Mound Valley in KS -- Campground & RV Camping

Mound Valley Campground sits along the shore of Big Hill Lake, surrounded by the oak and hickory forests of the Little Ozarks. The park offers 85 campsites, including three group sites and waterfront options, supported by restrooms, showers, a boat ramp, trailer parking, and a sand swimming beach. Anglers target largemouth bass, catfish, walleye, and crappie in the lake. The facility connects directly to the 17-mile Big Hill Lake Horse Trail, which traverses a hardwood ridge overlooking the water and surrounding countryside.

Getting there: From Cherryvale, Kansas, take U.S. Highway 169 and turn east onto Main Street. Continue through the town and turn right onto Olive Street. Go 1/2 a block and turn left onto County Route 5000. Proceed 4.5 miles to Big Hill Lake and follow signs to Mound Valley.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, an 85-site campground with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
• The Big Hill Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• Most sites here have an electric hookup, with most of them shaded.

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