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Alley Spring

Po Box 490, Van Buren, Missouri, United States

Bright red Alley Mill under the summer sun and shade trees
The one room schoolhouse near Alley Spring
A historic one room schoolhouse at Alley Spring with garden and scarecrow in the foreground
A campsite at Alley Spring with picnic table and shade trees
The Mill in the fall

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About Alley Spring

The rolling, forested landscape around Alley Spring is where two of America's most beautiful spring-fed rivers combine to make up the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. As the first national park area to protect a wild river system, visitors are able to enjoy various water activities as well as hiking, horseback riding and wildlife viewing.

Number of accommodations: 161

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2026 (Current year)

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Reviews (293)

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What Guests Are Saying

Alley Spring Campground is highly praised for its cleanliness, well-maintained facilities, and beautiful surroundings, including proximity to the Jacks Fork River and natural beauty. Many visitors enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere, spacious campsites, and opportunities for water activities, while expressing a desire to return. However, some noted the lack of cell service and limited electrical hookups as areas for improvement, particularly regarding reservations and access to amenities.

Review Summary

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Brianna L

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August 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 717, Loop: Loop 700

5

Very lovely site despite the heat! Will definitely be coming back again!

Christy M

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August 3, 2025 • Stayed at: 603, Loop: Loop 600

5

We love Alley Spring Campground. The swimming hole is perfect for families. I recommend seeing the mill, Rocky Falls, and Round Spring

Charlote B

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July 28, 2025 • Stayed at: 613, Loop: Loop 600

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It’s a beautiful place as long as it doesn’t rain. The pads filled with water and a lot of mud and made it miserable! Most every site did this. Not a good time always cleaning up mud! And also it seems like the rules are going to the wayside with people parking on the grass and dogs running loose. Also when I booked my reservation they wanted to know what kind of equipment you had, you could have 1 camper and two tents. But at one site there came in two pop up campers and use one site and had 3 trucks. I seen the ranger go over there but I guess it was ok if you know them I believe it is special treatment because it clearly states 1camper and 2 tents per site. Just seems like the care of the campground is going down. I used to love down there.

Seth W

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July 28, 2025 • Stayed at: 314, Loop: Loop 300

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River access is good, rock/sand bar across the road/bridge is much larger and less crowded. The Rangers were all friendly, offered good insight to the general area and history. Don’t forget to go check out the spring and mill house!

Jeff S

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July 28, 2025 • Stayed at: 819, Loop: Loop 800

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Love the Mill and the Alley swim hole

Robert M

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July 27, 2025 • Stayed at: 615, Loop: Loop 600

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Beware camping in 600 loop after rain or during rain. The asphalt to park your trailers on is way lower than the surrounding grass area so it gets extremely wet with standing water and mud. Every site needs to be re-leveled.

Mike S

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July 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 909, Loop: Loop 900

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Truly the worst camping check in experience ever.

We love Alley Springs and the Jacks Fork River. I and my family has been going there for over 50 Years.
We go there, pick a site and pay for it. But this year everything changed for the worst.
Be aware you have to register online for a site before setting up now! Not only that there is no way to tell if a site is reserved without getting on the recreation.gov website. That would not be bad but there is NO cell service there let alone any access to any wireless data.
You have to borrow internet off site from the kind Harvey’s store near by or drive a mile out of the park to access the internet to see which sites are available, then drive your camper back in to see which one you like then drive back out of the park to reserve it then drive back in to set up.
What a bad experience!!!!!
If you have to reserve online they need to either get someone to put a cell tower up to give the park Cellular Data service or at least make wifi available at the check in station.
Making reservations ahead of time is no good. You can’t know every site, or who will be next to you from home.
We don’t want to camp back to back to other campers or next to the weeds or in a flooded muddy site. You can’t see that from home.
They broke a perfect system.
Also tired of the park not protecting the camp ground from the river. They want it to be natural but have lost most of the park by not managing the river around the park. No one would mind them puttying large rock barriers around the park but instead half the sites have been destroyed along with the roads so loops 1, 2, and 3 can’t even be driven around anymore. Such a shame. Was once a beautiful camp ground.

Steven R

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July 17, 2025 • Stayed at: 505, Loop: Loop 500

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Jacks Fork river was closed due to flooding. Camp ranger came out to provide information.

Carey B

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July 15, 2025 • Stayed at: 216, Loop: Loop 200

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Clean, great river access, beautiful scenery, we will be back

Katheryn B

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July 15, 2025 • Stayed at: 829, Loop: Loop 800

5

We loved visiting here. The park is clean and quiet, the people are friendly, and we had the best time. We especially loved that the park was so dark at night you could see every star and lightening bug. Thank you for the memories.

Location Alley Spring

Address:
Po Box 490
Van Buren, MO, 63965
United States

Highway access

Alley Spring is accessible from US Highway 60, with connections to Missouri Highway 19 and State Highway 106. It is located approximately 12 miles north of US Highway 60 via Highway 19 and 2 miles west of Highway 106.

Latitude & Longitude: 37.1472 / -91.4497

Elevation: 206 feet

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