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Boat Ramp/CampgroundHawker Point Campground
USACEStockton Lake · Missouri

Hawker Point

Overview Hawker Point Campground is a shady campground located on Stockton Lake in the scenic Ozark Mountains of southwestern Missouri.
Sites4542 reservable
Elev.928ft
Comf.Mar-Nov8 months
Max rig30 ft1 pull-thru
Electric30sites
From Springfield1h38real road time
The honest read
Synthesized from
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27

At 928 ft, Hawker Point has a 8-month comfortable window (Mar-Nov). Winter nights average around 29°F, so the shoulder seasons turn cold fast. 45 sites total: 42 reservable and 3 first-come, first-served. Of the sites, 1 pull-through, and the longest takes a 30-ft rig. Within about 4 miles: 3 peaks.

The campground at a glance

01 · CHARACTER
QuietCoolRoomyShadeRV-fitReserv.

Reads strongest on reservability and shade. Softest on big-rig fit.

Six axes, each scored relative to every other federal campground in the region: quiet (miles to a major road), cool (elevation), roomy (average site spacing), shade, RV-fit (longest rig), and how reservable it is. All six come from data, nothing hand-tuned.

When to go

02 · CLIMATE
JFMAMJJASOND
avg highavg lowfrost-freedriest · Dec
Mar-Nov
Comfortable window: nights stay above 35°F, days below 90°F.
70%
Of summer weekend-days are dry.
Apr 5
Last spring frost; first fall frost Nov 2.
72°F
Average July low.

Getting there

03 · ACCESS
01
Springfield
63 mi
1h38
02
Kansas City
141 mi
2h59
03
St. Louis
247 mi
5h11
By drive time
Springfield · 1h38Kansas City · 2h59St. Louis · 5h11Camp

Routed road time (OSRM). Nearest major highway 4 mi away.

Picking your site

04 · 45 SITES
Color byShow only

45 mapped sites · dot color = seclusion · click a dot for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap.

1
Pull-thru
0
Walk-in
0
50-amp
1
Accessible
0
Prime
45
Sites
★ The standout
Site B19
B · shaded.
To neighbor
101909 ft
Max rig
20 ft
Type
Standard

What's within four miles

05 · TRAILS · PEAKS · WATER

Trails & Peaks

Trail segments
36
Peaks
3
Viewpoints
1

Water & Access

To nearest major road
4 mi
Method

We synthesize public data layers: RIDB and Recreation.gov facility and site records, Open-Meteo climate normals, OpenStreetMap roads, trails, and water, OSRM drive times, and USGS elevation. We take no bookings, no ads, and no paid placements. Independence is the entire point.

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