Pittsburg Park Campground, near Halfway, Missouri, is a fantastic spot for those looking to enjoy the great outdoors with a touch of comfort. This campground offers a mix of tent, RV, and cabin accommodations, making it suitable for all types of campers.

The facilities here are top-notch, with clean vault toilets and well-maintained showers that visitors rave about. Many campers appreciate the electric hookups and the availability of drinking water, which makes setting up camp a breeze. As one happy camper noted, “The vault toilets are the cleanest vault toilets I've ever seen.” 

For those who love water activities, the campground is close to Pomme de Terre Lake, perfect for fishing, kayaking, or just soaking up the sun on the swimming beach. There’s also a marina nearby where you can rent boats and grab a bite to eat. The surrounding nature is beautiful, with plenty of trees providing shade and privacy at the sites. 

If you’re up for a little adventure, there’s a hiking trail right at the campground that offers stunning views of the lake. While some sites may be affected by seasonal flooding, the staff is accommodating and will help you find a great spot to set up camp. Whether you're here for a weekend or a longer stay, Pittsburg Park Campground has everything you need for a memorable outdoor experience.

This recreation area is part of [Pomme De Terre Lake][1]

[1]: http://www.recreation.gov/recreationalAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&recAreaId=272&agencyCode=130

Pittsburg Park Campground

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Pittsburg

The Best Camping Near Pittsburg, Missouri

Whether you want a nice secluded site, a yurt or one right on the water-Pittsburgh has them all. Great modern bath houses as well as a marina with a small diner. Boat rentals, kayak rentals and a fully stocked croppie bed for kids. Lots of fun for the family.

Lots of options

Most of the sites are fairly private, the facilities are nice and clean, great playground. The swimming area is a little small but still a good area. It also has a Marina with a small store with hand dipped ice cream

Good secluded campground

**Campground Review:**

We stayed at this beautiful Missouri State Park on memorial weekend in 2019. This park is park of Pomme De Terre lake and 1 of 2 state parks on the lake, Pittsburgh and Hermitage. There are several local private campgrounds in the area but non match what you'll find at these two campgrounds. Pittsburgh is described as the more secluded of the two and thats just the way we like it. 

We arrived to find that the normal lake level had risen from 830 ft to 860+. needless to say almost all lakeside camground were closed. We arrived at our site and identified that we had 13 inches until our site was to be claimed by the lake. The campground hosts actually informed us that over half of their sites were flooded or in immediate danger of flooding. They were able to offer us a different site as most people apparently decided to no show. We were relocated to site 323 in the Pittsburgh campground. A side note that almost every loop in this campground had empty sites and all those who were displaced were able to be relocated in the park at NO ADDITIONAL FEE for upgraded sites. 

Site 323 was simply amazing. A level concrete pad with enough wooded area around to fully eliminate view of neighbors on either side. We camp out of a 95 Coleman Pop up so it was perfect for us. It is on a significant slope so tent camping would be hard. This site is walking distance to vault toilets, and clean water. After an impromptu wiffleball game broke out with the multiple campers across from us we decided to explore the campground.

Loop 100 is tightly packed RV sites with no real privacy but all your creature comforts . Loop 200 is electric sites well spaced with lake access to most. This appeared to be the most tent and camper friendly loop.  Both 100 and 200 loops are close to shower house and main playground.

Loop 300 is electric with most sites of the lake side coming with elevated gravel pads for grilling and watching the water. Most sites are on decent grades so the state park pics on their site would be a good idea to look at.

Loop 400 is the basic loop and from what I could tell stays fairly level with large grassy areas to tent in. 

All loops have a vault toilet placed evenly on the loop and access to water from a spigot. They all utilize the same road in and the same plumbed bathroom / showerhouse. To my surprise these were all very clean and stayed that way all weekend. 

There is only 1 trail for hiking and at 3 miles is worth the trip. It goes out to a point overlooking all of the park and most of Pomme De Terre Lake. We got to see this but in a little different way than planned. Due to flooding the trail was almost completely underwater. 

A small marina with rentals and fishing docks is just across the street. They serve normal pub food and were very happy to serve. Lines there can be long as it is also a very busy boat ramp. 

The state park has its own swimming beach and due to flooding it was closed. So instead we utilized the parking lot, Playground, and Pavilion as a launch point for our kayaking adventures. All in all this trip went from possible disaster to an amazing adventure on the water. The lake is very clear and paddling through the tree tops normally 20 feet off the ground was surreal. Pittsburgh won us over with customer service and a unique experience we will all remember. 

  

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We stayed At loop 300, 317 which is a family site. Daughter and her family joined us with a tent and we had our 31 ft 5th wheel.  The only negative is there is electric only, no water. But there was a hydrant across the street that allowed us to fill our tank!  Even though it was cold, the wind blew and it rained our second night, we had a great time. Woke up after the rain to find everyone in the camper!! Haha. 
Will definitely stay here again!!!!

Loved this place

I love the location and hate it at the same time, the lake is currently flooded so most of the shorefront campgrounds are underwater,  with all this extra water the mosquitos are thick, but thats the only downside. The toilets were clean, there was a water spigot by the toilet for water, i dont think its potable. The upper sites are nice an open an the all have lmap hooks an forepits. 

Nice but...

Had an excellent time camping in October.  Even though it rained, the scenery was wonderful and the campground was well maintained. I will definitely be going back again!

Wonderful fall camping!

The Pittsburg campground at Pomme de Terre State Park is awesome. The host was super friendly and helpful. The sites are all gorgeous, especially if you can get one right by the lake. The vault toilets are the cleanest vault toilets I've ever seen. There is a nice little swimming beach up the road and a boat ramp. If you like to fish or kayak the water isn't far from any of the sites. Did not get the time to hit the trail that is located right at the campsite but having a trailhead that close to your site is awesome. Will go back for another trip.

Photos of Pittsburg Park Campground

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