Boiling Spring Campground
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Jennifer Robinson
1 contribution
May 2022 • Couples
Stayed a weekend in a cabin, fabulous!!! They have all they amenities of home. Staff was super friendly, and nice. We did an 8 mile float starting on the Big Piney. Amazing float, beautiful river. We will definitely be back again. 100% recommend.
Written June 4, 2022
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Wanda H
Mascoutah, IL396 contributions
Jun 2023 • Friends
The sites are BIG, but set up strangely. Like put your camper in sideways... There's only ONE shower, ONE women's restroom, and ONE men's restroom for the entire camping area down by the river. And they are by no means nice. But they are functional. The river is beautiful and the spring is visible from the campground and VERY cold. Overall, I'm glad we tried this place. Got a chance to kayak both the Big Piney AND the Gasconade!
Written June 19, 2023
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Pamela G
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Jun 2024 • Family
This is our favorite place to camp, we go every year! It’s a family ran campground and they are so nice. If you like camping right on the rivers edge with beautiful scenery, can see and hear the boiling spring, this is the place for you! It’s never overcrowded, peaceful, campground kept up well. They have a boat ramp, rent Jon boats, rafts, kayaks and canoes for float trips on amazingly beautiful rivers with great fishing!
Written June 8, 2024
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Doug C
Branson, MO495 contributions
Sep 2020 • Family
Absolutely love this place which day at the far end where it's not as noisy in not near as many people We love because we are next to the river We plan to 3 float trips a year with these people love our kayaking a great place family friendly keep it very clean will come here again and again and again
Written October 31, 2020
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darrelltloz
Mount Vernon, IL325 contributions
Sep 2016 • Couples
The Gasconade is one of Missouri's premiere float streams. Its gentle flow takes you past limestone bluffs, slow moving pools where fish congregate, and gravel bars for a rest or snack. Boiling Spring Campground is on the bank of the river, and offers camp sites from primitive to small cabins, a small store, and more canoes to rent than you can imagine. The owners and staff are friendly and accommodating.
Written September 13, 2016
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Mason M
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Aug 2023 • Family
My all time favorite place to go in the summer for camping and floating. The views are amazing and beautiful, and the campground itself is always so peaceful. Staff are friendly. Highly recommend!
Written September 2, 2023
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Aundrea
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May 2022 • Friends
Favorite place to camp in Missouri! Friendly staff & a beautiful view on the gasconade river. Would definitely recommend!
Written June 4, 2022
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k9crazy2014
Brookville, OH26 contributions
Sep 2020 • Couples
We camped for 2 nights at this campground so we could kayak using their kayak service onsite. The kayaking of the Big Piney was GREAT. And the kayak service was reasonable and good.
The camping spot is very scenic across the river from the boiling spring. The problem with this campground is that the owners allow night fisherman to park in the campground and use the boat ramp which is fine, HOWEVER, the fisherman troll up and down the river with bright lights that shined across the campground and they played music really loudly until the wee hours of the night. The campground rule says quiet time starts at 11. It was a couple of miserable nights listening to music when I came to enjoy nature :(
The camping spot is very scenic across the river from the boiling spring. The problem with this campground is that the owners allow night fisherman to park in the campground and use the boat ramp which is fine, HOWEVER, the fisherman troll up and down the river with bright lights that shined across the campground and they played music really loudly until the wee hours of the night. The campground rule says quiet time starts at 11. It was a couple of miserable nights listening to music when I came to enjoy nature :(
Written September 24, 2020
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GGS
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Sep 2020
Was not a very good experience for us. I tried talking to them about my concerns, but they were largely unresponsive and brushed everything off as my fault. Three reasons we will never return:
1). I booked with a telephone call and did not see the website. Apparently (any idiot should know this) a 6-person raft does not mean it holds 6 people and a 4-person raft does not hold 4 people. If you have 4 people, obviously you need a 6 person raft. While it says that on the website, the person I spoke to didn't tell me that. (She said they didn't do 6 person rafts so I assumed I would have a 4 person price because I was putting 4 people on a raft. So I had 4 people and was charged for a 6 person raft. Makes sense right. It clearly says that on their website. But I called in so they didn't have to tell me their weird pricing system. Don't try to argue with them!
2). Quiet time after 11:00p.m. Heard music and people talking (a couple of campsites down) until 1:00 a.m. Heard the f-word from 11:00-1:00 so. many, times. Heard their talking and foul language even over their music. When I went in the next day to ask them to tell the people to follow the posted rules, I was told that the campgrounds were patrolled by the owners all night long, so no, there was nobody breaking the rules. This was after the owner told us, "it's a nice quiet family friendly campground, no partiers." I guess that's cuz you don't patrol at night past 11:00pm. If I'd have been there with my children, I would have packed them up and left in the night.
3). Campsite D-2 should not exist. It is right beside the road........which is why I KNOW that nobody was patrolling the campground to be sure that quiet hours were being followed. I would have seen them and heard them. But also....in addition to being right at the corner between two roads....there is a big street light. It never got dark! The light shone right in our tents It was like it was daytime all night long. So between the light and the noise, we didn't sleep. It was miserable.
4). The float was pretty enough but very very very slow, which of course they didn't warn us. So be warned. (Maybe that's why they don't put six people in a six man raft????)
5). They did keep the bathrooms at the campsite clean which we did appreciate. And if you are lucky and get a river front campsite it's pretty. If you don't, you don't have much to look at except your neighbors who are very very very close to your tent. Luckily ours were nice people.
1). I booked with a telephone call and did not see the website. Apparently (any idiot should know this) a 6-person raft does not mean it holds 6 people and a 4-person raft does not hold 4 people. If you have 4 people, obviously you need a 6 person raft. While it says that on the website, the person I spoke to didn't tell me that. (She said they didn't do 6 person rafts so I assumed I would have a 4 person price because I was putting 4 people on a raft. So I had 4 people and was charged for a 6 person raft. Makes sense right. It clearly says that on their website. But I called in so they didn't have to tell me their weird pricing system. Don't try to argue with them!
2). Quiet time after 11:00p.m. Heard music and people talking (a couple of campsites down) until 1:00 a.m. Heard the f-word from 11:00-1:00 so. many, times. Heard their talking and foul language even over their music. When I went in the next day to ask them to tell the people to follow the posted rules, I was told that the campgrounds were patrolled by the owners all night long, so no, there was nobody breaking the rules. This was after the owner told us, "it's a nice quiet family friendly campground, no partiers." I guess that's cuz you don't patrol at night past 11:00pm. If I'd have been there with my children, I would have packed them up and left in the night.
3). Campsite D-2 should not exist. It is right beside the road........which is why I KNOW that nobody was patrolling the campground to be sure that quiet hours were being followed. I would have seen them and heard them. But also....in addition to being right at the corner between two roads....there is a big street light. It never got dark! The light shone right in our tents It was like it was daytime all night long. So between the light and the noise, we didn't sleep. It was miserable.
4). The float was pretty enough but very very very slow, which of course they didn't warn us. So be warned. (Maybe that's why they don't put six people in a six man raft????)
5). They did keep the bathrooms at the campsite clean which we did appreciate. And if you are lucky and get a river front campsite it's pretty. If you don't, you don't have much to look at except your neighbors who are very very very close to your tent. Luckily ours were nice people.
Written September 20, 2020
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GetOutside
Saint Louis, MO113 contributions
Sep 2019 • Family
Spent three nights here with family. Stayed in Sites B7 and B8. Recommend both sites. They are right along the Gasconade and make for beautiful scenery. Unfortunately, campground is lit up by fluorescent light poles throughout campgrounds. Hard to get away from them so one can enjoy the dark night sky. Also, 90% of campers were in RVs which again can ruin the darkness due to all the lights they tend to have. Two public bathrooms are available: one on lower portion by the river is rustic and clean. It is made up of three sections: one room is a single shower, another is women’s restroom with two toilets side by side/no stalls - so basically for individual use and the other is men’s bathroom with one toilet and one urinal. Again, no stall so for individual use. These are all incredibly rustic and basic, but are well maintained by staff and provides what’s needed. Bathroom off of camp store is an individual half bath with shower. It’s also clean and is located off of laundry room where you’ll find two coin washers and two coin dryers. Camp store is sparse, but has canned sodas and frozen ice cream treats for sell which kids enjoyed. Store is about a half mile easy walk away from lower campground.Floated five miles with BSC. Comfortable bus ride to put in point. Staff was incredibly accommodating and helpful. Float is Big Piney to Gasconade. BP is beautiful and clear. Gravel bars along the way for picnics and swimming. Boiling Spring is located across the Gasconade from the BS Campground. Floaters can make their way over there to check out that beautiful spring and feel how frigidly cold it is. Overall campgrounds are clean. Sites are on grass/gravel. No concrete pads. Minimal shade. Small and close together. Small playground located next to camp store. Large pavilion located at lower campground. Staff is friendly and helpful and happy to accommodate in anyway.
Written September 2, 2019
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we pull 32 ft Airstream rv. How are the roads in park? pull throughs? How near entrance to ft leonard wood. Prices, 3 seniors. June availability?
Written June 1, 2018
The roads in the campground are very good. We have 3 pull-through sites, and the rest are back in. We are about 14 miles from the front gate of Fort Leonard Wood. All of our prices are listed on our web site.
Written June 13, 2022
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