Clinton Lake · Kansas

Bloomington Beach — how to get a site when it's sold out

Overview Bloomington Beach is a day-use area managed by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers located within Bloomington East Park at Clinton Lake.

🏕️ 4 sites 🚐 Group, Shelter

Booking Bloomington Beach

Sites at Bloomington Beach are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.

Site facts

Total sites4
Site typesGroup, Shelter
HookupsElectric hookups at some sites
LocationLawrence, KS
Book throughRecreation.gov
Official listingRecreation.gov

The cancellation play at Bloomington Beach

Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.

ItOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Bloomington Beach around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.

Other campgrounds in Clinton Lake

Bloomington EastCancellation alerts available
Woodridge ParkCancellation alerts available
Rockhaven Park Campground and Equestrian AreaCancellation alerts available
Overlook ParkCancellation alerts available
Bloomington WestCancellation alerts available

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Bloomington Beach; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.