Clinton Lake · Kansas
Overview Bloomington East Park includes Cedar Ridge, Hickory/Walnut, and Oak Campgrounds, Ash and Elm Group Camps, and Bloomington Beach Picnic Shelters. The park is located just west of Clinton Lake, between the Rock Creek and Wakarusa River arms of the lake, and offers several different recreational options. Within Bloomington East Park, visitors have the opportunity to reserve picnic shelters and campsites, both for group camping and individual family camping.
Sites at Bloomington East 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.
| Total sites | 323 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Group |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Lawrence, KS |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
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 East 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.
| Woodridge Park | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Rockhaven Park Campground and Equestrian Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bloomington Beach | Cancellation alerts available |
| Overlook Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bloomington West | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Bloomington East; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.