River, Creek, Beach
Biking
Boating
Fishing
Hiking
Night sky · 50th 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

No reading yet, book on recreation.gov

recreation.gov lists 173 of the 177 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.

Booking windowFrom April 15Out of season now. Bookable for April 15, 2027 through April 17, 2027. Tomorrow at 10 AM ET, availability opens through April 18, 2027.recreation.gov
Max stay14 nights2-night minimum on weekendsthe facility record
A night$16–$26plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
A weekend$40–$60DerivedFriday 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.

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We’ll write once, when the season that starts Thu, Apr 15 2027 is open for booking.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
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Every line of the receipt · 17

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
A night, per site$16–$26
Standard Nonelectric$16
30amp$20
30amp/Water$22
50 amp/Water$24
50amp/Water/Sewer$26
Group areas, a night$50
Rates for the season the campground is in now, Apr 15, 2026 to Oct 15, 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$24–$34
A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$40–$60

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $16–$26 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

rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

177 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 170 mapped sites
72 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
76%of tent sites sit clear of electric or RV sites
Most roomWest Group Camp 2603 ftLoop LCOV Limestone Cove Group Camp 1055 ftLoop WORT W014 138 ftLoop LOCU L018 117 ftLoop BOAK B039 114 ft
Least roomLoop WORT W057 28 ftLoop WORT W058 28 ftLoop WORT W004 34 ft
Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 177 sites

174 of 177 sites located
Standard43RV / electric125Group2Type not stated4
B001B002B003B004B005B007B008B009B010B011B013B027B028B029B030B031B033B035B037B038B039Limestone Cove Group CampL001L002L003L004L005L007L010L013L016L017L018L019L020L021L022L023L024S003S004S005S006S007S008S009S010S011S013S017S019S021S027S031S033S034S035S036S037S038S041S042S043S044S058S059S060S061S062S063S064S065S066S067S068S069S070S071S072S073S074S075S076S077S078S079S080S081S082S083S084S085S086S087S088S089S090West Group CampW001W002W003W004W005W006W007W008W009W010W011W012W014W015W016W017W018W019W020W021W022W023W024W025W026W027W028W029W030W031W032W033W034W035W036W037W038W039W040W047W049W052W053W054W055W056W057W058W059W060W061W062W063W064W065W066W067W068W069W070W071W072W073W074W075W076W077W078W079W080W081W082W083W084W085W086
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 174 of the 177 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. 173 of the 177 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

BOAKB001standard nonelectric48 ft109 ft602 ftPerry Lake495 ft$16
BOAKB002standard electric48 ft30 amp73 ft487 ftPerry Lake335 ft$20–$26
BOAKB003standard nonelectric48 ft95 ft472 ftPerry Lake394 ft$16
BOAKB004standard electric48 ft30 amp73 ft438 ftPerry Lake262 ft$20–$26
BOAKB005standard nonelectric48 ft91 ft363 ftPerry Lake281 ft$16
BOAKB007standard electric48 ft30 amp60 ft389 ftPerry Lake179 ft$20–$26
BOAKB008standard nonelectric58 ft60 ft337 ftPerry Lake136 ft$16
BOAKB009standard nonelectric54 ft90 ft273 ftPerry Lake244 ft$16
BOAKB010standard nonelectric56 ft76 ft280 ftPerry Lake102 ft$16
BOAKB011standard nonelectric47 ft90 ft206 ftPerry Lake201 ft$16
BOAKB013standard nonelectric56 ft86 ft248 ftPerry Lake93 ft$16
BOAKB027standard nonelectric60 ft87 ft123 ftPerry Lake359 ft$16
BOAKB028standard nonelectric54 ft75 ft223 ftPerry Lake241 ft$16
BOAKB029standard nonelectric60 ft75 ft208 ftPerry Lake360 ft$16
BOAKB030standard electric54 ft30 amp63 ft295 ftPerry Lake256 ft$20–$26
BOAKB031standard nonelectric48 ft75 ft283 ftPerry Lake354 ft$16
BOAKB033standard electric58 ft30 amp63 ft357 ftPerry Lake282 ft$20–$26
BOAKB035standard electric54 ft30 amp95 ft465 ftPerry Lake361 ft$20–$26
BOAKB037standard nonelectric47 ft100 ft462 ftPerry Lake441 ft$16
BOAKB038standard nonelectric54 ft95 ft560 ftPerry Lake427 ft$16
BOAKB039standard nonelectric46 ft114 ft583 ftPerry Lake522 ft$16
EastEast Group Campgroup standard nonelectric$50
LCOVLimestone Cove Group Campgroup standard area nonelectric54 ft1055 ft160 ftPerry Lake1,298 ft$50
LOCUL001standard nonelectric51 ftyes63 ft349 ftPerry Lake75 ft$16
LOCUL002standard nonelectric47 ft63 ft293 ftPerry Lake138 ft$16
LOCUL003standard electric60 ft30 amp45 ft303 ftPerry Lake228 ft$20–$26
LOCUL004standard electric38 ft30 amp45 ft264 ftPerry Lake262 ft$20–$26
LOCUL005standard electric43 ft30 amp78 ft202 ftPerry Lake333 ft$20–$26
LOCUL007standard electric48 ft30 amp67 ft171 ftPerry Lake408 ft$20–$26
LOCUL010standard electric54 ft30 amp65 ft237 ftPerry Lake421 ft$20–$26
LOCUL013standard electric47 ft30 amp56 ft260 ftPerry Lake433 ft$20–$26
LOCUL016standard nonelectric70 ft96 ft157 ftPerry Lake500 ft$16
LOCUL017standard electric60 ft30 amp56 ft252 ftPerry Lake417 ft$20–$26
LOCUL018standard electric30 ft30 amp118 ft240 ftPerry Lake426 ft$20–$26
LOCUL019standard electric47 ft30 amp103 ft357 ftPerry Lake330 ft$20–$26
LOCUL020standard electric47 ft30 amp92 ft341 ftPerry Lake312 ft$20–$26
LOCUL021standard electric54 ft30 amp85 ft461 ftPerry Lake252 ft$20–$26
LOCUL022standard electric54 ft30 amp89 ft395 ftPerry Lake227 ft$20–$26
LOCUL023standard electric52 ft30 amp85 ft519 ftPerry Lake199 ft$20–$26
LOCUL024standard electric56 ft30 amp89 ft428 ftPerry Lake154 ft$20–$26
SOUTS003standard nonelectric44 ft82 ft655 ft233 ft$16
SOUTS004standard nonelectric49 ft65 ft674 ftPerry Lake165 ft$16
SOUTS005standard nonelectric42 ft65 ft616 ftPerry Lake122 ft$16
SOUTS006standard electric54 ft30 ampyes74 ft500 ftPerry Lake43 ft$20–$26
SOUTS007standard nonelectric41 ft54 ft532 ftPerry Lake105 ft$16
SOUTS008standard nonelectric40 ft54 ft480 ftPerry Lake133 ft$16
SOUTS009standard nonelectric32 ft69 ft402 ftPerry Lake195 ft$16
SOUTS010standard electric42 ft30 amp67 ft277 ftPerry Lake275 ft$20–$26
SOUTS011standard nonelectric34 ft69 ft334 ftPerry Lake253 ft$16
SOUTS013standard electric58 ft30 amp54 ft178 ftPerry Lake368 ft$20–$26
SOUTS017standard electric56 ft30 amp54 ft162 ftPerry Lake374 ft$20–$26
SOUTS019standard electric52 ft30 amp84 ft194 ftPerry Lake342 ft$20–$26
SOUTS021standard electric58 ft30 amp81 ft207 ftPerry Lake343 ft$20–$26
SOUTS027standard electric50 ft30 amp77 ft276 ftPerry Lake265 ft$20–$26
SOUTS031standard electric55 ft30 amp67 ft396 ftPerry Lake346 ft$20–$26
SOUTS033type not stated54 ft30 amp453 ftPerry Lake293 ft
SOUTS034standard nonelectric60 ft65 ft445 ftPerry Lake167 ft$16
SOUTS035standard nonelectric52 ft65 ft361 ftPerry Lake140 ft$16
SOUTS036standard nonelectric52 ft65 ft298 ftPerry Lake105 ft$16
SOUTS037standard nonelectric55 ft79 ft225 ftPerry Lake95 ft$16
SOUTS038standard nonelectric60 ft71 ft177 ftPerry Lake126 ft$16
SOUTS041standard nonelectric54 ft71 ft157 ftPerry Lake170 ft$16
SOUTS042standard nonelectric61 ft87 ft156 ftPerry Lake279 ft$16
SOUTS043standard nonelectric46 ft72 ft228 ftPerry Lake252 ft$16
SOUTS044standard nonelectric56 ft87 ft186 ftPerry Lake339 ft$16
SOUTS058standard nonelectric55 ft68 ft356 ftPerry Lake107 ft$16
SOUTS059standard nonelectric52 ft68 ft403 ft136 ft$16
SOUTS060standard electric52 ft50 amp82 ft546 ft257 ft$20–$26
SOUTS061standard nonelectric56 ft81 ft427 ft204 ft$16
SOUTS062standard electric56 ft50 amp82 ft563 ft336 ft$20–$26
SOUTS063standard nonelectric62 ft89 ft449 ft291 ft$16
SOUTS064standard electric54 ft30 amp74 ft427 ftPerry Lake107 ft$20–$26
SOUTS065standard electric52 ft30 amp67 ft330 ftPerry Lake211 ft$20–$26
SOUTS066standard electric56 ft30 amp78 ft409 ftPerry Lake139 ft$20–$26
SOUTS067standard electric54 ft30 amp83 ft308 ftPerry Lake225 ft$20–$26
SOUTS068standard electric54 ft30 amp71 ft364 ftPerry Lake197 ft$20–$26
SOUTS069standard electric54 ft30 amp71 ft295 ftPerry Lake263 ft$20–$26
SOUTS070standard electric47 ft30 amp81 ft261 ftPerry Lake306 ft$20–$26
SOUTS071standard electric56 ft30 amp77 ft325 ftPerry Lake241 ft$20–$26
SOUTS072standard electric52 ft30 amp67 ft368 ftPerry Lake294 ft$20–$26
SOUTS073standard electric52 ft30 amp67 ft406 ftPerry Lake160 ft$20–$26
SOUTS074standard electric60 ft30 amp89 ft450 ftPerry Lake236 ft$20–$26
SOUTS075standard electric56 ft30 amp67 ft469 ftPerry Lake98 ft$20–$26
SOUTS076type not stated56 ft50 amp510 ftPerry Lake209 ft
SOUTS077type not stated56 ft50 amp536 ftPerry Lake53 ft
SOUTS078type not stated56 ft50 amp580 ftPerry Lake175 ft
SOUTS079standard electric62 ft50 amp94 ft417 ftPerry Lake77 ft$20–$26
SOUTS080standard electric50 ft50 amp86 ft521 ftPerry Lake181 ft$20–$26
SOUTS081standard electric54 ft50 amp90 ft560 ftPerry Lake224 ft$20–$26
SOUTS082standard electric51 ft50 amp90 ft413 ftPerry Lake124 ft$20–$26
SOUTS083standard electric56 ft50 amp65 ft482 ftPerry Lake186 ft$20–$26
SOUTS084standard electric58 ft50 amp83 ft364 ftPerry Lake181 ft$20–$26
SOUTS085standard electric54 ft50 amp67 ft382 ftPerry Lake83 ft$20–$26
SOUTS086standard electric54 ft50 amp59 ft324 ftPerry Lake164 ft$20–$26
SOUTS087standard electric37 ft50 amp59 ft309 ftPerry Lake168 ft$20–$26
SOUTS088standard electric54 ft50 amp63 ft323 ftPerry Lake55 ft$20–$26
SOUTS089standard electric60 ft50 amp63 ft266 ftPerry Lake86 ft$20–$26
SOUTS090standard electric50 ft50 amp72 ft265 ftPerry Lake197 ft$20–$26
WESTWest Group Campgroup standard nonelectric2603 ft426 ftPerry Lake177 ft$50
WORTW001standard electric56 ft30 amp77 ft395 ft629 ft$20–$26
WORTW002standard electric52 ft30 amp67 ft377 ft705 ft$20–$26
WORTW003standard electric50 ft30 amp77 ft470 ft687 ft$20–$26
WORTW004standard electric47 ft30 amp34 ft442 ft741 ft$20–$26
WORTW005standard electric57 ft30 amp34 ft475 ft771 ft$20–$26
WORTW006standard electric57 ft30 amp63 ft558 ft746 ft$20–$26
WORTW007standard electric56 ft30 amp63 ft500 ftPerry Lake772 ft$20–$26
WORTW008standard electric52 ft30 amp36 ft468 ft857 ft$20–$26
WORTW009standard electric58 ft30 amp36 ft456 ft874 ft$20–$26
WORTW010standard electric54 ft30 amp37 ft400 ftPerry Lake854 ft$20–$26
WORTW011standard electric56 ft30 amp37 ft367 ftPerry Lake844 ft$20–$26
WORTW012standard electric57 ft30 amp82 ft427 ftPerry Lake737 ft$20–$26
WORTW013standard electric55 ft30 amp$20–$26
WORTW014standard electric63 ft30 amp138 ft314 ftPerry Lake659 ft$20–$26
WORTW015standard electric52 ft30 amp68 ft262 ftPerry Lake509 ft$20–$26
WORTW016standard electric56 ft30 amp68 ft197 ftPerry Lake532 ft$20–$26
WORTW017standard electric51 ft30 amp66 ft180 ftPerry Lake497 ft$20–$26
WORTW018standard electric54 ft30 amp66 ft177 ftPerry Lake468 ft$20–$26
WORTW019standard electric72 ft30 amp93 ft138 ftPerry Lake377 ft$20–$26
WORTW020standard electric72 ft30 amp73 ft132 ftPerry Lake333 ft$20–$26
WORTW021standard electric72 ft30 amp73 ft138 ftPerry Lake302 ft$20–$26
WORTW022standard electric72 ft30 amp84 ft156 ftPerry Lake287 ft$20–$26
WORTW023standard electric60 ft30 amp61 ft172 ftPerry Lake306 ft$20–$26
WORTW024standard electric56 ft30 amp57 ft217 ftPerry Lake296 ft$20–$26
WORTW025standard electric60 ft30 amp57 ft199 ftPerry Lake265 ft$20–$26
WORTW026standard electric50 ft30 amp75 ft266 ftPerry Lake203 ft$20–$26
WORTW027standard electric50 ft30 amp54 ft171 ftPerry Lake237 ft$20–$26
WORTW028standard electric35 ft30 amp54 ft149 ftPerry Lake215 ft$20–$26
WORTW029standard electric43 ft30 amp93 ft119 ftPerry Lake197 ft$20–$26
WORTW030standard electric72 ft30 amp63 ft198 ftPerry Lake111 ft$20–$26
WORTW031standard electric56 ft30 amp85 ft119 ftPerry Lake199 ft$20–$26
WORTW032standard electric72 ft30 amp63 ft204 ftPerry Lake119 ft$20–$26
WORTW033standard electric72 ft30 amp79 ft208 ftPerry Lake161 ft$20–$26
WORTW034standard electric52 ft30 amp72 ft130 ftPerry Lake233 ft$20–$26
WORTW035standard electric72 ft30 amp81 ft219 ftPerry Lake224 ft$20–$26
WORTW036standard electric50 ft30 amp72 ft136 ftPerry Lake277 ft$20–$26
WORTW037standard electric72 ft30 amp76 ft226 ftPerry Lake295 ft$20–$26
WORTW038standard nonelectric58 ft53 ft134 ftPerry Lake349 ft$16
WORTW039standard nonelectric58 ft50 ft138 ftPerry Lake392 ft$16
WORTW040standard nonelectric58 ft50 ft114 ftPerry Lake358 ft$16
WORTW047standard nonelectric42 ft107 ft169 ftPerry Lake217 ft$16
WORTW049standard nonelectric47 ft107 ft265 ftPerry Lake194 ft$16
WORTW051standard nonelectric54 ft$16
WORTW052standard electric52 ft30 amp90 ft418 ftPerry Lake217 ft$20–$26
WORTW053standard electric56 ft30 amp60 ft491 ftPerry Lake308 ft$20–$26
WORTW054standard electric54 ft30 amp81 ft427 ftPerry Lake259 ft$20–$26
WORTW055standard electric52 ft30 amp81 ft473 ftPerry Lake273 ft$20–$26
WORTW056standard electric58 ft30 amp60 ft539 ft367 ft$20–$26
WORTW057standard electric45 ft30 amp27 ft615 ft474 ft$20–$26
WORTW058standard electric58 ft30 amp27 ft609 ft501 ft$20–$26
WORTW059standard electric52 ft30 amp77 ft605 ftPerry Lake450 ft$20–$26
WORTW060standard electric55 ft30 amp78 ft528 ftPerry Lake518 ft$20–$26
WORTW061standard electric56 ft30 amp84 ft544 ftPerry Lake583 ft$20–$26
WORTW062standard electric59 ft30 amp82 ft467 ftPerry Lake655 ft$20–$26
WORTW063standard electric53 ft30 amp80 ft451 ftPerry Lake595 ft$20–$26
WORTW064standard electric56 ft30 amp73 ft362 ftPerry Lake356 ft$20–$26
WORTW065standard electric54 ft50 amp73 ft431 ftPerry Lake318 ft$20–$26
WORTW066standard electric56 ft50 amp71 ft446 ftPerry Lake436 ft$20–$26
WORTW067standard electric52 ft50 amp69 ft493 ftPerry Lake322 ft$20–$26
WORTW068standard electric56 ft50 amp71 ft516 ftPerry Lake439 ft$20–$26
WORTW069standard electric56 ft50 amp69 ft482 ftPerry Lake343 ft$20–$26
WORTW070standard electric52 ft50 amp71 ft492 ftPerry Lake425 ft$20–$26
WORTW071standard electric48 ft50 amp73 ft423 ftPerry Lake375 ft$20–$26
WORTW072standard electric52 ft50 amp74 ft442 ftPerry Lake351 ft$20–$26
WORTW073standard electric52 ft50 amp69 ft365 ftPerry Lake357 ft$20–$26
WORTW074standard electric50 ft50 amp69 ft386 ftPerry Lake268 ft$20–$26
WORTW075standard electric57 ft50 amp69 ft313 ftPerry Lake293 ft$20–$26
WORTW076standard electric50 ft50 amp69 ft350 ftPerry Lake200 ft$20–$26
WORTW077standard electric56 ft50 amp72 ft271 ftPerry Lake224 ft$20–$26
WORTW078standard electric54 ft50 amp83 ft310 ftPerry Lake117 ft$20–$26
WORTW079standard electric47 ft30 amp54 ft301 ftPerry Lake263 ft$20–$26
WORTW080standard electric62 ft30 amp54 ft313 ftPerry Lake210 ft$20–$26
WORTW081standard electric60 ft30 amp51 ft303 ftPerry Lake140 ft$20–$26
WORTW082standard electric60 ft30 amp51 ft302 ftPerry Lake89 ft$20–$26
WORTW083standard electric48 ft30 amp36 ft283 ftPerry Lake77 ft$20–$26
WORTW084standard electric56 ft30 amp36 ft317 ftPerry Lake85 ft$20–$26
WORTW085standard electric58 ft30 amp71 ft269 ftPerry Lake190 ft$20–$26
WORTW086standard electric52 ft30 amp71 ft269 ftPerry Lake234 ft$20–$26
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 177 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
Coordinate39.13472, -95.43056
The phone785-876-3127
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near herePerry1.5 miRock Creek (KS)1.6 miLongview3.5 miOld Town6.2 miBloomington West15 miBloomington Beach15 mi
Getting there

From Highway 24 in Perry, Kansas, take Ferguson Road north for 7 miles, then turn onto Slough Creek Road and 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 thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Typical weather

Typical October night 45°F, day 67°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 18°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: PERRY LAKE, KS (USC00146333), 2 miles away and 63 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

Tracey Mann, official portrait

Slough Creek is in Kansas’s 1st congressional district. Its representative, Tracey Mann (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: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers publishes no season and no closure for this campground, and it takes no bookings we can read. That’s a gap in the record and not a locked gate: the number below is the only way to be sure.
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 173 of the 177 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
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: 1.2 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 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