Let me start by saying, there is not good cell service. I could send texts and receive calls but was unable to surf the web to search for things to do or initiate navigation from the campground to anywhere else. We booked an 8 night stay in Section 3 of the campground. From the beginning we were disappointed that the website didn't have site pics so we were really flying blind and it was hard to navigate the state park site to get a lay of the land for things nearby in the campground. Our site was in the hot hot midday sun which made for a miserable time in the 100°+ days we experienced while there. Our site had a power hook up and a good amount of flat shaded space behind it for the kids to play. All the neighboring kids would run around in the middle and it was easy to keep an eye on them. Let's talk about restrooms and bathhouses. We were situated between two. One was much smaller and had 4 bathroom/showers. Each bathroom had a shower in it. These were not super clean. I don't blame the park hosts, many of the campers were less than courteous to put it nicely. They constantly smelled like cigarettes and had ashes in the sink. But the hosts were always quick to clean up bigger issues like clogged toilets. They were also extremely hot in the extreme heat as they had no air. The bigger bathhouses were much much nicer. The park touts being the largest state park in Missouri and it is, but the issue is it is split by the lake. It took us over 30 minutes to get to the caverns. There was Public Beach #1 near us, just a short drive from our site or could be walked. I thought it was very picturesque. There were also deer everywhere and we saw two tiny fawns.