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Reviews (153)
What Guests Are Saying
Cobb Ridge Campground is praised for its beautiful setting, spacious and clean sites, and friendly staff, making it a favorite for many campers. The variety of trails caters to different skill levels, offering enjoyable experiences for both hikers and ATV enthusiasts. While some facilities, particularly the shower house, could use improvements, overall, visitors appreciate the campground's cleanliness and management, with many expressing a desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Cobb Ridge Campground is praised for its beautiful setting, spacious and clean sites, and friendly staff, making it a favorite for many campers. The variety of trails caters to different skill levels, offering enjoyable experiences for both hikers and ATV enthusiasts. While some facilities, particularly the shower house, could use improvements, overall, visitors appreciate the campground's cleanliness and management, with many expressing a desire to return.
Review Summary
Mark R
VerifiedNovember 8, 2021 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: Loop B
The app says check in and check out is at 2. We arrived only to find campers still there. We were told that check in is supposed to be at 4?? The campers that were still there were pretty rude and didn’t leave until around 330.
Need to change the app to say an accurate check in time, and enforce the check out time.
Mark R
VerifiedNovember 8, 2021 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: Loop B
Check in/out time needs to be fixed on the app. We got there around 2 per the check in time, only to have the previous campers stay until 330 and we’re told not much could be done because check in was at 4????!
Leonard B
VerifiedNovember 8, 2021 • Stayed at: 037, Loop: Loop C
Cobb Ridge is one of my favorite NFS campgrounds, unfortunately Rec.gov is needlessly cumbersome to use.
Mark M
VerifiedNovember 8, 2021 • Stayed at: GP1, Loop: Loop E
Everything looked excellent and clean
Karen C
VerifiedOctober 22, 2021 • Stayed at: 019, Loop: Loop A
Park was nice but hadn't realized lack of watersports (fishing, boating, swimming) due to the low level of the lake. Also disappointed to lack of internet/cell coverage
TR C
VerifiedOctober 22, 2021 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: Loop A
Cobb Ridge Campground (and Chadwick Use Area, in general), is always great. The current campground hosts are super nice, and do a great job. I am always surprised by how quiet, all in all, this campground is, considering it is an off road park. That being said, one of the folks camping there the weekend we were ran an actual engine-driven chainsaw for like 15 minutes! Even though dirt bikes and ATV's drive around all the time, there is something extra obnoxious about a chainsaw running at full throttle! Isolated incident, I'm sure, and the overall experience was still top notch.
Melissa C
VerifiedOctober 20, 2021 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: Loop A
We had a reservation for a standard non-electric site. We figured if there were any FF sites available when we arrived we could just switch ( the FF sites are electric sites) When we arrived the camp host told us that there were no 'first-come first-serve' sites available and that they were all taken. As we drove through the campground all of the FF sites had reserved tickets on them but no campers. We arrived on a Thursday and eventually those spots were filled by campers, but seems to me like they were able to reserve those spots ahead of time. Park is beautiful and we enjoyed ourselves on the trails. Any of the dirt bike riders or 4-wheeler riders we came in contact with were very pleasant and helpful directing us to the trail we should check out since we are newbies.
Preston W
VerifiedOctober 18, 2021 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: Loop C
Camp sites are very large, paved, and spaced far apart. Great shade across entire campground. No water or sewer services, including no dump station. Also no playground or shower house on premise.
STEVE L
VerifiedOctober 17, 2021 • Stayed at: 036, Loop: Loop C
Great camping and riding place
Kayla L
VerifiedOctober 3, 2021 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: Loop A
The campground was great.The connecting Chadwick trails were a little to intense for us though. The greeting hosts were polite and very helpful. Clean grounds and restroom/showers. All campers were pleasant and took the initiative to stop others from creating chaos. Overall I would stay at the campground but not enjoy the trails.
Location Cobb Ridge
Address:
Usda Forest Service, Mark Twain National Forest, 1006 S. Jefferson Street
Ava, MO, 65608
United States
From Chadwick, Missouri, take Highway 125 south about 2 miles, then turn right onto Highway H and continue past Camp Ridge day-use area, turning right onto Lookout Road (the first portion of lookout road is paved - if you get to the gravel you have gone to far) to Cobb Ridge Recreation Area. Fom Forsyth, take H Highway north approximately 14 miles, turn left onto Lookout Road (the first portion of lookout road is paved - if you get to the gravel you have gone too far) to Cobb Ridge Recreation Area. The campground is approximately .5 miles on Lookout Road from H Highway.
Cobb Ridge is accessible via US Highway 60, located approximately 20 miles to the south. The campground is also near Missouri State Highway 125 to the east.
Latitude & Longitude: 36.8947 / -93.0999
Elevation: 412 feet
Policies & Rules
General
- Campers required to check-in with on-site host, if available, upon arrival.
- Don't move firewood: To limit the spread of invasive tree-killing pests, firewood from outside the area is not permitted. Some states have quarantines and may confiscate your firewood. Please help protect our forests from invasive species by obtaining your firewood at or near your camping destination and burning it on-site. Visit dontmovefirewood.org for more information.
- Click here for more information on the Cobb Ridge Recreation Area.
- Helmets are required at all times for off-road vehicle riders under 18 years of age and anyone under the age of 16 must be under direct supervision of a parent or guardian when riding ATV, motorcycle, and side by side.
- ATVs and side by sides must be 50 inches or less to ride on trails.
- Working muffler and Spark Arrester required on all ATVs/side by sides.
- No operator is allowed to carry passengers on an ATV or motorcycle unless designed by manufacturer to carry passengers.
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
