We are doing a coast to coast trip this year and will be in Missouri in late August early September. We've done a lot of research, but are having a hard time finding campgrounds in/around Kansas City for a couple of days and in St. Louis for a couple of days. We have two 40' rigs and looking for something we can use as a home base while sightseeing. Anyone have suggestions in that area?

About 30 miles west of the Gateway Arch on I-44 there are a KOA and a Yogi Bear Jellystone RV Parks (in Eureka, MO.) That is also where 6 Flags Over St. Louis is located, so you would probably need to make reservations.Tom

In St. Louis, we enjoyed the St Louis West KOA in Eureka. Even though it is outside of the city, it's easy to hop on the interstate and get to the main attractions. I wrote a longer review and have some photos of it here: St Louis West KOA. We haven't camped in KC since we've had a trailer of our own, but several years ago, we stayed at a really pretty state park outside of town called Watkins Mill. It has historic sites and a trail to explore. We also stayed at the campground at Worlds of Fun, and I remember thinking it was nice (but again that was many years ago).

install the app RVparky in your phone, easy to use and full of info that will make your trip easy.

There isn't much in KC area, but there is a city owned RV park at Smithville lake about 20 miles north. Close to highway 169. I think it's called Smiths Fork park. Pretty decent

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cruiserjs
Explorer
Feb 19, 2016
In KC/MO look up the cgs operated by Jackson County. We have stayed at Lake Jacomo cg (NE corner of the metro area) several times. Very nice area and great cg.
Squealers
Explorer
Feb 19, 2016
TyroneandGladys wrote:
No help for KC but for St Louis Casino Queen RV park is our choice very clean nice long and level sites and good security. Free shuttle to the Metro Link Station that you can take to the Arch and or the Station for Forest Park where you can ride a shuttle to the zoo or to the art museum.

X2 for Casino Queen in East St. Louis. We stay there every 4th of July, and it's convenience and level of security keeps us coming back.
TyroneandGladys
Explorer
Feb 18, 2016
No help for KC but for St Louis Casino Queen RV park is our choice very clean nice long and level sites and good security. Free shuttle to the Metro Link Station that you can take to the Arch and or the Station for Forest Park where you can ride a shuttle to the zoo or to the art museum.
jdealcpa
Explorer
Feb 18, 2016
We stay at Lakeside Park in St Peters. New, so trees are small. Great walking trail around lake. Quieter and cheaper than Sundermeir. Plenty of restaurants and shopping. As said before easy to get into St Louis.
haddy1
Explorer
Feb 18, 2016
janstey58 wrote:
Look into KC East KOA. Very nice spot to land.

X2. Very large dog runs too.
janstey58
Explorer
Feb 18, 2016
Look into KC East KOA. Very nice spot to land.
drillagent
Explorer
Feb 18, 2016
Basswood RV Resort is north of the airport just off I-29. Easy access to everything. Longview Lake Campground is a county site on the southwest side of KC. They have a few FHU sites. We've stayed at both with our 39' 5er. Longview is the least expensive of the two. Either one would work just fine.
fj12ryder
Explorer III
Feb 18, 2016
If you're self contained there is Smithville lake which has a limited number of FHU, east of the KCI airport. Also Basswood resort is near there. As mentioned the campground near World's of Fun looks like it would have room for your rigs.
DSDP_Don
Explorer
Feb 18, 2016
Thanks for all the help....we saw several of the sites mentioned when we did our research, but there were not a lot of reviews and some that were tainted by someone who had an issue (reading between the lines). Out of about 25 stops on our trip, these two cities were the most difficult to get a good reading on a nice campground.
jplante4
Explorer II
Feb 18, 2016
We're staying at Longview Lake CG in Lee's Summit (visiting the DD) in April. I can post a review here. Got an 8 on rvparkreviews.com. We're also doing Shenanigans in Branson and somewhere in Lake of the Ozarks before we get to Lee's Summit.

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