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From St Louis: Take Interstate 44 West. Exit in Cuba and turn left onto Hwy 19. Drive about 10 miles. Turn right onto Hwy 8 West. (It’s right BEFORE you get into the town of Steelville.) Drive 2-3 miles. After you pass Candy Cane RV, look for the red Indian Springs canoe on the right. This is Indian Springs Rd. Take Indian Springs Rd. 2 miles to arrive at your getaway adventure on the river. From Springfield: Take Interstate 44 East. Exit in St. James and turn right onto Hwy 8. Take Indian Springs Rd. when you see the red Indian Springs canoe. It’s 2 miles to your getaway adventure on the river.
The staff is so friendly and helpful!! Very nice rafts and kayaks!! Indian Springs is the ONLY float trip I will do on the Meramec River. They have everything you need for a great trip!
Great place located less than 2 hrs from the Lou. Nice-safe swimming area with slow currents on Sundays through Friday. It doubles as the canoe/kayak/raft takeout so it is a little to busy on Saturdays (use the pool on Saturdays!)
Stayed in the Little Wolf Cabin and listened to the stream originating from Indian Spring from the screened porch.
Great family campground. The Meramec Springs were beautiful. Well maintained, wonderful owners, and amazing prices at the gift shop/campground store! We will be back for sure.
We just returned home from spending two nights at Indian Springs. The campsite we originally reserved (#59) did not have enough flat space for two tents but they were very nice about letting us pick a more suitable area. We also got in on the Saturday Night Fish Fry ($7pp) and the Sunday morning Pancake Breakfast ($4pp). Both were very delicious! Another thing we really liked was the family atmosphere. There weren't any huge party groups that kept us up all night. My only complaint is about the bathrooms and showers. The bathrooms are so very dimly lit you can hardly see and most of them had huge spiders/webs. The showers were warm (if you paid $1 / 5mins) but again needed better light bulbs. It really wouldn't take much to keep up with the insects, put in brighter lights, and a decent shower head.
We LOVED our float trip which took us about 4 hours with stopping about 4 different times.
