Clearwater Lake · Missouri
Overview Set on the banks of a calming river, just below the entertaining Clearwater Lake lies River Road Park, known as a jolly ol' place to camp. The beautiful area is enhanced each spring by flowering shrubs and trees like the redbud, hawthorn, dogwood and wild plum. And bald eagles stay year-round and are known to nest near the lake.
Sites at River Road Park 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 | 116 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Group, Shelter |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Piedmont, MO |
| 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 River Road Park 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.
| Piedmont Park | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Highway K | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bluff View(Clearwater Lake) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Webb Creek Park | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for River Road Park; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.