Council Grove Lake · Kansas
Overview Kit Carson Campground is located on the 3,310-acre Council Grove Lake in the green expanses of eastern Kansas. Recreation Boating is a popular pastime at the lake, and a boat ramp is located in the campground for visitors' convenience. The lake is known for its fishing opportunities, with crappie and catfish being the most abundant.
Sites at Kit Carson 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 | 11 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| 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 Kit Carson 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.
| Canning Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Richey Cove | Cancellation alerts available |
| Santa Fe Trail | Cancellation alerts available |
| Neosho Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| North Richey Cove | Cancellation alerts available |
| Kanza View | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Kit Carson; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.