Round Spring Campground, near Eminence, Missouri, is a charming spot tucked within the Ozark National Scenic Riverway. This campground offers a peaceful escape with beautiful scenery, including a stunning spring and nearby cave, perfect for those who appreciate nature's wonders.

The campground features a mix of tent and RV sites, with some offering electric hookups. Visitors often highlight the clean facilities, including bathrooms and showers with fantastic water pressure, making it easy to refresh after a day of adventure. As one camper noted, “The host was great and did a nice show at the amphitheater about the local area.”

For outdoor enthusiasts, the Current River is a major draw, providing opportunities for canoeing and fishing. Many campers enjoy wading in the cool waters, and the nearby trails offer a chance to explore the stunning landscape. Keep an eye out for wildlife; some guests have spotted wild horses and even otters during their visits.

While the campground can get busy, especially during peak season, the friendly atmosphere and beautiful surroundings make it a worthwhile destination. Whether you're looking to relax by the river or embark on a hiking adventure, Round Spring Campground has plenty to offer for a memorable camping experience.

## Overview

 In the rolling, forested landscape of Round Spring, two of America's most beautiful spring-fed rivers combine to make up the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. As the first national park area to protect a wild river system, visitors have plenty of scenic water activities to enjoy as well as hiking, horseback riding and wildlife viewing.
## Recreation

 The crystal clear Current River flows past the campground, offering excellent canoeing, tubing, swimming and fishing. Over 130 miles (209 km) of waterways exist within the park. Canoe and kayak rentals and outfitters can be found nearby. Several miles of hiking and horseback riding trails crisscross the region, including the Alley Overlook Trail, Chubb Hollow Trail, Ozark Trail, Cave Spring Trail and Big Springs Trail. 
## Natural Features

 The Ozark National Scenic Riverways is known for its caves, springs, sinkholes and losing streams, and features over 300 identified [Caves/Kart Systems][1] within its boundaries. The caves range in size from a rock overhang to almost seven miles of identified passages. Eight caves, including an open sinkhole, have been designated as outstanding natural features. The Ozark forest is mostly White oak and Shortleaf pine, Missouri's only native pine species. Along the rivers, Sycamore, Cottonwood, River birch and maples are common. Redbud and Dogwood are also abundant, putting on a spectacular show during most spring months. 
## Contact Info

 This location is unstaffed. To speak with our main office for general information, please call: (573) 323-4236. 
## Nearby Attractions

 Scenic[ Round Spring Cave][2] is nearby, with ranger-guided tours offered daily during summer months. Historic and picturesque Alley Mill and Alley Spring are also nearby. The mill is open daily in the summer and rangers offer tours upon request. 

[1]: https://www.nps.gov/ozar/learn/nature/cave.htm
[2]: https://www.nps.gov/ozar/planyourvisit/round-spring-and-round-spring-cave.htm

Round Spring Campground — Ozark National Scenic Riverway

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Eminence

The Best Camping Near Eminence, Missouri

Well kept camping area, spacious, no electric, short walk to the river. Round Spring Cave is nearby. If your looking for hiking though, not so much. Very short trail and that's about it. 

Umm, not my first choice

This is a nationally run campground and is a put in/take out spot fornfloating on the Current River. It has zero cell service but you can drive about 2 miles up the road to the state park and connect their WiFi. It’s pretty clean with running water, indoor plumbing, and hot showers.

Great Camping

My husband and I would travel to this area that is on the current river every summer and kayak. One summer we decided to stay here as it is on the river and there is also a cave that you can go in via the visitor center.  The natural spring is amazing. There are excellent restrooms and showers at this campground. My problem with this campground and in all honestly not the campgrounds fault is that other campers get rowdy and drunk. One family was sitting out trying to make their dinner on the campfire and right across from them was a group of young adults drinking heavily and cussing loudly.  The best time to go to truly enjoy this campground is during the week. 

There is a cave. 

Round Springs campground on the Ozark Scenic River is one of the nicest on the River.
Campsites at Round Spring are mostly flat, and there are a few electric sites, but no water. So fill your tank before arriving. There is a dump station.
It is a popular park in summer and fall, so reservations are advised. 
This is a popular campground for canoeing on the Current River, also fishing and hiking. There is also a small cavern with ranger tours


A river runs through it

**Round Springs** in the _Ozark National Scenic Riverways_ of MO is one of the smaller campground areas but it still has some options.

Single or group sites with nearby put in to the Current River make it ideal. Unfortunately the party climate of the area can make it less then ideal depending on who you get in the site next to or across from you. I love this area but it’s popularity takes away from the charm. Some people don’t respect their fellow campers and realize everyone wants to have a good time. Not much problem with wildlife the crowds keep them away but raccoons are still prevalent so store your food properly ;) Saw some deer but that was about it. People also use generators in the non-electric sites so you may be unfortunate enough to be next to them.

That being said it’s still possible to find some areas that are less populated and popular but still interesting to explore.Or if you are going to party, you will be in like company. Plenty to hike, float and explore in the immediate area!

All about your neighbors 

This campground is perfect for rent camping! Sites are far apart, gravel base, fire pits and picnic tables in each one. I grew up camping here every year. They have a few electric sites for trailers but not recommended, basically a long strip of concrete. River is crystal clear, round spring is beautiful shade of blue. (Unless lots of rain, don’t expect this with flooding going on)

Great Tent Camping

Nice spacious areas to tent. We loved going here. Clear waters on the current river lots of wild life. A little ways to get to any town but that’s ok with me.  Clean restrooms. Will be back here. 

Awesome place to camp

This campsite was nice but there were lots of rocks and the sites are close together, not very secluded, and close to the main road. There are 2 bathrooms and showers. The bathrooms were decently clean. There was a ranger who drove by every hour or so and was kind and helpful! Would probably not stay here again if other campsites nearby were available. 

Nice but not much privacy 

This campground on the beautiful Current River is operated by the National Park Service and features 6 are so full electric sites and numerous tent camping sites. It is located at the very beautiful Round Spring and the Round Spring Cave. Tours of the cave are given daily June through August and cost $5. The lantern tours show an amazing cave with many beautiful formations. An outfitter for canoe rentals and shuttle service is located across the road and offers ice, beverages and firewood. Reservations are a must for the electric sites. While all sites in this campground are reservable it is rarely full. There are also about five group sites located at this area. The current river provides some of the best canoeing anywhere in America as well as good fishing for Smallmouth Bass.

Amazing Campground

It is absolutely beautiful! The color is just as vibrant and turquoise in my photo as if I was standing there looking at the spring. There is also a bridge the water flows under. Pretty neat! 

Round Spring

We were the only campers in this campground mid-week in April.  It was small and about 20 minutes from the closest town.  But it was incredibly beautiful, and we saw wild horses. The Rangers were friendly and helpful.  

Quiet and Beautiful

The host was great did a nice show at the amphitheater about the local area bathroom and showers are great, not to mention the nice clean river

Clean and quiet

I was able to get my 28' trailer in site 37 and managed to level it. There's a sign to keep car tires on pavement, but I wasn't able to and parked the Jeep on the grass next to the trailer. Unlike other sites at this campground, this site did not need stairs to get to the fire pit or picnic table; they were right outside the door. The fire pit was clean and I used the grill box everyday to cook all the meals. The weather was too hot to use the entire fire pit for a large fire.

  

Unfortunately, my view from the fire pit was of the shower building and watching people go in and out at the end of the day.

  

I have solar panels mounted on top and the large shading tree kept them from charging the batteries, but shaded the site very well. This made me look for portable panels after I got home. The lower branches should be trimmed to avoid damage to taller trailers. The branches barely cleared mine.  

  

The ground is rocky and bent my flimsy tarp stakes. This made me look for better stakes when I got home. Haha.

  

The dump station is at the entrance to the campground and there were two issues with getting fresh water. The fresh water tower had the elbow nozzle and I couldn't get it unscrewed to put my hose on. To fill up using the elbow nozzle and trailer's gravity fill port meant parking the trailer in the exit lane. Not knowing what to do, I proceeded to site 37. There is water near the shower building and thankfully my three hoses spanned the length and was able to fill up while parked in the site. When dumping on the way out, there was no issue with unscrewing the other non-potable water tower's elbow nozzle and putting my own hose on to flush the tank. Maybe I wasn't strong enough to remove the fresh water tower's nozzle.

  

The host was really nice and so were the park rangers.

  

No signs about generators; I used mine during the day. I didn't hear anyone else using one though and felt guilty. Heard lots of music and barking dogs so not too guilty.

  

The river is awesome, cold, and a highlight of the campground. People take their dogs and chairs to the bank and I'm sure they love it, but it's a busy bank with boaters and not a lot of room to separate from others. Instead, we waded to the center of the river, and after several minutes of getting used to the cold water, sat in the rushing water. It was great and the noise of the rushing water around us drowned (haha) out the barking dogs and peoples' conversations on the bank.

  

The walk on the trail and across the bridge to the country store was nice and took 15 minutes. Worth the walk for wifi and ice cream. The trail to the store is not marked well but figured it out.

  

I will go back, but choosing a different site.

28' trailer in site 37

Positives: Tranquil little campground with beautiful spring and cave. Quiet, shady, has two points of river access, group sites, and steaming hot showers.  Close to Echo Bluff State Park, Current River State Park, and Eminence, MO.  

  

Negatives:  Test sites are hit or miss. Sites 1-18 are fairly small and not very level. Sites 19-29 have larger, more level areas. 30-39 are kind of mixed.  Many sites have steps up of down to the site from the road.  There is no cell service available, so make sure you have made reservations before you get here. Closest cell service is up the road at Echo Bluff State Park. 

  

Other info: You may get lucky and see otters on your way to the spring, or some of the wild horses in the area. Go in the early morning to the spring trail to watch the mist roll off the water and enjoy the wildlife - so otherworldly. 

  

Cave tours are available June - Oct., but even if you visit is outside of this window, the walk to the cave is kind of magical.  

  

If you walk to the spring overlook, you'll also encounter a portion of the Ozark Trail. About a half a mile down the Ozark Trail you can cross the Current River on a pedestrian bridge which is a pretty cool experience.  

  

Bathrooms available on the upper camping loop, but the showers are located on the bottom loop (three family style showers).  Fantastic water pressure. 

  

Host was friendly even when he had to tell us we couldn't hang hammocks in National Park campgrounds. 

  

While you're there drive down to Alley Spring for a nice hike, another beautiful spring and historic mill, and at the camp store you can get a National Parks Passport stamp (located in the screened in porch) for the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 

  

We stayed in site 13 which is located directly behind the bathrooms. Good if you have to go all the time, bad if you don't like to hear loud toilet flushes.  Very shady site.

Choose Tent Site Carefully

Round Springs is a National Park campground. It’s about 12 miles north if Eminence MO on the Current River.
 There are only 50 sites, some have electricity.
Most of the campsites are scattered along the road with lots of trees and privacy.
The electric sites are in the center of the campground on the road with no shade.
There are few walk in sites near the river.
There is a shower and dump station.


Great location for exploring 

We spent 3 week days camping here in our camper van. We snagged a spot with a river view. Campground was maintained by NPS, very clean. Nice restrooms with showers as well, potable water spigots. There is a herd of wild horses that frequents the area (as evidenced by mounds of horse poop in an adjacent field!) and you can easily walk over to the beautiful round spring. There is an on/off-loading area for canoes and kayaks. The RV and tent spots all looked mostly level. We saw a bald eagle and a very curious little otter down by the river. Close proximity to the ozark trail. We walked through the campground past the spring and caught a little trail that hooked up with the ozark trail and had a lovely day hike around a loop. It was perfect. 

When we were there in April there were only a handful of other campers there and we tons of quiet and privacy, however, I imagine during the summer it fills up. 

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