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Pull-thru
USACEClearwater Lake · Missouri
Piedmont Park
Overview Piedmont Park is a spacious, activity-dense recreation area on the shores of Missouri's Clearwater Lake.
Sites9996 reservable
Elev.617ft
Comf.Mar-Nov9 months
Max rig120 ft9 pull-thru
Electric8827×50-amp
From St. Louis3h01real road time
The honest read
Synthesized from
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27
At 617 ft, Piedmont Park has a 9-month comfortable window (Mar-Nov). Winter nights average around 29°F, so the shoulder seasons turn cold fast. 99 sites total: 96 reservable and 3 first-come, first-served. Of the sites, 9 pull-through, 27 with 50-amp, and the longest takes a 120-ft rig. Within about 4 miles: 1 named hiking route, lake or river access.
The campground at a glance
01 · CHARACTER
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
avg highavg lowfrost-freedriest · Sep
Mar-Nov
Comfortable window: nights stay above 35°F, days below 90°F.
75%
Of summer weekend-days are dry.
Mar 30
Last spring frost; first fall frost Oct 30.
71°F
Average July low.
Getting there
03 · ACCESS
01
St. Louis
139 mi
3h01
02
Springfield
170 mi
3h41
03
Kansas City
337 mi
6h51
By drive time
Routed road time (OSRM). Nearest major highway 3.5 mi away.
Picking your site
04 · 99 SITES
Color byShow only
97 mapped sites · dot color = seclusion · click a dot for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap.
0
Walk-in
27
50-amp
0
Accessible
0
Prime
99
Sites
★ The standout
Site A18
A · shaded.
To neighbor
148 ft
Max rig
35 ft
Type
Standard
What's within four miles
05 · TRAILS · PEAKS · WATER
Trails & Peaks
Named hiking routes
1
Trail segments
2
Water & Access
Lake / river access
yes
To nearest major road
3.5 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.