Overlook in KS -- Campground & RV Camping

Overlook Park is a day-use and group area set in the wooded hills above Big Hill Lake. The park features three reservable group picnic shelters overlooking the water, each holding up to 100 people, alongside drinking water and flush toilets. Recreation centers on bank fishing for bass and catfish, as well as hiking the on-site interpretive trail. The facility connects directly to the 17-mile Big Hill Lake Horse Trail, which traverses the surrounding oak-hickory forests and prairie. Nearby Mound Valley Park offers a large sand swimming beach and summer educational programs.

Getting there: Take U.S. Highway 169 to Cherryvale, Kansas, and turn east onto Main Street. Continue through the town and turn right at the end of Main Street 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 Overlook Park.

• Moderately separated here.
• 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.