PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:X-2, this is what we use
US Army Corps of Engineers Recreation Facilities
The individual park information is from each individual local Project office (What the COE calls a lake/ waterway/ etc.)
The validity/ currency of the information comes for that level, and in part depends upon the priority providing more than a basic list is given by each local head (a civilian employee).
The COE Districts are headed by a US Army officer, and maybe a few more depending of several things. The priority the District officer puts on this information is also a factor in how current the information is.
All this feeds into the Recreation.gov site.
One thing you will learn quickly is that there are quite a few non-reservable campgrounds, usually dry CG with no amenities over a pit toilet, maybe even not water, around many COE lakes.
You can also see that many former COE CG have been contracted out to other agencies, or even commercial vendors. i.e.
Near Mobridge in northern South Dakota on Lake Oahe (Missouri River) the former Indian Memorial CG on a former island in the river is now called "The Bay" and is operated by the Standing Rock Souix Tribe in association with a casino they have nearby.
The former Indian Creek CG is now operated as two separate CG by the South Dakota State Parks.
