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Piedmont Park is a spacious, activity-dense recreation area on the shores of Missouri's Clearwater Lake. Water sport enthusiasts love the lakes diverse offerings, from boating to jet skiing and canoeing to swimming.
Clearwater is considered a "wilderness lake" because it lacks private boat docks and offers plenty of unspoiled shorelines to explore. The beautiful area is enhanced each spring by flowering shrubs and trees like the redbud, hawthorn, dogwood and wild plum.
Wildlife viewing is popular with wetland waterfowl, fox, deer and geese.
Picnicking is also a favorite pastime, as is lounging on the beach, boating and fishing.
Piedmont Park Campground offers 97 sites, including many with electric and water hookups. Additional amenities include a dump station, hot showers, picnic shelters, a boat ramp, playgrounds and a swimming area.
Visitors can sit under the shade of a sycamore or maple tree and look out across the lake to the lush but rugged terrain of the Ozark foothills.
The vicinity is noted for the grandeur of its hills, natural springs, and general outdoor beauty. The shoreline is studded with high picturesque bluffs covered with sweet williams, indented bays and quiet coves.
In the area, campers enjoy visiting traditional drive-in movie theaters, the Sam A. Baker State Park, local golf courses, and the historic Civil War site at Fort Benton.
From Piedmont, MO, follow Missouri State Highway HH. Travel on Highway HH for 6 miles to the top of the dam. Turn right and follow signs into campground.
Nice clean campgrounds with peaceful shades.tThe lake was beautiful and we had so much fun boating ! They have a floating deck for people to load and unload from their boats easily.
Nice park and nice sites.
UPDATE: After 2 days of my tent being surrounded by leaf blowers, a front end loader and trucks, I have to lower my rating of this park to zero. I paid for a site for 14 days and have, effectively, been denied use of it. In short, the park stole my money. I have been in county, state and federal parks all over the country and never experienced anything like this.
Nice campground, a little dated in parts but lots of amenities and very convenient to the lake.
Great COE experience. Really nice spaces with enough area between slots. Trees are nice but so drop large acorns.
