Chautauqua Park Campground

Upon the recommendation of others on Campendium, we stayed here one night. It’s FCFS. Free but donations accepted. The mention of 8 sites means there are 4 shelters, 2 per shelter, which means you could potentially have to share. That said, we were here the end of July and there are only 3 campers. Sites have water and electric (30 and 50 amp). Nice, big shade trees, well-kept grass, very pretty little park. Quiet. Concrete pads at the shelters. We have a 22’ pull trailer but site could easily accommodate a big rig. Park offers basketball court, disc golf course, public swimming pool.

Our first stop on way to Black Hills. 10 sites, most with level pads. 30 and 50 amp electric, some with water. Dump station available. Trees, green grass, quiet. Not too far from diesel, def, at Casey’s gas station.

This was our first Boondocking experience and first Campendium stay. Would stay again.

Big rig friendly. No negatives to report. It’s not a place to post up for a week but a clean, quiet, safe place to get some sleep and cook dinner on the road.

Chautauqua Park in Beloite, Kansas, is a GREAT free campground. It’s well maintained and quiet. There are 8 sites with electricity. You can stay up to 10 days in a 60 day period. There is no charge but you can/should leave a donation. The campsites have a covered pavilion with two large picnic tables, plus one that’s not covered by a fire ring. You share the spot with another rig, but the way they set up the plug-ins, you retain your privacy. There are water spigots close by and a dump station on the premises. The park has tennis, basketball, frisbee golf and even a community pool, plus a small river. I stayed here a week and loved it. Thank you, Beloit!

Camping is free - but donations are accepted. 10 day limit. Fifty dollar fine after day 10. The park is large with about 10-12 camping concrete pads with 20/30 and some 50 amp connections. Some are close to water. Rumor has it they are adding more concrete pads as they don’t want people camping on the grass unless they are in a tent. There is power located on grassy areas where tents can set up.

It took us a bit to figure out where we could camp as two pads are connected to a shelter house. It wasn’t clear if we should jump into spot next to some one we didn’t know.

It was also somewhat different than you’d expect because if you back in on one side, your camper door is on the opposite side of the pavilion, on the other side your power would be on the opposite side of your rig as the power box is on the pavilion poll.

Dump station isn’t marked well- but it is near a hose and a building at the front of the park in the middle of a parking lot.

There is a kids playground, large shelter house, frisbee golf course that surrounds the park, a tennis and basketball court as well as a pool during summer hours.

Beloit is not a huge town, and only has a few places to eat - but does have a grocery store and gas stations near the park.

Very quite. Some sites have backings with shelters. There was 3 campers all parked around one shelter.they were having a reunion. We had water and 50amp. Rv dump is kinda weird but usable. It's in the middle of parking lot. Swimming pool is also available. Theres a ramp going up to a bridge over looking Solomon River. We will definitely come here again.