In search of overnight stop in IA or MO?
Will be heading towards southern TX around Dec 1 this year and would like to know of an overnight stop with electricity hookup somewhere about halfway between Epworth, IA and Joplin, MO. Thank you in...
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Slip Bluff County Park is halfway. Slip Bluff Just a few miles north of the state line, get off I-35 at US-69 (Lamoni IA) exit. Go west to the first paved road heading north and turn R. onto it. It will T out (end) at J52, turn right (keep an eye peeled for horses and buggies) and go under (or over? I forget) the overpass. Take the next left, Slip Bluff Road, and follow this road; it starts out going due north but then meanders east, then north, around a little lake before you come out at the campground.
I've been to this place twice and would happily stay there again if I were headed that way. The first time I was all alone there, and the second time I think a half dozen other campers were present. Level sites with electric, and there are water spigots scattered around. There's a nice view, too. One can walk along a trail westerly down the hill to the "Mormon Trail State Historical Marker." Nighttime lights of traffic can be seen in the distance (2-3 miles' worth) on I-35 to the north, yet because of distance and the trees between the CG and highway, very little road noise is heard.
I've been to this place twice and would happily stay there again if I were headed that way. The first time I was all alone there, and the second time I think a half dozen other campers were present. Level sites with electric, and there are water spigots scattered around. There's a nice view, too. One can walk along a trail westerly down the hill to the "Mormon Trail State Historical Marker." Nighttime lights of traffic can be seen in the distance (2-3 miles' worth) on I-35 to the north, yet because of distance and the trees between the CG and highway, very little road noise is heard.
