Best Dog-Friendly Camping near Dodge City, KS

Dog-Friendly Camping Reviews near Dodge City, KS

91 Reviews of 18 Dodge City Campgrounds

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  kate B.

  Guide

  Oct. 14, 2021

  Gunsmoke RV Park

  Compared to other campgrounds in Kansas, maybe 4 stars.

  Keep in mind, we haven’t found any five-star campgrounds in Kansas, and a shortage of campgrounds in general, so we were glad to find this perfectly adequate, safe space with level gravel pads close together. Full hookups. The best thing about it is its proximity to Dodge City.

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  Nancy B.

  Ranger

  Jul. 10, 2020

  Cimarron RV Park

  Great for the night

  Needed a place to stop for the night with electric since it’s 95 in Kansas in July. This was right off 400 on our way out of Dodge City. $25 a night with water and electric. Small campground but has what we needed. Bonus it has a laundry mat. Second bonus there is a horse farm right behind the campground.

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  Kohl

  Guide

  Aug. 26, 2021

  Gunsmoke RV Park

  Great park

  This place has good glean facilities. The people here are really friendly. The park is in a great location close to Dodge City. I would stay here again.

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  Reagan M.

  Traveler

  Aug. 26, 2021

  Gunsmoke RV Park

  Cool place!

  Very clean laundromat and bathhouses! The park is close to downtown Dodge City. The location is very convenient. Owners and staff are helpful and friendly. Would stay here again.

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  Timothy T.

  Ranger

  Mar. 16, 2021

  Watersports Campground

  Nice place

  The Water sports CG was very clean. Nice pull thru lots & very close to activities in Dodge City. I am not sure we're the water sports were but we were there to see Outlaws!

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  jack T.

  Traveler

  Oct. 4, 2025

  Ford State Fishing Lake

  Not on the weekend

  My girlfriend and I were driving across country and spent the day in Dodge city. We were looking for a place close by and this Lakeside campsite popped up. Our GPS took us to a different place so be careful when you are trying to find this lake. It is actually a very nice little public campground. It’s fantastic that it’s free. We found a very nice campsite that was apparently more level than other people have found here, and set up camp. Unfortunately, for us, we stayed on a Saturday night. And apparently locals like to come out and party. We had a group about 50 feet away who wanted to fiesta all night instead of siesta all night. They kept us up until 3 AM. My suggestion would be to stay here during the week and not on a Saturday night.

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  Andrew

  Scout

  Jan. 3, 2023

  Dodge City KOA

  Clean, Quiet and New Campground

  Campground was a little difficult to find the entrance to, but once we found it we had no problems with the rest of our stay.  Campground was quite and fully paved.  The kids enjoyed riding their bikes and scooters while we relaxed at our spot.  Plenty of room to pull in and out of spots.  The common buildings were all new and very well kept.  Highly recommend if you are in Dodge City.

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  Missy A.

  Traveler

  Jun. 15, 2024

  Gunsmoke RV Park

  Noisy

  We stayed here in June for two nights on a road trip north. Front section of spots 1-43 are close to the road and it is very noisy. They made these front sites big rig friendly by using the site next to yours for unhooking your tow or towed vehicle. We were put in the front section due to a large work crew taking up a lot of spaces in the back section.  We could not open our awning in the first assigned spot, so the staff was accommodating and moved us over one spot. Come to find out, it is very windy here, so awnings are not used very often. We would highly recommend getting a site in the back. Sites 50-80. Less noise, long pull throughs and nice wide grass areas. The wifi was not very strong or was too busy, so we used our own hot spot. This is conveniently located close to Dodge City attractions.

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  Jason L.

  Scout

  Sep. 2, 2019

  Gunsmoke RV Park

  WARNING!!! VERY RUDE OWNER’S!!

  Before I do my review here, I want to point out that we own a small Toy Poodle and are very conscience of our dogs bio footprint in the environment and always pick up after he uses the bathroom. So here is our experience that really upset our family and my in-laws. I was walking my dog to the grass area and noticed my dog was wanting to go to the bathroom on the gravel. I pulled my dog quickly over to the grass area and picked up his waste to throw away. Little did I realize my dog had dropped a piece of poop before getting to the grass, I didn’t see it but the owner said he watched us and saw my dog poop in the gravel without me picking it up. I returned to my camper and 15 min later I receive a knock at my door and the owner tells me that I left my dogs poop and here it is. He slammed his shovel against the gravel on the ground, dropping a ping ball size poop on my front steps. I felt really bad that I didn’t see it and apologized but as soon as I did the owner tells me this is my first and only warning, if it happens again then we’ll be gone! We apologized a second time and the owner just stared at us angrily and walked away without acknowledging the apology or saying anything further. Me, my wife, my son and my mother and father in-law were jaw dropping shocked. We had stayed here several times before, made this our campground of choice in Dodge City when ever we visit and we’ve never had any issues. We pay good money to stay in their campground every year so a little bit of couth goes a long way in customer service. I was mortified that anyone who owns a campground would talk to someone and threaten to kick them out because of an honest and rather minor mistake. All he had to do was stop by and tell me he saw my dog poop in the road and to please double check your dog while walking him. What further put salt in the womb is when me and my wife went to the front desk to sign in from the night before and we confronted the owner that we didn’t know that our dog had pooped on the lot and again apologized. We then told him that all he had to do was be nice about it and he responded, “I was nice about it”. We argued politely for a minute that he was not nice and there’s no reason to talk to us like we’re little children. We finally gave up rationalizing with him and left. All over town and in front of their campground it’s advertised that their campground is for sale so maybe he’s having a very bad morning or there’s some added stress because their campground is for sale or maybe it’s the “I don’t care” attitude now but one thing is for sure, my family and my in-laws will never make this our weekend home for our mini vacations anymore. My advise is go to the brand new KOA campground right up the street where they don’t treat the customers like this, who actually care how they treat their customers. Plus it’s a heck of a lot nicer with concrete pads, new and very nice facilities. GunSmoke campground is very noisy because of the highway it sits right up against with very crowded campsites on the front half of the campground. They show pictures on the internet of the rear newer addition but not the crowed older section.

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