Theodosia Park
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $16–$54Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 2820 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices
In the agency’s own words
Theodosia Park offers panoramic views of the Bull Shoals Lake. The easy-access shoreline is an asset to campers seeking full days of fun out on the water. Keep reading
Recreation
Bull Shoals Lake appeals to jet skiers, water skiers, fishermen, birders, hikers and those who just want to soak up the scenery. Impressive fall foliage displays attract visitors for an annual celebration called the Flaming Fall Revue.
Facilities
The campground offers a marina and boat ramp for quick and easy access to the lake. Most campsites and the group shelter have electric hookups. The park also has flush toilets, a designated swimming area and a playground.
Natural Features
Bull Shoals Lake, spanning 80 miles in length, is fed from the White River. The river flows from northwest Arkansas to south-central Missouri, and then loops back into central Arkansas where it eventually flows into the Mississippi River. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (870) 425-2700.
Nearby Attractions
Bring a camera and binoculars to the esteemed Boston Ferry Conservation Area, or take a break from wilderness and head to Branson, Missouri for top-notch live musical entertainment.
Charges & Cancellations
Cancellations up to 2 days before a reservation start date incur a $10.00 cancellation fee.
What the agency tells you
Off-road vehicles are not permitted
No livestock at this facility
No firearms allowed
Everything else this campground posts · 2
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.
STOP THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE SPECIES. Remove plants, seeds, animals, and mud from boots, gear, pets, and vehicles. Clean your gear before entering and leaving the recreation site. Stay on designated roads and trails, and follow local guidelines for firewood. CLEAN, DRAIN, DRY boats and any other recreational equipment that contacts water. Dispose of unwanted bait, worms, fish parts, or other organisms into the trash and not into the environment. For more information visit https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/rec.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 28
- Hookups
- 20 electric, 26 water
- Longest rig
- 46 ft
- Paved pads
- 26 of 28
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed at 27 of 28 sites
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS (SEASONAL) on 16 of 28 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE FLUSH TOILETS on 1 of 28 campsite records
- Showers
- Seasonal Showers
- SHOWERS (SEASONAL) on 19 of 28 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- WATER SPIGOT on 1 of 28 campsite records, WATER (SEASONAL) on 15 of 28 campsite records
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Playground
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Beach
- Boating
- Swimming
- Night sky · 60th darkest of 118 in MO
- Bortle 4
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 20 of the 28 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.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
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.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
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.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 18
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $16–$54 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.
“Cancellations up to 2 days before a reservation start date incur a $10.00 cancellation fee.” · this campground’s own terms
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 · 6
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
28 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 20 mapped sitesAll 28 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 20 of the 28 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| A | A01-2-3 | standard electric | 36 ft | 30 amp | 319 ft | 245 ft | $22–$54 |
| A | A04 | type not stated | 32 ft | 30 amp | 114 ft | ||
| A | A05 | type not stated | 36 ft | 30 amp | 92 ft | ||
| A | A06 | type not stated | 32 ft | 30 amp | 126 ft | ||
| A | A07 | type not stated | 36 ft | 30 amp | 38 ft | ||
| A | A08 | type not stated | 32 ft | 30 amp | 88 ft | ||
| A | A09 | type not stated | 36 ft | 30 amp | 160 ft | ||
| A | A10 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 72 ft | 236 ft | $22–$54 |
| A | A11 | standard electric | 36 ft | 50 amp | 72 ft | 307 ft | $22–$54 |
| A | A12 | standard electric | 32 ft | 50 amp | 82 ft | 300 ft | $22–$54 |
| A | A13 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 78 ft | 219 ft | $22–$54 |
| A | A14 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 235 ft | $22–$54 |
| A | A15 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 318 ft | $22–$54 |
| B | B03 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | 70 ft | 302 ft | $22–$54 |
| B | B04 | standard electric | 42 ft | 30 amp | 70 ft | 242 ft | $22–$54 |
| B | B05 | standard electric | 36 ft | 30 amp | 75 ft | 192 ft | $22–$54 |
| B | B06 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | 82 ft | 185 ft | $22–$54 |
| B | B07 | standard electric | 36 ft | 30 amp | 85 ft | 162 ft | $22–$54 |
| B | B08 | standard electric | 36 ft | 30 amp | 68 ft | 123 ft | $22–$54 |
| B | B09 | standard electric | 46 ft | 30 amp | 68 ft | 141 ft | $22–$54 |
| B | B10 | standard electric | 36 ft | 30 amp | 79 ft | 277 ft | $22–$54 |
| B | B11 | standard electric | 42 ft | 30 amp | 74 ft | 276 ft | $22–$54 |
| B | B12 | standard electric | 46 ft | 30 amp | 59 ft | 318 ft | $22–$54 |
| B | B13 | standard electric | 36 ft | 30 amp | 59 ft | 346 ft | $22–$54 |
| B | B14 | standard electric | 36 ft | 30 amp | 81 ft | 353 ft | $22–$54 |
| B | B15/B16 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | 91 ft | 291 ft | $22–$54 |
| B | B17 | type not stated | 146 ft | ||||
| B | B18 | type not stated | 30 ft | 137 ft |
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 28 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Highway 125 Park Bull Shoals8.8 miOakland Park9.1 mi
Buck Creek (MO)9.6 mi
Lakeview Park15 mi
Lead Hill16 mi
Udall Park21 miFrom Mountain Home, AR, travel N on SR 5 for 24 mi to US 160. Follow US 160 12 mi to Theodosia Park Access Road and turn south into park. Follow From Mountain Home, travel north on SR 5 for 24 miles to US 160. Follow US 160 for 12 miles to Theodosia Park Access Road and turn south into park. Follow signs to the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Theodosia, MO
Typical weather
Typical October night 48°F, day 71°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.
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
Theodosia 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 →