Best Glamping near West Alton, MO

Luxury outdoor accommodations near West Alton include St. Peters' 370 Lakeside Park and Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Resort, both offering premium glamping options. The Jellystone Park provides cabin-style glamping with comfortable mattresses, climate control, and private decks overlooking the natural surroundings. St. Peters' 370 Lakeside Park features upscale canvas accommodations with access to both water activities and hiking trails. These boutique camping experiences include modern amenities like electric hookups, picnic areas, and proximity to local attractions. Both locations maintain well-appointed glamping sites with fire rings, access to clean restrooms and hot showers. A recent visitor noted, "The park is in an industrial area, that didn't really bother us though. Very friendly host, nice pool and the kids park was great."

Cuivre River State Park showcases some of the region's most distinctive glamping options with yurts that blend rustic charm and modern convenience. These circular canvas structures feature real beds, electricity, and climate control systems while maintaining a connection to nature. The park's location provides glamping guests with immediate access to hiking trails, fishing spots, and seasonal wildlife viewing opportunities. Safari-style accommodations at St. Louis West KOA offer unique overnight experiences with premium linens and private outdoor spaces. One reviewer highlighted, "Clean and fairly well maintained. Close to St. Louis attractions. Nice enough for staying a night or two." Most locations operate seasonally from spring through fall, with some premium safari tents and yurts available year-round with advance reservations.

Best Glamping Sites Near West Alton, Missouri (18)

    1. St. Louis NE-Granite City KOA

    13 Reviews
    Granite City, IL
    9 miles
    Website
    +1 (618) 931-5160

    "When you first pull down the road you’ll be worried you’re going to end up in the train yard, but the campground is hidden and actually really quiet and secluded."

    "Laundry worked good. Pizza was good. Pet runs clean and in good shape. Good air signal for tv."

    2. Pere Marquette State Park Campground

    24 Reviews
    Brussels, IL
    19 miles
    Website
    +1 (618) 786-3323

    $10 - $20 / night

    "Larger sites but no pull through sites. 2 Handicapped sites next to the restrooms/showers. Electric only in the RV sites, but water available to fill your tanks. Dump station in the park also."

    "Pere Marquette Campground is a little gym, just past Grafton, Missouri. It is located in the Great River Road, and within 10 minutes to restaurants and bars."

    3. St. Peters' 370 Lakeside Park

    26 Reviews
    St. Charles, MO
    20 miles
    Website
    +1 (636) 387-5253

    $35 - $60 / night

    "The nicest spots are the ones by the lake, with only one neighbor and a better view of the lake. The staff are kind and helpful. Water and electric worked fine."

    "I've been to 370 Lakeside Park many times to walk around the huge lake and to hear concerts in the summer, but I had never camped there. Still haven't. I'll explain."

    4. Horseshoe Lake State Park Campground

    10 Reviews
    Collinsville, IL
    14 miles
    Website
    +1 (618) 931-0270

    "Horseshoe Lake is one of my most visited parks and most favorite park in the STL and surrounding areas. First off absolutely beautiful land and peace is easily achieved."

    "Great spot in a beautiful area close to St. Louis. No power but access to drinking water and waste water dump for just 8$."

    5. Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park Campground

    27 Reviews
    Wildwood, MO
    31 miles
    Website
    +1 (636) 458-3813

    "Babler State Park Wildwood, MO

    💰 $12-$21/night

    🗓 Feb 19-21, 2022

    Site 48 ⚡️💧

    🦮 Pets Welcome (on leash at all times)

    ➕Concrete Pads, Quiet, Close to Interstate 40, Paved Roads, Easy to Access"

    "There are miles of hiking and biking trails right outside your doorstep and plenty of woods to explore. "

    6. Marquette Mobile Village, Inc/MHP

    2 Reviews
    St. Charles, MO
    18 miles
    +1 (636) 724-3630

    7. Cuivre River State Park Campground

    43 Reviews
    Troy, MO
    39 miles
    Website
    +1 (636) 528-7247

    $15 - $38 / night

    "Given that we had to set up in/right after a rain, our tarp was sitting in grass and mud. I never knew how much I appreciated a designated gravel tent pad until then."

    "This campground was a little tricky to find after dark, but was able to show up and set up camp at 9pm. Tons of available spaces in late September."

    8. St. Louis West / Historic Route 66 KOA

    30 Reviews
    Eureka, MO
    36 miles
    Website
    +1 (636) 257-3018

    "Close to all the St Louis attractions as well as practically across the street from Six Flags. There is a pool and store on site."

    "They have a dog park, rv hookup sites, electric tent sites and primitive sites. We stayed at a primitive tent site with both dogs."

    9. Safari RV Park

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    Collinsville, IL
    16 miles
    Website
    +1 (618) 271-0955

    10. Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Resort At Six Flags

    13 Reviews
    Eureka, MO
    36 miles
    Website
    +1 (636) 938-5925

    "We stayed here last minute for Labor Day Weekend and the staff were great with finding us a good tent site available."

    "Good breakfast and nice store. Really enjoyed our trip bundled with a Six Flags trip."

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Glamping Reviews near West Alton, MO

248 Reviews of 18 West Alton Campgrounds


  • Aimee T.
    Sep. 6, 2018

    Illini Campground — Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area

    Great family campground

    We LOVE Hazlet! We have a popup camper and camp here often. It's a huge campground with a smaller reservable section and an extensive first come, first serve section. There are usually always spaces available. Sites are pretty level, are gravel, wooded, and spacious. There are several 'loops'' of sites that extend out and have water views. The shower houses are clean and air conditioned, there's a nice camp store that serves breakfast and basic lunches, and there is a nice large zero entry pool for a $5 fee on weekends. The campground hosts are sprinkled througout the grounds and are always friendly and accommodating. They have a huge Halloween event every year where people decorate their sites (pretty extensively) and there's a haunted house, then kids trick or treat from site to site. The campground also provides pumpkin painting contests and other fun activities. Better get there at least a week in advance for the halloweeen festivities- it fills up!

  • K
    Mar. 14, 2019

    Country Bend Campground

    Beautiful family campground

    Family friendly atmosphere, big inground pool, 18 hole putt putt, lots of outdoor games, planned activities on the weekends, shaded sites, and air conditioned cabins! This place is a campers dream with great staff always happy to see you.

  • S
    Apr. 19, 2024

    St. Peters' 370 Lakeside Park

    Good now, and will be really nice when the trees get bigger

    Stayed here most of the several weeks we needed to be in St. Louis for family matters. Definitely our favorite place in the area. The grounds are clean and pleasant, if a bit sparse with little shade. This will change over the subsequent years, however, as there are many relatively newly planted trees. The nicest spots are the ones by the lake, with only one neighbor and a better view of the lake. The staff are kind and helpful. Water and electric worked fine. Each site has a fire pit and picnic table. Trash and recycling receptacles are huge and convenient. My only complaint is the poorly thought out sink situation in the bathrooms which make it impossible to wash in a sanitary way as you must hold the tap to keep the water flowing and there are no paper towels to that with, only hand dryers. There is boating and archery on site, a dog run, and a small playground.

  • Annie C.The Dyrt PRO User
    May. 1, 2020

    St. Peters' 370 Lakeside Park

    RV delight

    I wanted to escape the house and go camping while on the work from home order (Covid-19 happening at the time of this review), so I headed to a very local park and campground to pitch my tent. I've been to 370 Lakeside Park many times to walk around the huge lake and to hear concerts in the summer, but I had never camped there. Still haven't. I'll explain. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they were not so keen on having tent campers. But they were very nice and gave me the general lowdown on this "in the city" campground. Since they opened the campground, most of their campers have been RV owners, and so it is really designed for the RV camper. There is a small primitive section for group tent camping, but the majority of the sites are full hookups for RVs. Some sites are pull through and some are back in. All have picnic tables and fire pits. The park has planted some trees, but they are really just saplings, so there is no shade yet. There is a nice bathhouse with free showers for the campers and pay laundry. If you are lucky, you can get a site close to the water, but it means the walking trail is right next to your unit. Trade offs, I suppose. One couple I talked to was camping long term (I think they are permanent RV'ers) and they got a free membership to the St Peter's RecPlex recreation center with their long term spot (they said something about having to book a least a month out to get this perk). One of the downsides to this location is that it is prone to flooding. It was out of commission for most of the summer of 2019 as the entire area was flooded. But the City of St Peters did a great job getting this place back to usable with new sod, a new bathhouse, and some general sprucing up. The lake is great to walk around, about a 3 mile walk or bike on a paved trail. You can see all kinds of wildlife in and around the lake- deer, bald eagles, pelicans, ducks, snakes. In the summers they have live music in the large pavilion, and you can rent kayaks and other small boats to take out on the lake as well as bikes to ride around on. The office told me that they have 24 hour on site security also. If I really wanted to tent camp, I could rent a section of the group camping area, but $30 seemed pricey for just me, and it was very soggy to boot. Or I  could rent an RV spot, but $45 was silly when I don' t need hookups.

  • David E.
    Apr. 26, 2021

    St. Peters' 370 Lakeside Park

    Nice well maintained campground.

    We stayed 2 weekend nights in April. It rained one night so the fire pits were full of water but overall the rain didn’t cause any issues. Paved streets but gravel campsites. Nice and level. All hookups were conveniently located. Shower house and restrooms were clean and well maintained/cleaned every day. Had a lakefront site but didn’t get to fish this time. Will be back for sure because it’s close to home. Very nice and large pavilion. Playground for kids. Sand volleyball courts. Nice biking/walking path around lake that’s about 5 miles. Check-in was fast and convenient.

  • Hannah W.
    Jul. 15, 2021

    Cuivre River State Park Campground

    Beautiful campground and warm showers

    The campsites and grounds are well-maintained. However, the campsites did not have designated gravel tent pads. Given that we had to set up in/right after a rain, our tarp was sitting in grass and mud. I never knew how much I appreciated a designated gravel tent pad until then. Having never camped here, we had reserved site 25 and had the whole loop to ourselves (it was a Monday night, though). Our site, though, was the smallest in the loop, tucked away in the weeds, and the only area to pitch our tent was on a slight slope. After walking the loop, I noticed that sites 26 and 29, offered more room and were better maintained. We probably could’ve changed sites had we not arrived so late and in the rain.

    Firewood is available for $5. We saw a nice playground at the entrance. There were plenty of showers (water was nice and hot!) and flush toilets in the bathhouse. The bathhouse could use some TLC, but the warm water made up for it. There are laundry facilities, though we didn’t use them.

  • Scott T.
    Jun. 12, 2018

    Pere Marquette State Park Campground

    Quiet, mature trees, open space

    Larger sites but no pull through sites. 2 Handicapped sites next to the restrooms/showers. Electric only in the RV sites, but water available to fill your tanks. Dump station in the park also.

    Campground has a Host on site 1 to register, or you can go to the visitors center ( around the corner) if you need to pay with plastic.

    $20. Per day for RV sites, $10. Per day for tent (no electric) sites. We also have 2 Cabins (basic w/beds & electric) at $45. Per day.

  • K
    Aug. 29, 2018

    Greensfelder County Park

    Hidden Gem in St. Louis County

    Pretty nice wooded campground close to St. Louis! Each site has a picnic bench, a fire pit and grill. It was very quiet when we stayed there on a Friday night, but it go really busy on Saturday morning because the equestrian folks use the campground as a staging area. There are two trail heads near the campground(very nice hiking!)


Guide to West Alton

Cabin camping opportunities near West Alton offer diverse options for outdoor stays within an hour's drive. The area sits at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, creating a unique wetland ecosystem with abundant wildlife viewing opportunities. Fall temperatures average between 45-65°F, making it ideal for cool-weather camping experiences from September through November.

What to do

Hiking trails exploration: At Pere Marquette State Park Campground, visitors can access numerous trails with varying difficulty levels. "Great hikes! Very strenuous in some locations, but well worth the effort for the views! Overall well kept and have an incredible lodge," notes Hannah S. The park features spectacular bluff overlooks of the Illinois River.

Water recreation options: Lincoln Lake at Cuivre River State Park Campground provides excellent kayaking opportunities. "Campground is quiet and has big campsites. The campground is close to Lincoln Lake for kayaking," mentions Cody S. The park also maintains rental options for those without personal watercraft.

Historic exploration: The Great River Road near Grafton offers cultural experiences within minutes of camping areas. "Pere Marquette Campground is a little gem, just past Grafton, Missouri. It is located in the Great River Road, and within 10 minutes to restaurants and bars," explains Jennifer B., highlighting how visitors can combine nature with local history.

What campers like

Budget-friendly options: The primitive camping at Horseshoe Lake State Park Campground provides excellent value. "Great spot in a beautiful area close to St. Louis. No power but access to drinking water and waste water dump for just 8$," reports Helge Vandel J. The self-service payment system makes check-in simple and efficient.

Convenience to St. Louis: Many campers appreciate the proximity to urban attractions while maintaining a natural setting. "We stayed here for trip to six flags, well taken care of. People are friendly, has a nice and clean pool. Little shop with all sorts of stuff," shares Nik B. about the St. Louis West / Historic Route 66 KOA, which provides easy access to city attractions.

Yurt camping accommodations: For those interested in yurt camping near West Alton, Missouri, options exist at multiple parks. Sturdy circular structures with real beds provide comfort while maintaining a connection to the outdoors. The yurt camping facilities in Missouri state parks offer an elevated camping experience without requiring extensive equipment.

What you should know

Weather considerations: The riverside location creates specific camping conditions to prepare for. "Horseshoe Lake is one of my most visited parks and most favorite park in the STL and surrounding areas. First off absolutely beautiful land and peace is easily achieved," reports Travis, though he cautions that seasonal flooding can affect accessibility.

Noise factors: Several campgrounds experience periodic noise from nearby transportation. "Clean and fairly well maintained. Close to St. Louis attractions. Nice enough for staying a night or two," notes Tina R. about one location, while another reviewer mentioned "Pretty nice campground, but is near a racetrack. Loud engine noises can be heard past 10pm."

Wildlife encounters: The wetland environment means abundant wildlife, including racoons at many campsites. "We stayed overnight on the way home, the park is in an industrial area, that didn't really didn't bother us though. Very friendly host, nice pool and the kids park was great," shares Russ G., explaining how urban and natural environments intersect in the area.

Tips for camping with families

Playground access: St. Peters' 370 Lakeside Park offers excellent family amenities. "This park is beautiful. Located about 25 minutes from St Louis. They have paddle boats and bikes and group bikes for rental. Located right next to a lake with a lot of RV and tent camping spots. Kids had a blast riding bikes," reports Joseph F.

Water activities for children: Multiple swimming and paddling options exist specifically designed for younger visitors. "Very fun with little people," explains Rhonda M. about the recreational activities at one park, where supervised water access provides safe entertainment.

Educational opportunities: Wildlife viewing creates learning experiences for children of all ages. "We love going here and watching the sunsets. This is a great place to kayak and camp if you don't want to drive that fare and live in the city," shares Lindsey C., highlighting how even quick trips can provide meaningful outdoor experiences.

Tips from RVers

Hookup locations: Some sites have unusual utility configurations to note before arrival. "Our water hook up and electric hookup was significantly far apart. (1st world problems I know but handy info for those with campers) may be site specific," advises GW C. about Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Resort At Six Flags.

Leveling considerations: The terrain at many campgrounds requires proper equipment for comfortable stays. "The site was ok, tricky to level. There was a steep drop just past our steps, and not a lot of room to set up chairs, etc," explains Jan S., noting the importance of leveling blocks and stabilizers.

Seasonal availability: Most RV campgrounds operate with limited availability during winter months. While some remain open year-round, services like water hookups may be winterized from November through March, requiring self-contained camping capabilities during colder periods.

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