Sam A Baker Campground

Set in the St. Francois Mountains of southeastern Missouri’s Ozark region, Sam A Baker State Park has everything you could ask for in an RV campground: opportunities for exciting outdoor recreation, interesting historical sites, and relaxing campsites to come back to at the end of the day. Facilities at Sam A. Baker campground are quite extensive, including electrical hookups for your RV rental, showers, laundry, drinking water, and a dump station. There’s also a park store where you can pick up basic supplies, though the town of Piedmont is right around the corner.

Most visitors to southeastern Missouri aren’t coming for fully-stocked campgrounds though, they’re coming to enjoy the natural surroundings, which Sam A. Baker State Park has in spades. Walk outside your campsite, and you’ll be treated to several miles of fantastic hiking trails winding their way through virgin forests. Got a boat? Hit up Clearwater Lake on the other side of Piedmont; you can also rent one from the marina if you don’t have your own.

The park is fairly well connected with the rest of southeastern Missouri via Highway 67 to Poplar Bluff - a modestly-sized city, but the largest in the region. It’s about 45 minutes' drive from the campground, while St. Louis, the largest nearby city, is almost two hours' drive away.