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01-07-2013, 07:50 PM
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Rv camping at branson, mo
Anyone camped at branson? What is a good campground to take the gkids too?
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01-07-2013, 10:02 PM
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Location: Missouri
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Haven't camped there but leave ours parked about an hour from Branson so I visit and fish at Tanney quite often. There are several campgrounds in and around the area. Best bet is to use Google and read the various reviews.
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01-07-2013, 10:55 PM
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We stayed this past July 2012 at Table Rock State Park Campground for 5 days just a few miles from downtown Branson. Would recommend staying there. Great sites and near the lake. Lots of hiking, etc. Never went downtown to the strip.
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01-08-2013, 07:11 AM
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Thanks. I've been Googling RV campgrounds in and around Branson. I was looking for some first hand input. We take the 4 Gkids for a week each year somewhere. We were considering the Branson area this year and making plans early. Sure, we will do Silver Dollar City. But not everyday. Too much $$$.
Jim & Sue, Does Table Rock have full hook-ups?
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01-08-2013, 09:30 AM
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We stayed this past fall at Indian Point, a COE campground just south of Silver Dollar City and on Table Rock Lake. It is a very clean campground with hard surface pads along with 50/30 elec. and water. It also has playgrounds for your grandkiddos. It is about 6 miles outside of Branson.
My recommendation for this campground would be to make sure the site is adequate to accommodate your RV. We reserved online and had a devil of a time "bending" our 5W into our site which was on the bend of a curve in the road and had a permanent sign mounted along the opposite shoulder of the road which reduced our turning radius.
Next time we go I'd tandem tow our boat along and stay at Table Rock Lake State Park which has an awesome public boat ramp and an adjacent marina. Looked to be a very nice campground as another poster indicated.
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01-08-2013, 10:31 AM
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Hi Shorty,
Yes, the have full hook-ups and two campgrounds. Suggest you go online @ http://mostateparks.com/campgrounds/...ock-state-park and check out what is available for the type of rig you have.
We stayed in campground 1 - site 179 July 6 thru 11th just accross from the rest room and another plus with the shorline trail right behind our camper site. We had electric, can't remember if we had water. Since I had never been to that part of the country we went hiking each day on different trails around Table Rock Lake, then traveled into AR points of interest, etc.
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01-08-2013, 03:42 PM
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Rv camping at branson, mo
Quote:
Originally Posted by jimsueco
We stayed this past July 2012 at Table Rock State Park Campground for 5 days just a few miles from downtown Branson. Would recommend staying there. Great sites and near the lake. Lots of hiking, etc. Never went downtown to the strip.
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X2 on the state park. We didn't camp there but stopped in to check it out and it was nice.
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01-08-2013, 06:41 PM
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Shorty Cox
We camped down there 4 years ago and stayed at the ABC Campgrounds. Very clean and very nice people and helpful they have a swimming pool there and it is pretty much centraled located. We like it very well. Just my 2 cents.
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01-09-2013, 12:54 PM
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You can never go wrong with a Missouri State Park. I've never camped at Table Rock SP in my camper, but I have tent camped there a few times before and it, like most other MO SPs, is a great park campground.
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01-09-2013, 01:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRevJosh
You can never go wrong with a Missouri State Park. I've never camped at Table Rock SP in my camper, but I have tent camped there a few times before and it, like most other MO SPs, is a great park campground.
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X2, and the COE Campgrounds are great as well..
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01-09-2013, 06:13 PM
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You may already know this, but if you going to Silver Dollar City, be sure to look for 2 days for the price of 1 tickets. They do not sell them at the park, but are available at many businesses. Also be sure to take advantage of the After 3 next day free deal. You can get almost 2 1/2 days for the cost of a 1 day ticket. As you may have guessed we go there alot. We actually just buy season passes. The only place we have camped at is The Wilderness, owned by the same company as SDC. Big advantage for us is the shuttle that runs back and forth every hour, plus we get a 15% discount with season passes.
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01-09-2013, 08:00 PM
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Thanks to all for your input. Jim and Sue, thanks for the link. Very good info. We will not be going until July 13 so I got plenty of time to investigate the options. Table Rock is sounding good. Kitty and I were in Branson in mid Oct 12. Wish I had taken the time to check the campgrounds out.
Thanks to all. Life is short, enjoy camping
Shorty
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01-12-2013, 09:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shorty Cox
Thanks to all for your input. Jim and Sue, thanks for the link. Very good info. We will not be going until July 13 so I got plenty of time to investigate the options. Table Rock is sounding good. Kitty and I were in Branson in mid Oct 12. Wish I had taken the time to check the campgrounds out.
Thanks to all. Life is short, enjoy camping
Shorty
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If it helps, there is a Jellystone Park in Forsyth, Mo, which is just outside Branson.
Enjoy your trip. We have been there many times, and try to stay at a different park everything.
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01-12-2013, 10:09 PM
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Table Rock state park
I may be the only person who has had a negative experience, but we camped at this state park three years ago during July. There was such a severe problem with mould in the woman's bathroom that we had to check out after one night. The exhaust fans for the bathroom were not working and the park office person indicated they had been broken for a while.
I only mention this because if anyone in your family has asthma ... It could be a problem. You may want to call and check into this if it is an issue for anyone in your family.
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01-14-2013, 08:24 AM
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Ladywindolyn, Yes we have a Gkid with bad asthma so that may be a issue.
Thanks to all the input, we have been looking at the Wilderness Campground. Shuttle service to SDC, pool, etc. Also, I was suprised at the low cost of season tickets at SDC compared to their dailey tickets. Regardless of where we stay, we plan to purchase the Gkids season tickets. They can use the all year, with or without us.
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