Best RV Park with campsites next to a river or creek.

[jloftin60]

Some people like lake viewcampsites, but I'm looking for a campsite next to a creek or small river. I want to camp next to the water. Not looking through a bunch of trees and brush to get there.
If fishing (Rainbow Trout, Catfish, etc) is good that makes it better. Or maybe a lazy river
to float down with a good swimming hole.
Examples;
Bull Shoals State Park, Arkansas below the dam
Guadeloupe River State Park

[goducks10]

Oregon has too many to list.

[rockhillmanor]

Plain ole parking right up and on the breakfront of Lake Michigan on the Racine WI side. :C

[jplante4]

Arrowhead RV Park and Marina

Right on the Mohawk River/Erie Canal near Albany. Nice park, great owners. A little noise from the interstate.

[kknowlton]

There are several parks in north western Illinois that butt up against the Mississippi River.

Thanks for the reminder! Thomson Causeway, a COE CG on the MIssissippi is a nice spot. A few campsites are right on the river; others easily walkable, only yards away from the river. Not exactly your peaceful little creek, though! 🙂

[hbillsmith]

Beavers Bend State Park in Broken Bow Oklahoma

[Dick_B]

There are several parks in north western Illinois that butt up against the Mississippi River.

[crosscheck]

3 Sisters Provincial Park at Dead Man's Flats, Alberta, Canada. The Bow river is one of the best fly fishing rivers in the area. June/2016.

Dave

[Mr__Camper]

Try The Landing Point RV Park in Cape Girardeaux, MO. A long way from you but it fits your description perfectly.

[Dutch_12078]

The view out our front window from our site at Robert Moses State Park near Massena, NY. The ship has just exited the Eisenhower Lock on the St Lawrence Seaway:



And a long shot that shows how well separated our site is from neighboring sites:

[rockhillmanor]

Tom Sawyer CG right ON the ole Mississippi.

Then there is a CG in Illinois I found by chance during a storm. I had to get off the road for the night till the storm passed. Planned on staying just one night.....ended up staying 2 weeks!!

Come to find out that CG had a huge privately owned lake on the grounds. You could fish there without a license. I fished every morning for 2 weeks. Smoked fish, fried fish, grilled fish for lunch and dinner I was in heaven. Ahhhh.

[TexasShadow]

up along the Gray River, out of Alpine, WY, there are some NF campgrounds along the river and it's supposed to be a very good fishing river. But we only found one that we could park our rig at.

[OutdoorPhotogra]

River Riders in Harper's Ferry WV has about ten campsites right on the Potomac. It's one of the prettiest sites I've ever camped at but it has a ten foot limit to rigs because there is a zip line right above it. We have a PUP so we are good.

I checked Fairview State Park in Madisonville, LA but it looks like the sites aren't directly on the Tchefuncte. You're close enough that it is worth checking out.

[kknowlton]

Henrys Lake SP in Island Park, Idaho (next to a lake where fishing is allowed); Riverside (NFS) CG in Palisades, Idaho; Toad Suck CG in Arkansas (COE?); several NFS CGs near Stanley, Idaho (along the Salmon River) and at Redfish and Stanley Lakes (same general area), on lakes with fishing.

[Thom02099]

Just in my neck of the woods in northern Colorado, there are several meet your criteria.

In Estes Park CO, both Paradise on the River and Spruce Lake RV Park have sites that are right along the river at their respective locations.

In the Cache la Poudre Canyon west of Fort Collins, there are at least 6 USFS campgrounds that are right on the river.

In Red Feather Lakes CO, there are 2 USFS campgrounds that are right on their respective lake, Dowdy Lake and West Lake.

That's just right off the top of my head and in my immediate area, within a hour to 90 minute drive from where I live. There are lots of others in Colorado that would work as well.