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Reviews (210)
What Guests Are Saying
Sutton Bluff Recreation Area is appreciated for its clean surroundings and excellent swimming area, with many campers enjoying the ATV trails accessible from the campground. However, there are concerns about the decline in facilities without a campground host, including dirty bathrooms, lack of supplies, and maintenance issues. Visitors are advised to navigate carefully to avoid unimproved roads and may want to book cautiously due to reports of overcrowding and site mix-ups.
What Guests Are Saying
Sutton Bluff Recreation Area is appreciated for its clean surroundings and excellent swimming area, with many campers enjoying the ATV trails accessible from the campground. However, there are concerns about the decline in facilities without a campground host, including dirty bathrooms, lack of supplies, and maintenance issues. Visitors are advised to navigate carefully to avoid unimproved roads and may want to book cautiously due to reports of overcrowding and site mix-ups.
Review Summary
Kevin B
VerifiedOctober 30, 2022 • Stayed at: 026, Loop: CAMP
We have camped there several times. We have a newer camper this trip and were supposed to stay in site 26. We could NOT back in to our site. We are long time campers and my husband has excellent backup skills. The road was barely as wide as the truck and camper with significant drop offs on both sides. And the roads did not seem well taken care of. My husband ended up with the front of his truck off the road and we ended up with a hole in our camper. We saw the campground was mostly full and did not see any available sites (with water and electric) that were any better to back up in, so we had to leave and drive back home. Since it was just a 2 night stay, we didn’t even cancel the 2nd night after spending 10+ hours driving to/from campsite. We probably will not return to this campground.
Kevin B
VerifiedOctober 30, 2022 • Stayed at: 026, Loop: CAMP
We have camped there several times. We have a newer camper this trip and were supposed to stay in site 26. We could NOT back in to our site. We are long time campers and my husband has excellent backup skills. The road was barely as wide as the truck and camper with significant drop offs on both sides. And the roads did not seem well taken care of. My husband ended up with the front of his truck off the road and we ended up with a hole in our camper. We saw the campground was mostly full and did not see any available sites (with water and electric) that were any better to back up in, so we had to leave and drive back home. Since it was just a 2 night stay, we didn’t even cancel the 2nd night after spending 10+ hours driving to/from campsite. We probably will not return to this campground.
Randy S
VerifiedNovember 6, 2022 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: CAMP
Since there is no campground host this year it has gone downhill, bathrooms and showers not clean or stocked fire pits full of ash on Labor Day grass was only mowed near the host site it’s really disappointing to see it go downhill in 1season and I have been going there 20+ years
Randy S
VerifiedNovember 6, 2022 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: CAMP
Since there is no campground host this year it has gone downhill, bathrooms and showers not clean or stocked fire pits full of ash on Labor Day grass was only mowed near the host site it’s really disappointing to see it go downhill in 1season and I have been going there 20+ years
BRANDY P
VerifiedNovember 8, 2022 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: CAMP
Needs Steve back, people drive the wrong way, bathrooms don’t get cleaned, toilet paper was empty upon our arrival. Fire rings were so full we had to empty it out in order to use.
The facilities are due for a revamp. Rot is setting in. Very enjoyable camp ground for years. Please keep it enjoyable for many more.
BRANDY P
VerifiedNovember 8, 2022 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: CAMP
Needs Steve back, people drive the wrong way, bathrooms don’t get cleaned, toilet paper was empty upon our arrival. Fire rings were so full we had to empty it out in order to use.
The facilities are due for a revamp. Rot is setting in. Very enjoyable camp ground for years. Please keep it enjoyable for many more.
Laura M
VerifiedMay 28, 2023 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: CAMP
Bathrooms/Showers are TERRIBLE! Need to be bulldozed and rebuilt. Been going to this place for 50 years and the bathrooms have had nothing done to them.
Laura M
VerifiedMay 28, 2023 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: CAMP
Bathrooms/Showers are TERRIBLE! Need to be bulldozed and rebuilt. Been going to this place for 50 years and the bathrooms have had nothing done to them.
Darren B
VerifiedJune 12, 2023 • Stayed at: 029, Loop: CAMP
Rude park maintenance employees.
Trash cans over flowing.
No park host.
Waited till we were already set up at campsite to come through mowing, made a mess and didn’t even mow our site.
Darren B
VerifiedJune 12, 2023 • Stayed at: 029, Loop: CAMP
Rude park maintenance employees.
Trash cans over flowing.
No park host.
Waited till we were already set up at campsite to come through mowing, made a mess and didn’t even mow our site.
Location & Directions for Sutton Bluff Recreation Area
Po Box 460, Salem, MO 65560 United States
Elevation: 248 ft
Getting There
From Centerville, Missouri, travel 3 mi northeast on Highway 21. Take County Road 907 northwest for 7 mi, then turn on County Road 849 and travel south for 3 mi to the campground.
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