Pinewoods Lake Rec Area in MO -- Campground & RV Camping

Pinewoods Lake Recreation Area sits in a densely wooded section of the Mark Twain National Forest, 3 miles from Ellsinore. Centered around a 32-acre lake, the site features a day-use picnic shelter that holds up to 75 people, equipped with tables and large grills. Accessible vault toilets are provided on site, but visitors must pack out their own garbage. A 1.3-mile flat, concrete walking trail circles the shoreline. Anglers and boaters have access to a floating fishing pier and a concrete boat ramp to fish for bass, sunfish, and catfish.

Getting there: From Poplar Bluff, Missouri, go 7 miles north on U.S. Highway 67, then travel 16 miles east on U.S. Highway 60.

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 15-site campground with the nearest through road 0.5 miles off.
• Sits on broad, near-level ground.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• One on the water, with most of them shaded.
• The Pinewoods Lake shoreline is 0.4 mi off.

Rules