Ray Behrens in MO -- Campground & RV Camping

Ray Behrens Campground sits on the southeastern shore of the 18,000-acre Mark Twain Lake along the Salt River in north-central Missouri. Spanning rolling hills, the campground features three loops—Deer Run, Little Bluestem, and Cedar Ridge—where all campsites include electric hookups. On-site facilities include flush toilets, showers, playgrounds, and an adjacent marina with a boat ramp. Outdoor recreation centers on boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, and hunting. The historic village of Florida, birthplace of Mark Twain, borders the lake, and his boyhood home in Hannibal is 25 miles east.

Getting there: From Hannibal MO, travel west on Highway 36 for 17 miles, turn south onto Route J and go 12 miles to the campground.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 165-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• The Mark Twain Lake shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• Most sites here have an electric hookup, with most of them shaded.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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