Timber Road Campground — Elk City State Park

When we moved from Oregon to Kansas, we wanted to find a good place to camp!  The first place we camped was Elk City and we’ve camped there three times now - it’s a great spot.  The first time we had a spot in lower Comfort Cove - it was a lovely shaded spot with lots of space for our boys to explore.  Anywhere down close to the lake is fairly busy and can be loud, though.  So the last two times we’ve stayed up in the Timber Road area which we just love.  It’s quiet, shaded and just beautiful.  You can walk to the Table Mound Trail quite easily if you’re in this area.  Timber Road area only has pit toilets but they tend to be pretty clean.  

Great spot

This is a great State Park. Sites are paved with water and electric hook ups. Most are pretty level. Very clean park with nice restrooms and shower facilities. Great water views. The best hiking trails in the State of Kansas are in and around this lake and state park. From this camp ground you can hop on an awesome trail that leads up to the dam over look area. The trail has the lake on one side and rock wall formations on the other. Simply a great hiking area.

Very Nice State Park with great water views

My family and I camped at Elk City state park over memorial weekend. There were primitive and RV sites everywhere and lake access in many places. As expected it was crowded and busy. We found a decent primitive spot, however there wasn't anywhere to park. It wasn't that the spots were taken, the sit was just off the road but there was a deep ditch. We ended up manuevering our van through the trees to get to the site.

Abundance of campsites and lake access

A group of friends and I hiked the little over 14 mile trail over 2 and a half days it was awesome! 

Great Backpacking trail

Elk City State Park is great.  It's full but not crowded, hiking is about as good as it gets in Kansas, dedicated Mountain Biking trails which I rarely see and it's rather pretty.  Swimnarea is muddy but the kids didn't mind. Comfort Cove camping is adequate.  Shower house is clean (by KS State Park standards), quiet hours respected and my kids enjoyed the playground.  Our site is miniature. No place for a clothes line, no fire pit to speak of even though everyone else has one.  We are boxed in tighter than a KOA and we feel it.  There are sections more spread out with more room per site but not Site 243.  Also, very little shade and very few shades sites which is weird in an area abundant in big giant shade trees. 