State Park / State Forest · Missouri campground guide
The numbers
Fee range
$22–$42/night
Season open
Year-round
RV size limit
Up to 50 ft
Reservation window
12 months ahead via MO State Parks portal
The insider read
Fisher Cave tour from the campground — book at the office. Meramec River float trips 4-12 hours; outfitters in Sullivan. Closest large state-park camp to St. Louis (75 min).
Original analysis from PickRV — synthesised from public sources you can verify, pulling the operational details competitor guides typically skip.
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Book it right
PickRV doesn't handle campground bookings — reserve direct through the official channel so policies and cancellations flow through one record.
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Every fact above is sourced from the managing agency's canonical page. Cross-check fee, season, and size limit before you depend on them.
Match the campground's size limit and hookup level to a vehicle category, then plan the rest of the trip.
Keep exploring
Near Warsaw
COEInsider tip · Truman Lake — second-largest flood-control reservoir in the US. Crappie capital — fall is the bite window. USACE Senior Pass halves the fee.
Near Lebanon (MO)
StateInsider tip · Trout-stocked spring + Niangua River. March 1 opening day brings 2,000+ anglers in waders — unique-fish American tradition. Hatchery tours daily.
Near Eminence
NPSInsider tip · First national scenic riverway in the country. Current River + Jacks Fork — spring-fed crystal-clear paddling. The 134-mile Round Spring float trip starts near here.
Near Camdenton
StateInsider tip · Castle ruins (1906) atop a 250-ft bluff over Lake of the Ozarks. Day-use only — camp at Lake of the Ozarks SP 5 mi south. Underground stream + sinkhole geology rare for the Midwest.
Your next step
Meramec State Park Campground takes rigs up to 50 ft, so what you arrive in decides whether the loop works at all. If you don't own one, the same trip runs on a motorhome rented in Missouri.
Nothing in Missouri is bookable today — PickRV opens for bookings on October 25. Dated requests are what we take to owners, so give us the window you actually want — you get one email the day a rig covers it, and nothing else.
Nearby & related
Sourced costs, campground directories, and the places worth a detour — the next layer of Missouri trip planning.
Before you go
Missouri rules
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