Hidden Valley Outfitters

First, you pass many "mom and pop" style campgrounds on the highway here; do not despair, this is a very nice campground! They are building a new office so the temporary office is a bit of a mess, the new one will also be nice! Campgrounds here are 50A FHU concrete pads and patios with little shade (trees are still very young) with a big playground and nice clean shower house. The Niangua River runs along this campground, they also outfit you for float trips or fishing at the office. Further down the road is a chapel, primitive and 30A only sites in a second campground.
The grounds are well cared for and the river is very clean. Bennett Springs SP is just west of this campground and they release hundreds of trout every day during the fishing season. The area off the gravel bar at the campground has many trout for the fishermen in your crowd. That same gravel bar is a wonderful place to sit in your chair and R-E-L-A-X.
We will definitely return here. Site #38 is the first site across from the river and coveted by all!

Easy to pull into and they have all pull throughs. All sites have new modern hookups, concrete pads and full electric. The sites are close together much like a KOA but what sets this place apart is that you can go hiking and fishing close to your site. We saw bald eagles in the trees right outside our camper. They have a huge field for kids to play and dogs to run. This seems like the place to be in the summer!