Long Branch State Park

I reserved my spot via the MO State Parks website and looked at the map thought I picked a decent spot near the water. I chose the state park due to its location near some property I was taking my kids to for youth deer season. I should have scouted out spots and not depend on photos. Site 29 was the worst spot in the entire campground. I tried to set up and could not level the camper because of slope & drop. We pulled out and went to a different vacant spot. I leveled and disconnected the camper. I found out that they lock the electrical boxes and there was no camp host or ranger to unlock them after hours or on weekends. Luckily there was a family campsite next to ours that had two electric pedestals and the campers there allowed me to plug in and run an extension cord. So long story short we made it work and everything turned out okay, just be sure of quality of camp site don't trust the website and word of warning there were several campsites that would have been a bad choice. Also, if you are looking for a quiet weekend don't choose the last weekend of October. It was the opening weekend of duck season in the North Zone of Missouri and this state park is open for waterfowl hunting. You will wake up at 7 a.m. to gun fire from the lake. I'm a hunter so it didn't bother me, but if you didn't know, it would be annoying. Side note they have Wi-Fi access, and it is actually pretty good.

We stayed here in early November so the park was very quiet.
Sites 15-37 are in the older section of the park and therefore are shorter. Most are not level and some have very steep downhill grades to the site. 1-10 are newer 30 amp sites with mostly level concrete pads that include room for a picnic table.
Many sites in the 40s, 60s 70s and 80s are 50 amp.
Power only, with a few water hydrants dispersed through the campground. A dump station is provided. We never use the showers or bathrooms so cannot comment on those.
This park like most MO parks we have stayed in have great spacing between sites.
We stayed in 78 near the lake and had a great view.
The campground host offered excellent service. Probably the best we have had.
On highway 36, it is a great way to avoid I-70. There is some road noise from MO36.
We stayed here for business in the area.
ATT was 38.3 down and 14.0
up
Verizon was 37.9 down and 5.72 up.
Park WIFI was very good with antenna near site 78.

Only spent 2 nights here but enjoyed it. Our site had more of a modern concrete pad- most of the sites are asphalt, not very level. All the sites seem pretty spread out, so you're not on top of your neighbors.

The trails are nice, beach is excellent. Camp Hosts were great. Macon is a 5 minute drive, has all your amenities for gas, food, etc. On site marina has basics as well.

I was a little disappointed with the quality of the sites. The newer 30 amp sites, just as you enter the campground are on nice long, level, concrete pads but they’re in full sun. The shaded area, have broken asphalt and seriously unlevel and many of them pretty short. A good number of them are designated family sites and have two pads, two pedestals. Not many adequate choices for a single unit, 30 amp unless you have lots of leveling gear. I did not check out the 50 amp section. I was there on a Sunday night and the site had a fair amount of trash scattered around it. The big plus was they had wifi.

Tent camping trip, traveling with no reservations. Called park office in middle of day, they advised should have no problem on weekdays, the weekend is booked. Camped on Monday night, got in about 9 pm. Camp host very helpful and park staff the next morning were very friendly to talk with. Clean campground and showers. Heard Bob White quail in evening and morning. Barred Owls all night. Would stay again.

On a slope facing the lake, the campground has both a newer section with excellent level concrete pads and an older section with deteriorated definitely un level asphalt pads. We had the later which made the stay less enjoyable.

The setting is wooded. The flush toilets and showers are located at the top of the slope. There are also vault toilets available.