$14
Ruark Bluff East
Closed for the season
Total sites: 82
Booking Window: 6 months
Booking Window: 6 months
959 ft
61°F
44°F
44°F
poor
Ruark Bluff East Campground, MO - Latest Reviews, Photos & Campground Map
Ruark Bluff East Campground in Dade County is located 1 hr 4 min northwest of Springfield, MO with an elevation of 959 feet. There are a total of 82 campsites including 6 tent-only sites. The campground is normally open from mid April to the end of September. 76 sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 30 and 80 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. Each site includes a picnic table and fire ring. 34 sites have electric hookups. Fees range from $14.00 to $200.00. Some amenities include shower, dump station, playground, swimming, flush toilets. Activities include boating, fishing, floating sports.
Campsite Reviews (98)
4.2 out of 5
| 5 star | 49% | |
| 4 star | 30% | |
| 3 star | 10% | |
| 2 star | 6% | |
| 1 star | 3% |
@ChrisP7014555 · Camped on Sep 22, 2025 at Campsite #B8
Nice level sites. Great views of the lake. Clean restrooms and hot showers. I enjoyed my time.
@DavidA3218244 · Camped on Sep 19, 2025 at Campsite #B2
nice place, good times, weekend before Walnut festival
@BettyHE0CE0083 · Camped on Sep 17, 2025 at Campsite #B38
Great place to stay and the gate attendant is an awesome person and very friendly and helpful!
@LoisC70B8E5A6E · Camped on Sep 15, 2025 at Campsite #B10
very nice campground on fishing and sailing lake - not too busy as some lakes are
@chads1663816 · Camped on Sep 11, 2025 at Campsite #B11
We love ruark east and west. Hoping that the west side and the rest of the east side get updated to 50 amp service.
@DebiOBA51910C3 · Camped on Sep 6, 2025 at Campsite #B33
Spots are nice and not crammed together. Beautiful views of the lake! The other campers are respectful and quiet. We loved our stay. They do need to fix a door in the womens shower so that it shuts. Its been that way for over a year.
@MeritaBB608EDE · Camped on Sep 5, 2025 at Campsite #B3
Great view of lake and access to bath rooms and showers. Plenty of space between sites. Saw an Eagle catching a fish right where we were camping. Lovely time!
@MelissaT892779 · Camped on Aug 14, 2025 at Campsite #B25
I absolutely love this camp site. Its always so clean and has easy access to shower house, bathroom and water for swimming purposes. I almost always never get a single tick on me either and we usually sit in the shade under the trees. Very safe and comfortable
@KayeSFD2E1C749 · Camped on Aug 7, 2025 at Campsite #A12
Our camp site was easy to access. The views so beautiful and peaceful. It was very easy to walk down to the lake for swimming and fishing. Raccoons and squirrels paid us visits. There was also a lone goose swimming about. He did come and rest on our shoreline for a few moments. Our area had nice shade and the breeze kept us from getting too hot. There was a boat ramp not too far from our camp. We could easily have anchored our pontoon at our camp site.We definitely will be returning.
@MikeS6104174 · Camped on Aug 6, 2025 at Campsite #B3
Need more water faucets and grade and level parking spaces
@AprilS3605335 · Camped on Jul 3, 2025 at Campsite #A23
Showers and vault toilets were very clean!
@DianeD7776824 · Camped on Jun 26, 2025 at Campsite #B4
Nice campsites and very clean bathrooms.
@WarrenR8978101 · Camped on Jun 20, 2025 at Campsite #B28
The park gate attendant was very helpful at check-in.
@LewisA639C342B · Camped on Jun 18, 2025 at Campsite #B39
We have been camping here for more than 30 years, and is about the only place we go to. The shower house could definitely use some upgrades, but overall we do enjoy camping here.
@HaroldK6167064 · Camped on Jun 1, 2025 at Campsite #B3
Nice location. Quiet.
@BobH2675616 · Camped on May 19, 2025 at Campsite #B34
Excellent campground and the park attendant is very good along with the volunteers. The restrooms are the cleanest that they have ever been. The new volunteers this year keep everything very clean.
@LeslieWaE56378 · Camped on May 14, 2025 at Campsite #B6
People there were remarkable helpful. I received the kind of service attitude that is rare these days. Very impressed with everyone but particularly the young lady who checked us in, she went above and beyond to make our stay possible. My friends spoke highly of the people there and rightfully so.
@Catherine77152 · Camped on May 14, 2025 at Campsite #B40
Love this place!
@ScottR9542386 · Camped on May 12, 2025 at Campsite #B39
Very clean campsite with easy access to the lake
@PaulaF4689391 · Camped on May 10, 2025 at Campsite #B27
The Park Host was very helpful and nice! Ruark Bluff campground is beautiful.
@SteveR5952407 · Camped on Apr 17, 2025 at Campsite #1
Twenty men from my Sunday School class recently held our 15th annual men's camping a fishing excursion at Stockton Lake's, Ruark Bluff East campgrounds. We had a ball staying at the Mutton Creek Group Camp. The individual camp sites there were perfect for either tent, trailer, or RV. The pavilion was awesome for fish fries, cook outs and other group activities. Flush toilets in the immediate camp ground was a pleasant surprise as the description of the amenities on Recreation.gov sounded like we would have to go all the way the shower house to go to the bathroom. The condition of the campground was amazing for being so early in the season. The gravel beach was awesome and very handy for the guys that wanted to fish off of the bank. There were also several boat ramps near by for those of us with boats. Overall I would give this camping facility a score of 10 out of 10 for location, condition of the grounds, ease of access, scenery and proximity to the water, and the available amenities on site. Great job to everybody that was involved in getting the facilities ready for us. We had a ball.
@MaryT1149779 · Camped on Sep 29, 2024 at Campsite #A5
HATE recreation.gov. Would have chosen a different site if given the opportunity to see in person. Pictures on site lie.
@JustinBAAFB4CA · Camped on Sep 4, 2024 at Campsite #B17
Great area and quiet. Only problem was just before sunset, the Millions of mosquitos that started coming out was insane. I have never seen so many at once. It looked like a fog bank shimmering as you look up through the park they were so bad. I ended up leaving that night because of it. I had citronella burners and sprayed the tent with mosquito repellant but did not work. Park systems really need to think about spraying to mitigate the hoards of mosquitos due to potential health hazard. I will go back but it will be in the fall when its colder and less chance of mosquito invasion.
@GregS1457823 · Camped on Sep 2, 2024 at Campsite #B2
Camp host was awesome....bathroom are somewhat to be desired.... They could use some remodeling.
@PaulC8096585 · Camped on Aug 20, 2024 at Campsite #B2
Enjoyed the Campground. Grass was tall at first, but after 6 days they mowed.
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