Drury-Mincy Conservation Area

It's a nice, basic campground. There's a toilet and dumpster on site, and there are several fire pits with grills and picnic tables. There are a lot of trees to provide shade and the view at sunset it beautiful! I have Google Fi and Verizon and both had pretty decent signal and fully supported streaming a movie.

The only thing to be aware of is that the short "road" from the street to the campground is pretty steep and graveled and several cars have struggled to make it up though I haven't seen any fail yet.

FREE

FCFS 

Sites: 13 

This is a dispersed campground with picnic table, fire ring and sitting on the top of the mountain giving a great view. NO WATER but there are two pit toilets. When it comes to the toilets I guess you could say

"any port in the storm" but they could use some TLC. There is also a trash dumpster but trash."  Come on people there is a trash dumpster USE IT. Pads are grass and the road is gravel. The site is situated along side the highway. 

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One of my favorite camping locations. Maybe 12 sites in all, no amenities for the most part but the peace and quiet is worth more.

Lovely spot in Missouri. Passing through to Tennessee and found this gem of a spot with 2 vault toilets, trash and it’s free! Arrived at sunset in a Wednesday and only 2 other campers. There’s about 6 spots to pull in with a camper/ RV then at least 6 tent spots. Most spots have a fire ring and picnic table. 2-3 bars of LTE with AT&T. Little bit of road noise but no issues sleeping in my van. Everyone we came across was kind. No electric or water so come prepared. Closest town for supplies is around 25 minutes. Would definitely stay here again!

Stopped off here after seeing the review on The Dyrt, glad it was added the campground was just my speed for camping without interruption.   I always love a good FREE campground and when I stumbled upon this one I was very happy. 

Many conservation areas you visit are remote and with that remoteness also comes facilities which are lacking.  This one had all the necessary items, picnic tables and fire rings along with pit toilets which were not in bad shape.   From there I was easily able to set up camp and enjoy a peaceful evening.   

I was the only one at the camp on a Tuesday evening, not even a single person came to use the  area.  I was expecting some traffic as most sites you have some kind of passerby but nothing.

There was a large dumpster which looked as though it hadn't been used recently when I visited as well, either it was recently dumped or this isn't a super popular place to stay.    I really enjoyed this location.

Tips:

* Because this is a bit more off the beaten path bring everything, there are no stores nearby.

* ATT had limited service so if you are traveling check your reception and check in if you do so before coming to the site.

Wonderful campground with roughly 12 designated camp spots with a fire pit, some spots would be big enough to park a smaller RV at. Pit toilet and trash dump. We went on Memorial Day weekend and there were only other two small groups there. There was a small bundle of fire placed at each campsite. About 2 miles down Gunnison road and just past the conservation department buildings is a road that leads along a stream with several swimming holes. There are no signs for the campground. Once you turn on to Gunnison from J you will drive 3/4 mile down and see a small sign that says “archery range”. Turn into this as the archery range is at the far end of the campground.