Ridge Campground — Lake Wappapello State Park
Reviewed May. 17, 2021

Ridge Campround - WORST EXPERIENCE EVER!

We booked online, from the photos of site 48 at the Ridge Campground loop, there was plenty of space for our tent & to enjoy our weekend camping. We could not have been more WRONG! This site is TINY! Not even enough room for our tent, the fire pit is nearly touching the picnic table & a drainage line runs right through the site. The grass was SO tall, leaves & Brush everywhere. The site & fire pit were full of trash! I pulled countless bottle caps out of my dogs mouth, and had to clean up broken glass as well. We spoke with the host & moved one site over, to #49. This site was bigger & looked more appealing. We were still WRONG! The ticks, ants & mosquitoes were thick (I know were outside, and I understand - but the amount of ticks I picked off ourselves, our tent, our chairs, table etc was more than normal.) when breaking down our tent we found a nest of black ants, millions of them, all through our tarps.

The bathrooms in this loop are large, but they are much older. They were dirty - constant trash on the floors, including sanitary pad wrappers & bloody tissues. The soap dispenser was broken, and someone had busted the lid off to get to the soap inside. There were dead bugs all over the counter & the showers didn’t drain, they had standing water. When we drove through the Asher loop it was like a different campground! I couldn’t believe the difference and was quite upset. Just because Ridge is the older part of the park doesn’t mean it should be maintained any different. We will NOT return to the Ridge campground, but would love to stay at Asher one day.

Site48/49 - Ridge Campground
Month of VisitMay
  • Review photo of Ridge Campground — Lake Wappapello State Park by Jessica B., May 17, 2021
  • Review photo of Ridge Campground — Lake Wappapello State Park by Jessica B., May 17, 2021
  • Review photo of Ridge Campground — Lake Wappapello State Park by Jessica B., May 17, 2021
  • Review photo of Ridge Campground — Lake Wappapello State Park by Jessica B., May 17, 2021
  • Review photo of Ridge Campground — Lake Wappapello State Park by Jessica B., May 17, 2021
  • Review photo of Ridge Campground — Lake Wappapello State Park by Jessica B., May 17, 2021
  • Review photo of Ridge Campground — Lake Wappapello State Park by Jessica B., May 17, 2021