Big Spring in MO -- Campground & RV Camping in Missouri

Big Spring Campground is set within the Ozark National Scenic Riverways along the banks of the Current River. The year-round facility offers paved roads, campsites with picnic tables, fire rings, and grills, as well as flush toilets, showers, an amphitheater, and three group picnic areas. The river provides direct access for swimming, tubing, fishing, and canoeing. Multiple trails pass through the area, including the Big Springs Trail, Alley Overlook Trail, and Ozark Trail, while the massive natural discharge at Big Spring sits nearby.

Getting there: Big Spring Campground is located four miles (6.4 km) south of Van Buren, Missouri. Turn south on Missouri Highway 103 and continue south for four miles (6.4 km) to the Big Spring Unit of the park.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 123-site campground with the nearest through road 0.4 miles off.
• Current River runs 0.1 mi off.
• 137 on the water, with most of them shaded.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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