We are attending a conference October 2 - 4 in St Louis, Missouri. It will be at the Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel at 191 Westport Plaza. Any suggestions of RV parks/campgrounds in the area? Any areas that we should not stay in? We have a 40 ft class A with 4 slides.

Will you have a toad with you? If not, I'd suggest renting a car. On the east side of the city, we have camped at Red Barn Rendezvous in Edwardsville, IL. Nice little CG, convenient to the interstate but road noise isn't too bad. I believe it has only water & electric hookups, no sewer, but it does have a dump station and may possibly have honey wagon service. Older CG but clean & neat, at least when we were there. It just felt nicer to us than the usual RV parking lot with power poles. :)

Casino Queen RV Park across the river from the Arch. If you have a toad, it is easy on/easy off crossing the bridge into St. Louis.

We had power problems and a rude CG opreator at the KOA West of town a couple of years ago.

Fleet Man wrote:Casino Queen RV Park across the river from the Arch. If you have a toad, it is easy on/easy off crossing the bridge into St. Louis.^We plan to stay here on our next trip to STL. We haven't been yet, but have heard from other people that it's safe and that the views of the arch are really pretty.

Edmund Babler State Park is our favorite. Huge sites, manicured lawn and easy access to the highways.It would be near your conference.The Casino Queen would be a far drive.

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DOTLDaddy
Nomad
Aug 06, 2015
2gypsies wrote:
The OP didn't request a pull-through or full hookups. He could easily do Babler...
As I said, "potential" drawbacks. I Thought he should know about them.
2gypsies1
Explorer III
Aug 06, 2015
The OP didn't request a pull-through or full hookups. He could easily do Babler.

Cahokia definitely wasn't good, in our opinion.
Casino Queen is too far from the conference site.
I-370 - never been there
Sundermeier - haven't heard good reports and expensive
DOTLDaddy
Nomad
Aug 05, 2015
Charles2222 wrote:
Loved Babler!
Babler is a very nice state park and has a nice campground. It is very close to where I live, as a matter of fact. It does, however, have a couple of potential drawbacks for the OP's needs.
It does not have any pull thru sites
There are no full hook-ups. They are electric only, no water or sewer
docj
Explorer
Aug 05, 2015
apr67 wrote:
I second I-370 park. It will be an easy drive to West Port.

Another vote for I-370. We had stayed at Sundermeier several times and this is far nicer for less $$.
Charles2222
Explorer
Aug 05, 2015
Loved Babler!
RRinNFla
Explorer
Aug 05, 2015
A little farther down the road from Casino Queen is Chokia RV Parque. Great staff, nice level spots, and it was very easy to get into and out of the city.

I guess its the "que" that makes the difference :-)
apr67
Explorer
Aug 05, 2015
I second I-370 park. It will be an easy drive to West Port.
welove2drive
Explorer
Aug 05, 2015
Sundermeier RV park in St. Charles. That is a nice town to visit. Main st. Shops, casino, history, bars, Bass Pro. If the Grafton, IL ferry is running it is a shorter drive to Pere Marquette SP in Il and beautiful river/bluff drive to Alton, IL.
naturist
Nomad
Aug 05, 2015
Another vote for Casino Queen. It is safe, convenient, and inexpensive. Since you are "going to a conference," the fact that it is more or less a glorified parking lot with hookups will not be a drawback. Do be aware, however, that last time I checked (about a month ago) they were planning on closing for the winter in October, so you would be well advised to call them just to make sure they will be open for your stay.
DOTLDaddy
Nomad
Aug 05, 2015
I would suggest this place:

St. Peters 370 Lakeside

It's got large, pull thru sites, full hookups, in a safe area, and it's fairly close to the Sheraton. Google maps showed it to be about 14 miles away, depending on which route you want to take. We have not camped there personally, but we visited friends who were camping there several times. We liked it, and would certainly consider it.

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