St. Francis City Campground

It’s 103 out at 6 pm on Monday, June 29. We are the only folks camped here. Water and power with a/c unit on hi cool and fridge on electric. So far so good. It’s fine. It’s windy and hotter than the hinges, but otherwise great. There are at least 4 sites with power and there is a dump station. There’s picnic tables in some sites, Disc golf nets, a bathroom, trash cans. Very little shade and no shade on any of the sites with power. There are no site numbers. We are parked on grass that hasn’t seen much if any traffic. Not sure why we are the only ones here...

The charge for electric is $25 and if you don’t use electricity it’s free. On this Monday night there was only one place open to eat and that was The Caddy Shack at the golf course on the far west end of town. They stop serving promptly at 7:30. Food was pretty decent, though basic. Margaritas were strong.

We found it a bit tough with our 40' to find a level spot, so we created our own pull through which looked like it had been done before. There was some suspicious activity going on in the shower/bathroom. A van pulled up with a guy and gal and did not leave for a bout an hour later, so we were a little skeptical as to what activity was going on. We sleep the night without any issues and left the next morning. The price was right at $0. You could hook up to power.

Can't complain with free hot showers , OK, no shower curtain just pretuend you are in summer camp!, a free dump station, clean water to fill your tanks. I couldn't see paying $35 for electric, tho' unless you really needed it, The bathroom could have been cleaner- but it was doable. We are in a self-contained motor home, so didn't use it,
I wish I had used the shower, b/c the next place we went I was stuck with a coin operated one and the water never got hot - here it was nice and hot and plenty of it. Oh well, if I ever go back!.
When we were there we were the only ones - I'm more comfortable when at least one other person comes. However, it was in town, so we felt perfectly safe.

We parked here, and intended to stay the night, but as we work from the road, we rely on usable cell signals. We carry T-Mobile and Verizon. There was a good, strong Verizon signal, but data performance was awful. Cell site connection to their network is apparently minimal.

Other comments: showers were exceptionally basic, with no shower curtains. Didn’t appear very clean, either. Prominent storm shelter at the park entrance.

Free if no electric, but rate asked for electric was relatively high for the type of park. Nobody appeared to be plugged in.

Park is at the end of the runway for a municipal airport.

Small city campground right off of Highway 36 in St. Francis Kansas. About 10 sites with grills and picnic tables, drinking water, Sani dump, restroom with flush toilets and hot showers, disc golf course, and some sites have electric. Electric hook ups are $35 but nonelectrics are free. Full signal on both Verizon and AT&T cell. Paved road in has a couple of bumps. It was very quiet here and road noise is very minimal.

City Campground is behind a firehouse, I read about this spot on a couple websites, noone mentioned ELECTRIC! tbh, it looks like a brand new system, dirt where they ran the lines still is fairly fresh. There are about 6 sites with electric and other areas that look more like daily use spots with picnic tables and grills. Spot I stayed at shared an electric pole but had 20/30/50 on each side. There is a dump when you pull in, did see some water spouts, there is a bath building. (not user friendly, no door on toilet or shower curtains) I wont say anything bad because if you complain about a FREE site w/ full benefits go stay at a walmart! Verizon jetpack and phone had 3 bars avg!

Well, the weather was pretty ugly our only night at this spot, but for a free campground, we were lucky to find this place. There aren't too many options for free camping while you're driving through this area, so to find this park right off the 27 was wonderful! There's a charging station in the center of the park to charge your laptop or cell phones, great Verizon service, water, and I think there might even be a free dump station. Free AND clean! I guess the park was a "gift" to a family in the St. Francis community. Probably 5 or 6 spots that aren't very clearly marked, with little huts and tables. Very quiet, we were the only ones there- besides a couple cars that drove through to let their dogs off leash and wander around. Not the best scenery, but on a bright blue day this spot would be great!