What a beautiful park. We were going to stay several nights, but the weather (heat) was brutal. We will return in the spring or fall as a base to visit the St Louis area. Sites are large and level, as long as you stay below #30. Be sure to follow the website directions in, not your GPS. If there were water hookups, a place for the dog to swim and a laundry would give it a higher rating. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.

We stayed here three nights. We were able to make reservations and get sites across the road from friends. Water was available across the road and others did fill tanks from that source. There is a dump station in the campground near the entrance. Shade is good, access to major highways is nearby. We had a very quiet stay with the exception of a few barking dogs in a neighboring site. Roads are wide and access to the nearly level concrete parking pads near the entrance is easy. Visit the web site for photos and descriptions of many of the sites. From here we visited the Botanical Gardens in St. Louis City, played golf at a Gary Player golf course and attended a Cardinals ball game. We camped here in a Motorhome.

We stayed in site #15. Our site was shady and had a large concrete area to park on. It was wide enough that we parked in center and could still open our cargo doors and not step on grass. The picnic table was also on a concrete side section. Our site was very level. Site comes with electric, picnic table and fire ring/grill combo. All sites are back ins. We had a water spigot next to our site. There was a spigot about every 4 sites, so you do not have to go far to get water. There was a vault toilet near us and a larger bathhouse near the center of campground. No laundry facilities are available in the park. Host can give you a map of nearby stores and attractions. Firewood was available every night from 6-6:30 pm for $4 bundle. Park is very quiet but had lots of families camping on weekend, most people were checking out on Sunday so I suspect it would be peaceful during week with everyone gone. Hosts were friendly when we checked in. When you get here, you go right to your site if you have reservation. They will come by later with your car tag. If you don't have a reservation you pick a site that is not taken and they will come by to collect payment. There is a nice visitor center with a movie and a Naturalist program for all ages. You get a badge if you finish and can add pins the more times you participate. There is not too much to do in park besides biking and the visitors center. Pool is permanently closed due to maintenance/age issues, it is a shame because it was really hot we were here and we would have enjoyed it. There is also tennis courts and baseball field near pool area, they don't look like they are being maintained though. We saw no playgrounds in park. They have an equestrian area but it was closed when we were here. Not sure if you had to bring your own horse or could ride theirs? We were able to get plenty of TV channels and Verizon and ATT worked here well. We saw people with satellites but you do need to chose a site without trees for that. We spent the day at the Jefferson Memorial Arch and Grant's House, both were very good parks and highly recommended. We camped here in a Motorhome.