Cranfield Park

Beautiful park with every site having a view of the lake. Paved roads, concrete pads, covered picnic tables, bbq and fire rings at site.

We had a family reunion, occupying four campsites. The host was very helpful. The park was clean and quiet and most campers kept their sites clean. We could pick up a few TV stations out of Springfield and cell coverage was ok at 4LTE.

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I was born and raised in this area and Cranfield is one of my most favorite places to camp!
It’s nice and close to town. Brenda’s café is nearby and the park attendants are so precious, very friendly and helpful.

Upon arrival, you will be stopped by an argumentative, bitter, unpleasant individual. He tried everything he could to keep us from camping. Maybe we interrupted his feeding time at the Golden Corral. Or maybe he just regrets listening to his high school guidance counselor. Whatever it was, he made it abundantly clear from the second we arrived that he didn’t like us.
I guess we looked like trouble makers. We’re a married couple in our late 30’s. 2024 truck. I’m a hospital director. My wife is a physician.
The first thing I said was, “ Hello. Do ya’ll have showers?”
He responded, “Yeah….but you’re not using them!”
I waited for the punchline… nothing.
I went on to explain that we were looking for a CAMPSITE with showers.
He responded by explaining campsites were for paying customers. I assured him we had sufficient quantities of American currency.
He kept arguing about how there are nicer showers at other sites 45 minutes away.
I had to explain that while we were hiking and primitive camping all over the Ozarks for our 6 year anniversary, we got into poison ivy and it’s getting dark.
Then he tried to blow us off again by saying he didn’t know if there were any sites left. I explained that my wife had the app pulled up and it shows dozens of sites available.
After several more minutes of arguing, I asked if we could just go drive through and pick out a site on the app. His wife finally talked some sense into him.
30 seconds down the road, he came chasing us down in his little golf cart. He followed us through every turn like we were some children left unattended in his China shop. I guess he thought we might steal some of his pinecones.
We drove back to the front gate. He asked for my id. When he realized I worked for the federal government, his attitude completely changed. Became overly nice and he told us we could stay as many nights as we’d like just by using the app. Sad.
Take his advice. Drive 45 minutes to another camp.

Great Park Host

Bathrooms and showers need to be updated immediately. Most campsites are ok. We stayed in #15 and there wasn’t enough side space that ran the length of the trailer. Awesome and helpful camp host.

Clean, beautiful campground. Hands down, the prettiest site at which we've ever stayed!!

We had to obtain the spots last minute. The camp hosts were amazing in assisting us. It was a clean campground, but did need some mowing. We had lots of tall grass at our site.

Very Clean, Great view!