We chose this campground when we were planning a visit to the greater St. Louis area and a friend in the area was concerned about the location of campgrounds closer to town. Freedom Lake is in a very pretty, rural setting, and the back of our... Read more

We made reservations two months in advance of our trip to this state park and even then I was only able to reserve a site with electric and not full hookups. This is an extremely popular campground and it was full or close to full every night,... Read more

We called to see if we could get a site when we were within about an hour of the campground and were happy to learn that we could get a pull-thru site close to the entrance since we'd just be staying for one night. There was a well-stocked camp... Read more

On our "travel days" we often didn't know how far we'd go so we took the chance that we'd be able to find camping spots on weekdays. Such was the case with our stay at this KOA. We called about an hour before we arrived to reserve a site. Our... Read more

Usually when we go out with our trailer, the campground is basically the "destination." In this case, the campground was a place to park our "mobile motel room" so we could explore the area and do a day trip to the beach. This was our first... Read more

We KNEW it was going to be hot during the days we'd reserved (July 19-21, 2019) but we were really quite naive about just HOW hot it was going to be! We were able to check in shortly after noon, and when we asked about sites with shade, the... Read more

We've stayed here several times since it's a close-to-home getaway. We've always opted for sites in the upper campground since some of the sites offer a bit more privacy than those in the lower section of the park. Water and electric hookups... Read more

We've camped here several times (using our National Park Senior Pass) but we've never booked in advance. As a result (since we're about 25 miles away), we've driven over WITHOUT our trailer to try to snag a site, and then come home, connected our... Read more

We've done a lot of day trips to James River State Park and finally had the opportunity to camp July 11-13, 2019. We were able to check in early and chose a site with partial shade close to the bathhouse. Everyone was very helpful and... Read more