Best Cabin Camping near De Soto, KS

Prairie Clover Campground at Clinton State Park and Kansas City West-Lawrence KOA offer furnished cabin rentals within 30 minutes of De Soto. Cabins typically include electricity, beds, and basic furniture, with varying levels of kitchen facilities from simple countertops to full refrigerators and microwaves. Most cabins feature air conditioning for summer comfort and heating systems for winter stays. Bathrooms are usually shared facilities at central locations rather than inside individual cabins. The shower facilities at several locations have been recently updated, though quality varies by location. According to one visitor at Watkins Mill State Park, "Showers and bathrooms are clean and the hosts are very nice."

Rustic and deluxe cabins are both available, depending on the location. KOA properties near De Soto provide standardized cabin accommodations with predictable amenities, while state parks like Clinton and Perry offer more rustic options. Most cabins require advanced reservations, especially during summer months when availability becomes limited. Pet policies vary significantly - Kansas City West-Lawrence KOA allows pets in some cabins while others maintain strict no-pet rules. A camper at Basswood Country RV Resort noted, "We have been camping at Basswood for several years, first with our children and now with our grandchildren," highlighting the family-friendly cabin options.

Guests should bring their own linens, pillows, and sleeping bags as bedding is typically not provided in cabins. Basic kitchen supplies such as plates, utensils, and cooking pots are sometimes included but availability varies widely between locations. Cabins with full kitchens may include pots and pans, while more rustic options require campers to bring cooking equipment for use at fire rings. On-site camp stores at locations like Topeka Capital City KOA offer basic provisions including firewood, ice, and some grocery items. For more substantial shopping, grocery stores in nearby Lawrence provide broader selection for cabin visitors planning longer stays.

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Best Cabin Sites Near De Soto, Kansas (20)

    1. Prairie Clover Campground — Clinton State Park

    35 Reviews
    Lawrence, KS
    21 miles
    +1 (785) 842-8562

    $10 - $115 / night

    "Easy access to trails Lots of wildlife, vultures, deer, etc. Well marked and plenty of them spots Marina was a quick bike ride away and had a lot to offer during the season."

    "Sites come with a picnic table and a fairly large fire ring which we unfortunately never got to enjoy because we were here during a heat wave (100+ almost every day)."

    2. Kansas City West-Lawrence KOA

    14 Reviews
    Lawrence, KS
    14 miles
    Website
    +1 (785) 842-3877

    "I’m in my 30s traveling solo and this stop was a great place to regroup and take advantage of their amenities like shower, laundry, etc. The bathrooms were clean and the staff was very friendly."

    "We missed a KOA in Kansas City because of construction. Went to Lawrence KOA instead. Glad for the misfortune. The park has all you need for short or long term camping and RV trips."

    3. Perry State Park Campground

    10 Reviews
    Meriden, KS
    31 miles
    Website

    "Stayed in lot 93,nice spot on end with extra privacy. Only complaint, cold shower in facility near marina. I would recommend a spot closer to marina if you're not In an RV."

    "Nice state park on the lake can be crowded and a little crazy on weekends.  Like most state parks no sewer hookups but easy access to dump station"

    5. Worlds of Fun Village

    8 Reviews
    Randolph, MO
    31 miles
    Website
    +1 (816) 454-4545

    $300 / night

    "Located on the property there are RV sites and rental cabins. All RV sites were concrete with 50/30/20 amp, water and sewer. Back-in sites on rows 1 and 3 and pull through sites on row 2."

    "Stayed here while visiting friends in the metro - one of the few RV parks in the area.  Pads were concrete, level, clean, and well-maintained. "

    6. Basswood Country RV Resort

    12 Reviews
    Platte City, MO
    34 miles
    Website
    +1 (816) 858-5556

    $56 - $59 / night

    "Basswood provides amenities that are great for entertaining children, includinga swimming pool and splash park, two playgrounds, a basketball goal, and fishing."

    "This park is convient to I-29 but far enough off the highway to be quiet and peaceful. Tent sites, full hookups as well as rooms and cabins are available."

    7. Watkins Mill State Park Campground

    34 Reviews
    Excelsior Springs, MO
    49 miles
    Website
    +1 (816) 580-3387

    $12 - $42 / night

    "Sites are not right on top of each other and it looks like they all have a fire pit and picnic table. There are only a handful of paved spots and you will need leveling blocks on the gravel."

    "All spots have plenty of shade when we walked around. Shower house and bathrooms were clean and nice. Lots of things to do such as boating, kayaking, paddle boarding, fishing and swimming."

    8. Pomona State Park Campground

    11 Reviews
    Vassar, KS
    39 miles
    Website
    +1 (785) 828-4933

    $10 - $100 / night

    "Site a little off level, nothing a few blocks or boards couldn’t solve. 30 amps of clean 122 vac, water tucked in between two pine trees that blocked the view of the sites to the left snd right of us."

    "After everyone left I moved to a few non shore power site down by the water. Beautiful view, with a quiet serene feel."

    9. Topeka / Capital City KOA

    12 Reviews
    Topeka, KS
    39 miles
    Website
    +1 (785) 862-5267

    "The lot does not have a concrete patio but has a picnic table and fire grate.

    They have a community fire pit with multiple swings around it. They sell wood for $6 a bundle."

    "We had a water / electric pull-through site around the middle of the campground."

    10. Kansas City East-Oak Grove KOA

    19 Reviews
    Oak Grove, MO
    46 miles
    Website
    +1 (816) 690-6660

    $45 - $130 / night

    "Easy access to Interstate and pull through sites were long enough for our truck and 32’ trailer without having to unhitch. Stayed just one night as we passed through."

    "Stayed here for one night after driving down from Nebraska. Great place to set up for the night, clean bathrooms, a nice fire pit, and plenty of room to set up a tarp for the rain."

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Cabin Reviews near De Soto, KS

172 Reviews of 20 De Soto Campgrounds


  • J
    Jun. 14, 2024

    Topeka / Capital City KOA

    The longer pull thru sites are Buddy site- we didn’t realize this

    Our site was $56.78 We were in Site# 59 The check in was at 12pm but the office was closed until 3:30pm so we grabbed our sheet left out front and got ourselves to our site.

    We had Full hook- up with a gravel pull-through.
    We travel towing a 14 foot trailer and were able to fit both in our pull through site along with my jeep (although the Jeep had to be parked straight across the front of our site to fit in). Also we were right on the highway.

    The site was easy to level.
    Our site was not shaded and without any trees. The most FRUSTRATING part is that this was a buddy site (that is NO WHERE on their website). We have rescue dogs and don’t want to share our space with neighbors we don’t know. Literally no one wants to Kumbaya by the fireside with complete strangers. Therefore our trip went from one week originally to two nights. We would have left the next day but the husband wanted to see the Evel Knievel museum.

    The lot does not have a concrete patio but has a picnic table and fire grate.

    They have a community fire pit with multiple swings around it. They sell wood for $6 a bundle.

    They do not provide garbage service at your site so you must walk to garbage dumpster at the entrance.

    You are allowed to ride personal golf carts. They do not provide golf cart rentals. There is really not a need to have a Golf cart because it is a smaller campground.

    They do have a saltwater Swimming pool. They have a catch and release fishing pond.

    There is a Playground. They also offer a weight room and an adorable activities room with air hockey, a library, & a pool table. There is also a scenic walking trail. The trail is almost a mile and they’ve kept it mowed and easy to identify.

    They have a basic general store. There is not a snack bar/restaurant on site.

    The streets are gravel so not great for riding bikes.

    They have cabins for rent and a tent area (electric & primitive options).

    They have 2 shower houses. The shower house in the main barn has individual shower/toilet/sink areas. The shower house in the park has the typical stalls. These are kept very clean.

    There is a laundry facility in both shower houses. It is a cash only facility.

    They have a fenced in dog park which is unfortunately located in the front of the park away from RV sites.

    Some fun things to do outside of the campground are the Evel Knievel museum and Brown vs. Board of Education historical park.

    Staff are very kind. I would definitely stay here in the future but will know to secure a site that isn’t shared with others

  • S
    Sep. 19, 2022

    Lewis and Clark State Park Campground

    Clean and quiet

    It does cost about $25 a day, but you have electricity, and shade, and it is always quiet here. The park rangers are always cleaning or doing rounds to make sure everything is okay. Bathrooms have AC and are cleaned with disinfectant daily. Very clean campground and has a playground. Pet friendly.

  • JThe Dyrt PRO User
    Oct. 18, 2023

    Watkins Mill State Park Campground

    Peaceful

    We stayed Sunday-Wednesday and it was very peaceful. Sites are not right on top of each other and it looks like they all have a fire pit and picnic table. There are only a handful of paved spots and you will need leveling blocks on the gravel. Showers and bathrooms are clean and the hosts are very nice. New asphalt roads throughout the park; nice for walking, biking, etc. Be sure to get biscuits & gravy at “The General Store” just down the road from the park entrance.

  • Myron C.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jun. 1, 2020

    Prairie Clover Campground — Clinton State Park

    Large State Park with Many Types of Camping

    I was having a difficult time finding a campground with availability on our way back from Colorado since we were leaving on the Sunday before Memorial Day. We decided to stay a couple of extra days and we found sites available at this one. There are two separate campgrounds at Clinton State Park, and we stayed at campground 1. We checked in with the camp host since the office was already closed. We asked for water, electricity, and somewhere close to the bath house. I guess two out of three aren’t bad. The bath house that we were closest to was closed for the season. The open one was at least two hundred yards away. Getting up in the middle of the night, we decided to drive to it in the dark. We didn’t understand why we couldn’t get a site closer to one of the open bath houses since there were several available sites. Another disappointment was that with all of the recent rain, we had a huge puddle separating our pull-through from our picnic table and fire pit. Again, we should have asked for another site. Other than those two disappointments, it was a really good campground, especially for being a state park. The individual toilet/showers were spacious and very clean. There was shade at some of the campsites, and there were open fields for kids to play in. Although the playground was small, there were other things to do. There was a disc golf course, an archery range, hiking trails, and the lake. The lake is large, and there is a place to launch boats, canoes, kayaks, jet skis, etc. At another part of the lake, there is a huge marina for larger boats. Bering in such a remote area, you don’t have to worry about the sounds of traffic. Overall, Clinton State Park is a place you can stay where there is plenty to do. Although there is no swimming pool, other activities previously mentioned should keep you busy.

  • Bran P.
    Sep. 26, 2016

    Linn County Park

    Nice views!

    Located in east central Kansas on 2600 acre Lake LaCygne (cooling reservoir for KCPL coal-fired power plant). No swimming or skiing allowed, only fishing boats. We stayed on site 112 in View Point Loop next to some permanent residents. There’s no stay limit here so some sites are very messy. Paved roads with gravel sites having W/E, mostly 30A but a few 50A like ours. Check in at the Marina to see which ones are available at this all first come first serve cg. They even have a few FHU sites but I imagine they are all taken by the residents. Nice dump station located in the back of the park along with a few rustic cabins. We enjoyed a waterfront site but there were many 30A sites available in a more wooded setting in several different loops. There are about 113 sites here.

  • Scott S.The Dyrt PRO User
    Aug. 3, 2020

    Kansas City East-Oak Grove KOA

    Crammed in a tent camping field...

    Let's Share COVID and a campfire song. When we booked a tent site in the KOA we didn't expect much but assumed it would work for the night while driving across the USA.  Upon arrival we were a little put off by being stuck with several other tents in a field and noticed we were expected to share our fire ring with the tent next door... this was not ok with us and we left promptly and snagged a nice spot in the nearby Blue Springs Recreation Area. Traveling during summer 2020 has been interesting and to expect strangers to share a fire ring and be crammed very close during a pandemic is not only careless but not fun. UGH

  • J
    Jul. 16, 2022

    Worlds of Fun Village

    Novel Campground in Kansas City

    This was an interesting stay at the Worlds of Fun campground. Located on the property there are RV sites and rental cabins. All RV sites were concrete with 50/30/20 amp, water and sewer. Back-in sites on rows 1 and 3 and pull through sites on row 2.

    The theme park offered discounted tickets when staying at the campground and parking for the parks was included. Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun are internally connected, making it easy to walk between the two.

    There is a pool, hot tub, laundry and clean bathrooms with showers. The campground did attempt to improve privacy with strategically placed trees and shrubs.

    Row 1 (sites 1-20) is along a busy highway with semi truck noise 24 hours a day. I recommend either paying more for the pull-through (further from the road) or the back in sites 69-82 in row 3.

    Security was disappointing, as there was no gate to the campground, nor a gate around it. So our campsite (site 2) that backed up to the road was 10 feet off the public sidewalk. Reviews of this campsite on other websites mentioned some petty theft, so we kept our outdoor compartments locked (nothing was stolen).

  • Tori G.
    Jun. 24, 2016

    Basswood Country RV Resort

    A great place to take the kids/grandkids

    We have been camping at Basswood for several years, first with our children and now with our grandchildren. Basswood provides amenities that are great for entertaining children, includinga swimming pool and splash park, two playgrounds, a basketball goal, and fishing. Every weekend there are organized activities such as arts and crafts, fishing contests, duck races and frozen t-shirt contests in the pool, and a Saturday evening outdoor movie. There is a great little store with alcohol for the adults; ice cream treats, which we enjoy after a swim; and nearly any key item you might have forgotten to pack. Most roads throughout the campground are paved, and the campground is generally well-maintained. We appreciate the full-service RV spots, but there are very nice bathroom facilities, including showers, in two locations in the park.

  • Leni K.
    Apr. 7, 2024

    Prairie Clover Campground — Clinton State Park

    Relaxing Car/Tent Camping Spot

    Pros Off-season was quiet Open bathrooms were nice and well kept. Easy access to trails Lots of wildlife, vultures, deer, etc. Well marked and plenty of them spots Marina was a quick bike ride away and had a lot to offer during the season. Primate loops had some good spacing and tree cover, along with views of the lake. Inner loops not so much Potable water available year round. Was drinkable.

    Cons Signs marked closed bathrooms but not the closest open bathrooms. One per campsite was still open with heat and electric. Weirdly all vaults were closed Office and hosts were unavailable so we had to leave for Casey's for firewood. While before the season, someone told us it's typically impossible to get firewood because the office is usually closed. Signs to the entrance to park and n avigation were pretty small, impossible to read at night, not lit. Electric parking pass only issued one day pass at a time. Would do the paper pass across the parking lot next time. Spacing is definitely a bit crowded for tent camping privacy this time of year. Will be curious to see how it feels in the summer/fall.


Guide to De Soto

Cabin camping near De Soto, Kansas offers a perfect blend of nature and comfort, allowing you to unwind in scenic surroundings while enjoying modern amenities.

Explore the Great Outdoors at Perry State Park Campground

  • Experience the beauty of nature at Perry State Park Campground, where you can enjoy fishing and hiking along the picturesque Perry Lake.
  • The campground features well-maintained facilities, including clean restrooms and picnic areas, making it ideal for family outings.
  • With plenty of wildlife around, you might spot deer and other animals during your stay, enhancing your connection to nature.

Cabin Campers Enjoy Local Attractions

  • Just a short drive away, Worlds of Fun Village offers thrilling amusement park rides and entertainment, perfect for a fun-filled day with family.
  • Visit the Evel Knievel Museum nearby for a unique experience that combines history and excitement, making it a great addition to your cabin camping trip.
  • For a more relaxed day, check out the local breweries and food trucks that provide a taste of the region's culinary delights.

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According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular cabin campground near De Soto, KS is Prairie Clover Campground — Clinton State Park with a 3.6-star rating from 35 reviews.

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