22 campgrounds with first-come sites in Missouri

Mark Twain National Forest holds the most of them in the state. Most are run by the Forest Service. Sizes are lopsided, from 8 sites at the small end to 87 at the large.

A campground is listed when Recreation.gov or the Forest Service records it as first-come, first-served. Campgrounds where some sites book online and the rest are first-come are listed too, marked partly reservable.

Reservable Partly reservable First-come, first-served

All 22

Campground	Agency	Sites	Booking	Link
Longview Campground	USACE	87	First-come	Details →
Red Bluff Campground	FS	85	Partly reservable	Details →
Silver Mines	FS	76	Partly reservable	Details →
Council Bluff Recreation Area	FS	57	Partly reservable	Details →
Cobb Ridge	FS	49	Partly reservable	Details →
Sutton Bluff Recreation Area	FS	34	Partly reservable	Details →
Markham Springs	FS	33	Partly reservable	Details →
Lane Spring Recreation Area	FS	25	Partly reservable	Details →
Watercress	FS	19	Partly reservable	Details →
Berryman Campground	FS	8	First-come	Details →
Bar-K Wrangler Camp	FS		First-come	Details →
Camp Branch Campground	USACE		First-come	Details →
Deer Leap Recreation Area	FS		First-come	Details →
Dry Fork Recreation Area	FS		First-come	Details →
Fourche Lake Recreation Area	FS		First-come	Details →
Greer Crossing Recreation Area	FS		First-come	Details →
Hazel Creek Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Marble Creek Recreation Area	FS		First-come	Details →
McCormack Lake Recreation Area	FS		First-come	Details →
North Fork Recreation Area	FS		First-come	Details →
Paddy Creek Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Pine Ridge Recreation Area	FS		First-come	Details →

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