Wonderful adventures, great tours, highly recommend the area. Beautiful scenery magnificent history.read more

Wonderful park with beautiful views. Stayed in the Puma Campground on a family campsite. We had a…read morebeautiful time.

Beautiful peaceful campground with a nice swimming beach. Family friendly. Concession stand at the…read morebeach was a nice feature. I would highly recommend!

Great park, use to have the #1 restaurant in town - no longer. Went there to celebrate our 17th…read moreanniversary. Food was clearly "bag and warm". We were served 2 small rolls that were either stale or frozen - I love fresh rolls, theses were not, almost had to choke them down. Ordered breaded mushrooms that were machine made and so hard you could not put a fork in them. If you managed, they broke open to reveal perhaps a piece of mushroom stem, and a lot of air inside. I had the beef tips over rice which was only warm due to the hot gravy they doused everything in. No choice on rare/medium/well on the tips - which makes sense if they were packaged. Prices on web site are lower than menu. Caesar salad barely qualified (+$2 premium over garden salad) - just lettuce, dressing, and a bit of grated cheese. Waitress was pushy both before ordering and during the meal (halfway through she offered us the desert menu and after we declined informed us she would get the check - while we were still eating!). Overall very disappointed. Wife and I sighed and paid our $75 bill + a basic tip. Doubt we will ever go back.

Wavering Park was a great place to spend an hour or two with family. We took the whole family with…read morekids over to play some putt putt golf and then got on the paddle boats for some on the water fun! They even have batting cages and a playground there. Definitely recommend for family entertainment!

Get off the road a couple extra mikes and park and enjoy the 1/4 mile walk back to bridge and enjoy…read morethe outside beauty on your long drive. Well done park.

Literally the most harassing staff I have ever encountered in my RV adventures. The staff drive the…read moreloop multiple times an hour just stop and harass families. They will not produce any rules saying "it's posted on the board." I have seen them look through my fire pit and go through trash. I do not know what they're hoping to find. In 100 degree 4th of July weekend my French Bulldog needed to cool off. She has a baby pool and we filled it with 1 inch of water. As soon as she stepped in it came the fun police to tell us that no pools are allowed and no five gallon buckets because "kids can get hurt." We have no kids and aren't going to police other people's kids. Did I also mention the rv sites have no running water? If you didn't fill up your fresh water tank when you arrived then you are totally screwed. We were told if we didn't throw the baby pool away we would be kicked out. Why would I throw my pool away for this guy? We dumped it out and he again asked us to throw it away. It would be fine if we were provided the rules on check in or if the host wasn't a total garbage person. He doesn't wear a mask and he gets up in your face which puts me and my husband at risk. The whole reason we are camping is to get away from people and avoid COVID. I will be reporting this guy to Missouri State Parks. Zero stars: 30amp hookups Non supervised children No water No sewer Harassing staff Staff non compliant with masks Staff does not understand social distancing.

I stayed one night, two nights ago, at Van Meter State Park, which interprets a nearby Indian…read morevillage of the Missouri Indians who died out in the early 19th century. They were like the Indians of New England, decimated early on by disease brought by French explorers and traders, the War of 1812, and English speaking colonizers. Before "Americans" even really settled in the area from the 1820s, Lewis and Clark reported in 1804 that many of the Missouri Indians had died off from disease and predations from other tribes. The visitor's center is small but excellent, and interprets many Indian tribes in the Midwest, including the Sauk and Fox, who lived in Dubuque, IA, where I grew up. I learned more about Black Hawk, who figures large in the early 19th century history of Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin. By the time whites came to the park area (the Van Meters), the Indians were entirely gone. The campgrounds are alive with woodpeckers and tall trees, but the place is truly eerie. The trees groan in the wind at night and the area is very damp. One campsite across the way was 5 degrees colder. I imagine there was a spring, or seep, there. It is really dark at night, at a little scary. There is a campground host there, friendly but not intrusive. There are some trails to walk on, although muddy. One leads up to the Van Meter family cemetery, which is laid out next to an Indian Mound. I wanted to visit the lake with some more Indian mounds on the park property the next morning but the campground hosts had not unlocked the gate. Apparently they have had instances of thievery and vandalism. Hard to believe how. The area is beautiful farmland, but very remote.

This is a nice community park. With the city's recreation offices onsite, it's also well…read moremaintained. Amenities include an aquatic center, several picnic pavilions, disc golf course, walking trail, restrooms, amphitheater, corn hole court, and children's playground. The aquatic center is the obvious main feature during hot summer months. It has several water features including pool, slides, and misters. Multiple picnic pavilions have BBQ grills and electricity. A 9-hole disc golf course winds across the park. Check the city website for events at the amphitheater. This is also a popular snow sledding spot.

Nice little park with clean bathrooms and a playground. Pretty quiet there. We've had numerous…read morefamily reunions there and intend to have more. :)

Too many clouds for a perfect sunset but after a day of driving from Springfield Illinois and then…read moreexploring Hannibal, this was a great wind down. I parked the van, microwaved my leftovers from https://www.yelp.com/biz/charlie-parkers-springfield?hrid=NVt6kNo1o5xXECTgeE24jg and brought them to one of the picnic tables where I looked out over the Mighty Mississippi River. It was near perfect. It's a big park with a windy road that takes you to the various overlooks and parking areas. I think there's a bathroom here and they might have some more picnic spots. It was a great view and I'm glad I spotted the sign out front! [Review 19720 overall - 198 in Missouri - 692 of 2023.]

Beautiful. Drive thru and picnic or meditate. Walk a little trail. Has restrooms and a kids play…read morearea.

What a lovely spot to enjoy the outdoors! The view of the river along with 3 different counties is…read morebreathtaking! Have a little one? There's a playground for them! Have a toddler? Also, they have a playground for them! Like to watch baseball? Sit in the stands or bring a chair. Want to picnic? There's a place for that as well. You can't go wrong when you visit the parks here in Boonville Missouri!

We had some extra time waiting to meet up with family and a park seemed like a much better place…read morefor that than a fast-food joint. A local's recommendation led us here, and once we found our way off the main roads back here, it was exactly what we wanted. (Finding it's not that hard; follow the casino and historical marker signs and be patient. It's only about a mile off the main drag.) I only got to see part of this 31 acre park, but what I saw was great--several picnic shelters, BBQ pits, kids' play structures (including one with a mini rock-climbing wall! photo pending), and baseball diamonds. A great place to relax, watch a game, or meet friends. TRIVIA: This park is on the National Registry of Historic Places, and from its high point, you can see the start of the Santa Fe Trail.