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Orleans Trail Park
Orleans Trail WildlifeOrleans Trail Park
USACEStockton Lake · Missouri

Orleans Trail

Overview Orleans Trail Campground is a shady campground located on Stockton Lake in the scenic Ozark Mountains of southwestern Missouri.
Sites6261 reservable
Elev.922ft
Comf.Mar-Nov9 months
Max rig50 ft4 pull-thru
Electric3130×50-amp
From Springfield1h30real road time
The honest read
Synthesized from
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27

At 922 ft, Orleans Trail has a 9-month comfortable window (Mar-Nov). Winter nights average around 28°F, so the shoulder seasons turn cold fast. 62 sites total: 61 reservable and 1 first-come, first-served. Of the sites, 4 pull-through, 30 with 50-amp, and the longest takes a 50-ft rig. Within about 4 miles: 2 peaks, lake or river access.

The campground at a glance

01 · CHARACTER
QuietCoolRoomyShadeRV-fitReserv.

Reads strongest on shade and reservability. Softest on roomy sites.

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.
73%
Of summer weekend-days are dry.
Apr 1
Last spring frost; first fall frost Nov 6.
72°F
Average July low.

Getting there

03 · ACCESS
01
Springfield
59 mi
1h30
02
Kansas City
138 mi
2h56
03
St. Louis
238 mi
5h02
By drive time
Springfield · 1h30Kansas City · 2h56St. Louis · 5h02Camp

Routed road time (OSRM). Nearest major highway 1.8 mi away.

Picking your site

04 · 62 SITES
Color byShow only

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

4
Pull-thru
0
Walk-in
30
50-amp
1
Accessible
0
Prime
62
Sites
★ The standout
Site D26
SOUT · pull-through · shaded.
To neighbor
316 ft
Max rig
35 ft
Type
Pull-thru

What's within four miles

05 · TRAILS · PEAKS · WATER

Trails & Peaks

Trail segments
25
Peaks
2
Viewpoints
1

Water & Access

Lake / river access
yes
To nearest major road
1.8 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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