Best Campgrounds near Republic, MO

Pretty great spot! If you’re fortunate enough to be alone, this is a very large space, with a nice picnic table and a few fire pits. Completely surrounded by forest, so plenty of shade. Access road was a little rough, as in your typical dirt road, but posed 0 problems for our little economy car. I’ve had much worse for sure. The area is pretty secluded, with only a few cars driving through all day, so bear spray is absolutely necessary for peace of mind. Practice good bear prevention measures and you’re good to go for a free night stay, or several, happy camping!

This place was awesome. The camp sites are spread out so there's plenty of room. We stayed in the quaint little bunkhouse with an air conditioner and all the amenities that we needed- a little frig, toaster oven, microwave, sink, coffee maker with pods,  storage the we could use for our things we brought and the bunk beds that held 5 of us. The owners are great people who take pride in their property. Very attentive and ready to help provide anything we needed. There is so much to do and for all ages. Great family fun activities and very nice layout plus she even brought us freshly baked cookies that I believe to be the best chocolate chip cookie I think I've ever had! I highly recommend this place and I hope to stay there again some day.

If you are looking for a family friendly campground, you would be better served taking your business elsewhere. Tall Pines employees and campers alike are allowed to speed through the park, nearly running people over in the process, but will complain about your children in a heartbeat for playing outside at all. Despite the posted 5mph signs throughout the park, as well as signs we ourselves have provided, they do nothing to ensure safety; no one is at the park to run the office, or provide essential or necessary maintenance. They only come to the park when there is a complaint about children, or the cops have been called. Laura, who lives and works on the grounds, drives through the campground in her black Nissan Titan like she is a Nascar driver, and has almost hit kids and adults doing so. No one tells her to slow down, just to keep the kids out of the way or leave the park if you can't keep the kids under control. As far as pricing goes, Christina will offer a fair price to start, then recant on her decision despite proof of receipt, or how far in advance you pay on said quoted price. While the campground itself is a beautiful place to be, the owners are very lazy. They put more effort into their(Best Western) hotel, where you're more likely to find the staff working and avoiding campground calls, than you are to get anyone's attention inside the office, or to actually run the park. We were treated very poorly by the staff during our short stay here, despite our best efforts to try to work with them to make this a safe place for all. They were unwilling to take any sort of accountability, or give any corrective action to those who were more willing to remain uncooperative. Do not plan on making this a full time home for you and your family. It will only come down to Christina being at your residence for unjustified complaints that they can't prove one way or the other who is at fault

We stayed 2 weeks with other family in a camper in site 129 but had to move 2 times in order to stay at the campground. It’s popular so make your reservations early! You can do everything online, which is convenient. Each site was easy to back into and level at. There was a firepit, picnic table and a pole to hang a lantern on at each site. They give you a bag to put your recyclables in. 115 did not have water, but there was water access close enough to fill our tank. It also had immediate access to the walking path around the lake. We were on that path with the whole family almost everyday. There are access points to get down to the water along the trail. We also put in our kayak within walking distance to 115. We walked to see the Branson Belle and also to the marina where you can buy $1 bags of fish food for the carp and turtles. The laundry was clean and easy for a couple loads during our stay. The camp hosts were sweet and helped check us in at each site and even tracked us down when we accidentally left a lantern between moves. We’ve already made our next reservation to stay again. Complimentary WiFi was great at 130, 131 but not at 115. We had a good Verizon signal during our stay. Easy couple minute walk from 115 back to our family at 129 but would recommend booking together if staying with a group. Dumping area was clean and easy to access on our way out.