Lake of the Ozarks State Park

Speaking of water sites at State Parks in Missouri, we were just at 1000 Oaks State Park. While nice enough Park, no sites close to the water, say with a water view. Plenty of shore line, just wish they could see fit to have some water sites. Just my 2 cents.

The SP is near the end of a long arm of the lake. The water isn't rough from large boat traffic. It is a good place to boat/kayak. They rent boats at the marina. Keep an eye out for the little gray squirrel with the white tip on its tail. lol He was at the end of loop 4 where the bathhouse is located. We hung our hummingbird feeder and there were 12 birds trying to feed at one time! It is a very nice park. We can get Verizon signal near the camp store. The SP road is 5 miles long and another 4 miles on Rt 42 to get to the Rt 54 (stores, etc).
Have fun!

We are going to Lake of the Ozarks state park this week for the first time we get there on Thursday and we are site 130 and just bought our daughter a kayak today to try out while we are there. We leave for Bennett Springs state park tomorrow then going to check out Ha Ha Tonka State park Thursday on our way to the Lake of The Ozarks. Have a great trip.

Thanks all. We actually have site 127 reserved, an E site in Loop 4 of LOSP and we have a 27 footer. Got a new kayak to try and thought there might be no place better. So many places we checked were booked. I'll look at the COE sites too.

LOSP is my favorite campground! There are only basic and electric sites here...but you can fill your water tank at the campground entrance, there is a dump station to the right just past the check-in booth. Only the sites in the 150's by the lake for the most part are big enough for long campers...Some of the other pads are long, but you have a steep hill at the bottom of the site or there are too many trees around them to get into with a long rig. Your best best is up the hill in campground 3, which has some electric first-come and reservable sites, and a reasonable walk to the lakefront down a path behind the amphitheater.
Weekends book up many months in advance for any of the trout parks (Bennett, Montauk, Roaring River). Missouri State Parks Website has a list of campgrounds that have full hookups, not many. Table Rock Lake State Park has full hookups in the section that is right by the Marina.
The Corps of Engineers have many campgrounds in Missouri and they often have full hookups. We used to camp a lot at Ray Behrens which is on Mark Twain Lake near Hannibal. You can get to the lake from the campground there, but all the paths are down steep hills. Still, it is a pretty place, although not as nice as Lake Ozark State Park. The COE book their reservations through Reserveamerica
Thumperpull, if your rig is rather short, you may be OK with some of the lakefront sites; be sure to look at the photos of the sites on the State Park website and make note of the grades.

You are right about Missouri State Parks. A couple weeks ago we went to River Run, a Army Corp. Park in Forsthye Missouri. 15 miles from Branson. No reservations and camped right on the water. Clean showers, fishing right out your camper door. Not alot of shade sites, but we had one. Was not crowed either.:B Will go back.

You don't say where you want to be close to, but if you want to be in the Lake area, we camped at Pomme De Terre State Park for years. About 1 hour west of Lake of Ozarks. If you go there you want to stay at the Hermitage Campground, otherwise dont go. Very quiet and family friendly, paved sites, but electric only. Lake of Ozarks campgrounds are mostly seasonal.

Haven't been there recently, but last I recall summer months can get awfully crowded, park and lake. We prefer early spring or late fall.