Established Camping
Trail of Tears State Park Campground
About
State Park
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
- Boat-InSites accessible by watercraft.
Stay Connected
- WiFiUnknown
- VerizonUnknown
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileUnknown
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Group
Features
For Campers
- ADA Access
- Trash
- Picnic Table
- Firewood Available
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- Showers
- Drinking Water
- Electric Hookups
- Toilets
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Sanitary Dump
- Sewer Hookups
- Water Hookups
- Big Rig Friendly
Back-up to the Mississippi River
PRO
Senior discount saving $6
Able to reserve on-line 365 days prior to arriving
Very friendly and helpful camp host
Unobstructed view of the Mississippi River
Great dark sky viewing
No highway/road noise, but...
Asphalt parking pad surrounded by grass
Metal fire pit with cooking grate
One hook lantern pole
Moveable wooden picnic table in the grass
Toilet/shower building.35 miles from campground very nice and very clean with ample TP and hand soap
Firewood for sale by camp host $5
Mississippi River Scenic Overlook was very nice V
Visitor Center has small museum (no admission fee) on the Trail of Tears Native American tribal migration
Coin-operated laundromat on South Hope Street Jackson after the roundabout 12 miles from campground
Tractors Restaurant Main Street Jackson very good diner type restaurant
CONS
$8.50 reservation fee for online self made reservation
Sites that back to the river very close to each other. We stepped out our door onto the neighbors stinky slinky. Insufficient space to deploy awning.
Electrical utility connection is on passenger side of the campsite#6
Sewer connection was high above ground so drainage was up hill. Camp host warned us upon arrival we may need to use dump station to get tanks totally drained.
Site 6 not level side-to-side
Lots of trains, day and night with train horn blaring due to road crossing at campground Lots of river barge noise
Only one single unisex pit toilet in campground
No park headquarters or entrance gate office for check-in. Sign in campground informing how to conduct virtual check in.
No security gate closed overnight
No ranger patrolling campground
No WiFi
2 bars Verizon LTE
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Neat campground
Pros: Right on the Mississippi River. Full hook ups. Beautiful state park with awesome trails and visitor center. Cons: Sites are tight along the river. Train goes right behind the campground, be warned!
This is really an under developed campground. There are only about a dozen campsites even though there is room for at least 3 times that many. The views of the river are great and my boys loved the trains going right by the camper. But just be warned that you will be woken up a couple of times a night due to them. But the rest of the pros greatly outweigh the cons.
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Great view!
Electric and water. Great short term camping. There is a lot of history and nearby Cape Girardeau is a very neat city to visit.
Location
Trail of Tears State Park Campground is located in Missouri
Directions
From town: Go 10 mi N on Hwy 177.
Address
429 Moccasin Springs
Jackson, MO 63755
Coordinates
37.44141938 N
89.47665 W