It has a great lake, beautiful hiking trails and some nice camping sites that are well-sized and the bathrooms are the nicest I have used in a state park. Wallace is one of the most beautiful fall camping experiences that we have experienced as a family. The lake includes: 2 swim beaches, 777 campsites, reservable shelters, 2 full service marinas including boat rentals, 1 sailboat only marina, 2 public 18-hole golf courses within the Paradise Pointe Golf Complex, 4 disc golf courses, great fishing whether from shore or by boat, 25 miles of walking/biking trails, 11 miles of single-track mountain biking trails, 26 miles of equestrian trails, home to Kansas City Trapshooters Association, public hunting that includes managed goose hunts as well as youth and ADA white-tail deer and wild turkey hunts, and an aggressive 2,300 acre native grassland revitalization project.” Wallace State Park, MO (~40 min from downtown) “Smithville Lake is a 7,200 acre lake and has more than 175 miles of shoreline. We may be partial to it because we stayed here for the 2017 eclipse and had an amazing time but the swimming beaches (open May 1st through September 15th) are really enjoyable so I know it isn’t just nostalgia. Smithville is one of our favorite places to camp around Kansas City. The websites don’t offer a lot of information so we will update after we have some more intel. The nightly rate is a bit on the high side compared to state parks and other options, but if you want a super short drive, start here. We haven’t camped at any of these yet, but have enjoyed day trips to get away from it all with friends and family. These three campsites in Jackson county are a short jaunt to get your camp on. Unbeknownst to many in the area, there are a great deal of primo camping spots less than 2 hours away from the KC metro on both the Kansas and Missouri Side: Camping Spots in increasing order of travel time from the KC metro: Blue Springs Lake Campground, Lake Jacomo Campground, & Longview Lake Campground (~25-30 min from downtown) < 5 hours away for longer trips (Part II),Īnd longer but common trips for people in the KC metro to make (Part III). < 2 hours away and good for a single night - long weekend camping trips with Kansas City as your base of operations (THIS post), This blog series will be organized into three parts: Protip: You know what we do every time before we head out camping? Get a dozen tacos from one of our favorite places on the KCK Taco Trail! We just finished with the whole trail and will have another blog soon sharing our favorite tacos and lessons learned from eating tacos at over 50 places in KCK! Big thanks to Visit Kansas City, KS for cross-posting this blog on their website. We will continue to add to this as we discover more amazing places in the near future. We have a lot of renters, friends, and family who ask us about camping in and around the KC area for when they want to take our campers out for a spin, so we thought that we would go ahead and write up some of our favorite spots that we have been to as well as those that are on our radar to hit in the near future. We rent camper vans and trailers for people who want to camp in Kansas City and beyond and one of the most frequent questions we get is “Where can you go camping around here?” Oh wow, do we love that question! We were driving “Orange You Glad” and just happened to meet up with our renters who had “Vanadium” at Monument Rock! This is out in Western KS and will also be featured in an upcoming post.
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