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Cedar Ridge campground is located on Stockton Lake in the scenic Ozark Mountains of southwestern Missouri. The lake and surrounding landscape offer countless recreational opportunities along nearly 300 miles of shoreline, providing visitors with many ways to explore one of the most sought-after natural areas in the state. Fishing, hunting, camping, sailing, boating and scuba diving are popular activities.
One of our favorite camp grounds. Enjoy staying here often in the summers. Stay for a few days to a week at a time. Check out is 4 pm now and the staff is always friendly. Dog friendly and family recreation area is nice for young kids.
We love this campground. Our family meets here every year since 2018 to camp together for 1-2 weeks. My mom and step-dad come from Indiana and we come from Nebraska as it's kind of mid way between us.
The campground is run by the Army Corp of Engineers, and it's pretty clean and well maintained. The gravel pads are pretty level, each site has a table and a hanging pole, and many are shaded. There are concrete shower houses up the hill (by the dump station) that double as storm shelters, which we have used as such before. In the campgrounds they are more primitive vault toilets.
No water at the sites, but there are spigots spread around the campground, so if you pick the right spot and have a long hose you can at least top up your tanks without moving if you have a camper.
The coves are awesome to swim around or float/kayak/paddle board, but will occasionally get some chop in strong wind. A fair bit of wildlife along the lake as it's not developed around the edge of the lake, which means you get to look at trees and a rocky waters edge, rather than houses across the lake.
I look forward to this trip every year. The really amazing part of being here is that despite it being Missouri in mid summer, there are basically no mosquitoes. Sometimes there are midges or black flies, but at least we don't have to douse ourselves in bug spray to be out past dusk.
A quite and peaceful place to camp. 30 and 50 Amp sites, as well as tents. The water is nice
This was our first time here and we loved it! We had a bit of an issue with our electric box and our host was very nice and called maintenance! He continued to check on us throughout our stay as well. Unfortunately maintained never came out, but I'm sure they will fix it for the next people. We loved the views and the whole campground!
We stayed in an electric RV site on loop B (B8). There was a short trail down the hill to the water. There was even a little sandy beach area just down in front of the other sites. This was a popular place to swim, kayak, and boat. There a boat ramp just beside the campground and a beach and fishing dock a short drive away. The hosts were kind and helpful. There is a shower house not far from the sites as well as a vaulted toilet the opposite direction, towards the boat ramp. The playground is directly across the road from loop B.
