Montauk State Park preserves a shady green retreat that offers visitors plenty of opportunities for fun, whether it is fishing, camping, hiking, picnicking or just relaxing with friends and family.

Montauk State Park's campground offers basic and electric campsites. For a little extra space, try one of the park's family campsites.  The park's store carries a variety of camping supplies.

Montauk State Park Campground

This is where my love of camping started. I spent many summers as a child camping at Montauk State Park with my grandparents. After those early years of riding my bike as a child around the campground loops, I now take my child there every year with the hope that he appreciates it as much as I do.

Montauk State Park is one of the Missouri Conservations four trout parks, and is located at the headwaters of the beautiful Current River. The Current along with the Jack’s Fork River make up the Ozark National Scenic Riverways National Park. Since it is one of Missouri’s trout parks you will find a majority of campers are there to fish. You can purchase a trout tag at the lodge for $3.00, and it will allow you to keep 4 trout per day with a possession limit of 8\. The conservation will stock the Current on a nightly basis, based on number of tags sold the day before. The stretch of river from spring to the falls are some of my favorite fishing anywhere. I have a group of guys that get together every spring and fall for a trout fishing trip.

As the Current River winds its way through the valley, it creates one of the campground boundaries. This allows you to be near the river at all times, or even next to it, if you grab one of the spots on its banks. The campground is broken down into 4 separate loops, with loop 1 being the only basic section, all the others have electricity. I have spent more time recently camping in the basic section with the guys. We have used sites 115 for the space and 119 for the seclusion. Our family did camp on Mother’s Day on site 418, in loop 4\. I would not recommend this site because you only have a small space between you and your neighbors.

There are two bathroom/shower houses with laundry facilities located in the campground, along with three campground host. You are able to purchase firewood and ice in the campground as well. Sites do go quickly so you will need to book months in advance.

The lodge has a full restaurant, as well as a diner style counter. My son love’s to go and sit at the counter to get ice cream. You will find menu item such as burgers, sandwiches, and salads, as well as a buffet on certain days. You can even order a sack lunch to take out to the river bank. The lodge also has a store stocked with camp essentials, souvenir items, and fishing supplies. If you do not have your own fishing poles, they have some for rent. You will also find the lunker board located here, so if you are lucky enough to catch a three pound trout bring it to have it weighed for your lunker patch.

If you decide not to fish, there are things to do such as take a tour of the mill when the naturalist does one of their demonstrations, hike the quarter mile trial to the springs (one of my son’s favorites, he likes to search for the water bubbling out of the ground), hike the longer 1.5 mile pine ridge trail, feed the fish at the hatchery, or take in one of the nature programs at the amphitheater. Also if you head out of the park on YY you will find Tan Vat Access located right outside the park on the Current. This is a great place to take young ones for a dip in its cool waters. Also you can take a gravel road out of the park to a funky little place called [Bo’s Hollow](http://www.bohollow.com). A family has built a small town in a field, where you can buy a bbq sandwich lunch, and take a model A ride to Ashley creek for swimming and a picnic.

I hope you get a chance to check out Montauk State Park. It is one of our family favorite destinations.

My Home Park

So many great places to fish and just great views of the river in general. Very scenic. Spread out sites so you're not on top of your neighbors. Tons of family and little kid friendly activities. There are a general store and small cafeteria in case you forgot something or burn your dinner over the fire. ;) Great relaxing getaway! WIll go again!

FISHING!

This is a great area to fish for trout. The river is beautiful and offers a place to relax. The campground offers several different options depending on your set up. The on site restaurant is good and worth a try. Such a beautiful state park.

Montauk

Driving into the park you pass all the great landmarks of this park, the mill, the pavilion, the hatchery, the lodge. Then you pull up to the campgrounds, and the shaded lots. Very easy to pull into and get setup. The grpunds a very well maintained and kept. The fishing is phenominal for all types. The lodge provides all you could possibly need and more.

A Great place to take the guys or the kids

Trout

Excellent park for trout fishing in Missouri. Camping available from March through October, when trout are stocked daily and available to keep a limit of four per person per day. Well-maintained sites are subject to flash-flooding during heavy rain. Shower and bath houses are decent. Park has privately owned lodge with store, restaurant and motel rooms and free Wifi. Beautiful scenery along spring-fed river.

Nice trout fishing park in Missouri

Great trout fishing with rustic views and great naturalist programs for the kids

Rustic views with many perks

We've made the three hour drive to Montauk State Park a couple of times in the last year. We just love it there! It's especially wonderful if you can make it in November when the crowd has left and you can really enjoy the crisp, cool fall and have so much of the campground to yourself. Just beware, they lock the bathrooms and shower houses down during the off season! We, of course, love to trout fish and have always had fishing luck in our favor there. We also love to eat a meal at the little on site restaurant and enjoy the convenience store when we've forgotten things. Try the ice cream at the restaurant! Delish! We've only located one trail in the park: Pine Ridge Trail. It's a nicely maintained trail. We went at sunset and the view from the top was gorgeous. One of the conveniences of Montauk is cell service! You can actually use your phones here, unlike many Missouri State Parks. If you're looking to take your family swimming- I don't think this is a great park for this. There are literally people fishing everywhere and there isn't really a great place to swim. Campground does have a nice play area for the kiddos. Camp sites are generously spaced. We did have some nightly skunk visitors circle our camper, but they were so fat and cute and thankfully kept their stinky spray to themselves.

Another favorite campground

Has the same feel as Bennett Springs. I would say it is worth the trip if you want to do some trout fishing and spend some quality time with your family. The water is chilly, but even going and not fishing is great as it is a beautiful area. 

Similar to Bennett

Pros: Great trout fishing opportunities.  State park has basic necessities (groceries, bait &amp; tackle, fishing licenses, gift shop, firewood, etc.)

Cons: Nearest gas station is about 20 miles away.  No phone service around Current River drop offs or pick locations if you float the river.  


Fishing and Kayaking. 


The water is beautiful and the fishing is great. Getting up early to watch the mist on the water is a must. Tranquil and fun! 

Simialar to Bennett

Montauk State Park is at the headwaters of the Current River, and is a State Park the northern end of the National Scenic River.
It is just South of Salem, MO.
The park has a fish hatchery and is noted for trout fishing!
The campground is very large, with 3 or 4 loops. The sites are mostly level but close together. They have water and electric.  With this many people it can get noisy.
There are clean showers/bathrooms and a dump station.
There is a lodge with rooms and a restaurant with limited menu, and cabins.
WiFi is available at the lodge, but cell service is spotty in the park.
This is a trout fishing park. Almost everything is focused on fishing! 
You can get fishing equipment, tackle, fishing license and trout tags in the store.


Trout fishing paradise 

Have been coming to Montauk for nearly 30 years. Besides the excellent trout fishing, there are hiking trails, playgrounds for kids, a lodge with well-stocked store, tours of the fishery and old mill can be arranged, a naturalist’s cabin and an number of events are held there during the camping season. Four campground loops along the Current River, plus cabins and a motel at the lodge. Reservations are recommended, especially for weekends, but a number of tent and RV sites are non-reservable. Fall is our favorite time of year and includes annual Rose Holland Trout Derby.

Paradise in southern Missouri

We requested a handicapped tent site near the restroom.
Large site but not marked and the other campers kept walking through our site to use the wheelchair ramp for the restrooms 
The toilets were basically not handicapped accessible but the showers were not at all. I have 1 arm and 1 leg there were no shower seats. No place for a family member to assist me.

Gift shop was averagely priced but we found the food a tad expensive and bland.

The people were friendly but could not help much (staff) with directions to handicapped accessible fishing areas.


We enjoyed our trip but did not catch anything.

Also the daily fishing passes were a bit pricy but ok. No choice but to purchase them because you can't fish without one. 

Great unless you're handicapped

Love the area. Tent sites are close to water, great fishing. Clean facilities and friendly staff!

Beautiful

This place is quiet and family oriented. Showers are full of hot water and very clean. Staff is friendly. Whole facility is clean and well maintained. Firewood for sale at the front. River is ice cold. 