Free & Dispersed Camping in Missouri

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Campgrounds in Missouri

Berryman

This small, remote campground and picnic area located at the site of a Civilian Conservation …

FREE USFS

Pine Ridge

This campground and day use area is located in a pine forest. The short-leaf pine …

FREE USFS

Bar-K

Bar-K Wrangler Camp is a quiet campground located on the west bank of Swan Creek …

FREE USFS

Barn Hollow Float Camp

Barn Hollow Float Camp is on the left bank of the Eleven Point National Scenic …

FREE USFS

Watercress

Watercress Recreation Area is an ideal place to relax and enjoy a few hours, or …

Fee Required USFS

Bozemill Float Camp

Boze Mill Float Camp, located on the Eleven Point National Scenic River, can be accessed …

FREE USFS

Dry Fork

Dry Fork Recreation Area, a campground and picnic area located at the equestrian trailhead of …

FREE USFS

Stinking Pond Float Camp

Stinking Pond located on the left side of the Eleven Point River near a 20 …

FREE USFS

Markham Springs

Located adjacent to the Black River, the Markham Springs Recreation Area contains bubbly springs and …

Fee Required USFS

Cook Spring

This site is nestled along Cook Creek, and currently serves a trailhead for Sutton Bluff …

FREE USFS

Dunrovin

DUNROVIN (Picnic Site)

FREE USFS

Wolf Junction

WOLF JUNCTION (Camping Area)

FREE USFS

Float Camp

The Float Camp Recreation Area provides opportunities for camping and day use. Float Camp Picnic …

Fee Required USFS

Morgan Spring Float Camp

Morgan Spring Float Camp is on the right, just past the spring branch inlet from …

FREE USFS

Bateman

BATEMAN (Horse Camp)

FREE USFS

Sutton Bluff

Roomy campsites surrounded by open lawn and natural shading, cool breezes, abundant songbirds, and scenic …

FREE USFS

Silver Mines

Silver Mines offers a variety of recreational opportunities and is abundant with historic and geological …

Fee Required USFS

Hazel Creek

Hazel Creek is in a remote area without cell phone service. This primitive campground is …

FREE USFS

Pinewoods Lake

Next to the 31-acre Pinewoods Lake visitors can experience the quiet, calm of the Pinewoods …

Fee Required USFS

Thaxton Camp

THAXTON CAMP (Day Use Area)

FREE USFS

Red Bluff

Red Bluff Campground is named for towering red bluffs along Huzzah Creek, carved by the …

Fee Required USFS

Whites Creek Float Camp

The Whites Creek Float Camp is located on the left side of the Eleven Point …

FREE USFS

Council Bluff (Wbr) Cg

The Council Bluff Recreation Area, located next to the largest lake on the Mark Twain …

Fee Required USFS

Greenbriar Float Camp

The Greenbriar Float Camp is located on the left side of the Eleven Point National …

FREE USFS

Tidwell

TIDWELL (Camping Area)

FREE USFS

Lane Spring

Lane Spring Recreation Area provides a peaceful setting along Little Piney Creek and a scenic …

Fee Required USFS

Beecher Spring

BEECHER SPRING (Camping Area)

FREE USFS

Little Scotia Pond

LITTLE SCOTIA POND (Fishing Site)

FREE USFS

Willie Lee

The trailhead at Willie Lee provides access to the Bateman Trail system from the east. …

FREE USFS

Greer Crossing

A you exit the highway, the campground is located to the left with campsites located …

Fee Required USFS

Paddy Creek

Paddy Creek Campground is perfectly located one hour southwest of Rolla and only an hour …

Fee Required USFS

Cobb Ridge

Cobb Ridge is a developed campground with dispersed water hook ups, dispersed electric hooks, shower …

Fee Required USFS

Marble Creek Campground

Marble Creek, which travels through the National Forest for about 20 miles, is named for …

Fee Required USFS

Loggers Lake

Located deep in the interior forests of Shannon county, this campground is situated along the …

Fee Required USFS

Horseshoe Bend Float Camp

Horseshoe Bend Float Camp is a primitive float camp located on the left side of …

FREE USFS

Deer Leap

The Deer Leap Recreation Area is situated on the east bank of the Current River, …

Fee Required USFS

Buffalo Creek

BUFFALO CREEK (Camping Area)

FREE USFS

Oak Knoll

OAK KNOLL (Camping Area)

FREE USFS

Hercules Tower Trailhead

Hercules Glades ? a combination of open grassland, forested knobs, steep rocky hillsides, and narrow …

FREE USFS

Lazy C Trailhead

This 1.55-mile trail is for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding. There is a trailhead …

FREE USFS

Big Piney Trail Camp

Situated in an open pine forest, this area serves as one of 3 trailheads for …

FREE USFS

Slabtown

This is a small, quiet access and camping area along the Big Piney River. Slabtown …

FREE USFS

North Fork

North Fork Recreation Area provides camping, picnicking, boating, canoeing, hiking and fishing access to the …

Fee Required USFS

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