Longview Campground

This was a shakedown trip for us, so it served us well. Super-friendly staff. Clean facilities and sites and grounds were well-kept. We stayed Sun.-Thur in July and it was about 40% full and very quiet. Note it is NOT on or really even near the lake, so there isn't much to do at the campground itself. We rode ebikes and drove our kayaks to the lake 10 minutes away.

We stayed here a couple nights in mid-April to visit relatives in the area. It's very convenient for that, and fairly easy to get to although you need to watch the GPS. Getting there is pretty straightforward, getting out not so much. We are very large with our HDT and 45' fifth wheel - 68' connected - so we scouted our exit with just the truck, and that was a really good use of our time! The campground itself is gorgeous - lots of grass in the middle and trees around the outer edges. We chose a "basic" site, no hookups, and it was perfect for us. It was right next to a bathroom, showers were in a building closer to the entrance. Everything was clean. As a previous reviewer has said, the pull-thrus are more V-shaped, and we find sometimes with the tighter ones it's easier to back into them, and put the truck at the rear after disconnecting, which is what we did here. We would definitely stay here again.

We stayed the weekend on a gravel site (#78 W/S/30&50E). The front gate attendants were very polite and helpful. The park is clean and simple to navigate. While we didn’t use the park restrooms or showers, I did look in to them and found them to be clean and well kept. Most sites have a fire pit but no outside firewood can be brought in. You must buy it from the front gate at $7 a bucket.

We stayed here while visiting family in the KC area. This is one of few campgrounds in the KC metro area. The campground is separate from other parts of the park and is not "on" the lake. The sites are solid gravel and well-spaced with lots of green space between sites and in the center. There is some shade - we were here in the spring and the leaves were not out yet.

There is a gate to limit access to the campground. The bathroom building was clean. There are onsite attendants all day.

Angela, the Camp Host, is very friendly and helpful. Campsites are spaced a good bit apart from each other and easy to get to. Shower is a bit tricky-you have to push the button constantly to get it to heat up and the individual locking stalls were great for privacy. Very quiet except for that Southern music of Cicadas…Saw about 10 deer including several does with their spotted fawns!

Longview offers three types of sites, FHU, electric only (some 30 only, some 50), and basic, and we stayed in a 50 amp electric-only pull-through site. There are water spigots throughout the park with a 15 minute limit for fill-ups if needed. The campground offers some privacy, with more in some campsites and less in others within a very pretty wooded setting. Entrance is gated (guests are provided with a gate code), and the park hosts were very nice and helpful. It's also easy to access KC, and the surrounding area including just about every service and restaurant you could want or need. While there were plenty of campers, the park stayed relatively quiet, and though there was some trash around when we arrived, we never noticed it again. The dump station is also easily accessed on the way out of the park.
The main (and maybe only) drawback is that the sites are mostly very un-level and while many are long enough for a big rig, they then require a lot of adjusting and leveling. Our pull-through site required backing in because the U was more like a V (fine for a smaller rig), and we had to use all of our leveling blocks plus rocks under the stairs. The FHU section looked a little better, and if we were to stay here again, we would likely choose one of the back-in sites instead since the the pull-throughs were all too sharply angled.
T-Mobile was a little erratic, but fine overall.

Campsites are oriented around large open grassy areas and are widely spaced. Some sites have mature trees for shade, others have none. Both pull-through and back-in spaces available, with level gravel pads and basic, electric only or full hook-ups. We camped mid-week in early September and there were few other campers, so it was very quiet, although there was a low hum of highway noise to the south. Thirty minutes from downtown KSMO - very convenient for sightseeing and great BBQ. A new development of shops/gas station is conveniently close to the park entrance.

I was bummed we only stayed here for 2 nights. I would have enjoyed more time here. A lot of the sites backed up to large areas of grass which would be really nice to spend the afternoon. It was close to KCMO which was our purpose for staying there.
The grounds seemed remote, but there is a road running alongside the trees near the West Loop - so we could hear that a little - but pretty quiet overall. Nice camp-hosts and clean facilities. We didn't use the showers, but they looked to be a bit above your standard campground showers. A good variety of pull through sites and back-in with a lot of shade trees. Our sites and the ones around us all looked to be level enough.