Baxter Springs Riverside Park

Great spot for 1 or 2 nights when passing through. It was badly flooded 2 months ago and has just reopened. The bathroom got washed away so for now there are only port-a-potties. You can see where the water came to the top of the picnic shelter because there are sticks and debrie stuck in the rafters, also, the signs are twisted and leaning over. The electricity has been restored to most of the sites and the water hookups are working. This is a lush green, quiet, little park with large shade trees, next to a popular fishing spot on the river. The sites are level gravel. Nice history in this little town with great antique shops. We had a wonderful lunch at the Angels on Route 66 Cafe. Tip: The park is on the west side of the bridge directly across the street from the Kiwanis park. Cleanliness only marked lower due to still has some trash from flooding. Dump station is available but not well marked because the sign is twisted and bent over.

Nice place but lots of traffic. You have to go to the police station to get a permit and pay your fee. For electric and water it’s $10 I needed neither so I only paid $5. There was a lot of activity with cars driving into the park and Campground stopping for a little bit and then leaving. I called the number for the Police station and asked them about this they said it was a small town and people drive around a lot LOL

Chose this park so we could explore the civil war history and Route 66. Old park/campground that was busy on Memorial weekend but not crazy (about 6 RVs and a half dozen tent campers, very quiet at night, birds singing in morning). 20/30/50 amp+water piggy back each other and pads are old blacktop surrounded by grass/dirt and fairly level; dump station onsite. Pull-thru sites nearest the river (and road) and back-ins in the back for more privacy. Large shade trees for warm days with a river along side that draws lots of fishermen and day use. Porta potties brought in on Friday for the holiday weekend/summer season (?), but they had not been pumped clean. Normally $10 for w/e, $5 no hookups paid at police station, but fee was waived due to COVID-19. Easy access off main road. A few sites have large concrete picnic tables. Good OTA TV.

Biggest complaint: TRASH! People in this neck of the woods don't take pride in their park and consistently leave trash, including dead bait fish (heads, carcasses and whole fish). I picked up (3) 5-gallon buckets full in just one section on Sunday evening (did not pick up the fish). By Monday, another trash bag full was collected (fast food trash along with soda cans). Sad as this is a gem of a park. Great area for exploring civil war history and Route 66.

The 20amp didn't work on our site or number two so I couldn't plug in my instant pot. We have a pop-up and I don't want to overload with the AC running. It's hot and the 30amp works just fine:). These are the most used porta potties we've ever seen... Yuck. The sites are otherwise very nice and neighbors are friendly!

We Came into Baxter Springs because it's one of 2 towns on RT 66 in Kansas. There is a very nice free museum in town. We liked the town so much we decided to stay overnight.
We arrived at the Campground and pulled through into site 6. I immediately took out my surge protector and discovered that the power was out. I called the police station to check in. He said that there was a town wide power outage and it will be fixed soon. And someone will come by later to collect the 10.00 fee. We went for a walk and power was on when we came back. About 7pm

We slept so well by the river we decided to spend the day enjoying nature at the park and spend another night.

We were traveling Route 66 and planned to stay at a Harvest Host for the night, but due to a storm there was a tree down on their parking lot. The host suggested this park and we were pleasantly surprised! It’s a small park with about 22 sites with electricity and water if needed. Our electricity pole wasn’t working properly, but that didn’t ruin our stay. It also has some spaced dedicated to tent camping. A river runs beside the park, huge trees shade the area. It was nice to unhook from the camper and travel about Route 66 around town without worrying about parking and such that goes with pulling the rig. Go visit the museum, it’s got a lot of stuff, well organized and very interesting. Also, stop by Bricks and Brews and enjoy some awesome pizza and a brew. This was a great find!

Great hidden gem along Route 66. Asphalt pads, water & electric. Very peaceful & quiet. NOTE: campground is on the West side of the river, NOT the East as shown in this app.

WE arrived after dark so it was a bit hard to find. It's a big park that is split by R166 but look for the boat ramp signs on the East side of the river and you'll find the camping spots. The front of the area is for Day picnic use but behind the picnic pavilion is where you'll find the sites in a loop road. There were several spots with water and electric and only 2 other campers in the campground on a Sat night. You just pick any available spot. The spots were wide open with several trees for shade but no privacy, had paved asphalt pads so pretty level, some with a picnic table and some with makeshift rock firerings. Spots are only $10 a night with no pay Station, just police that may come by to collect it and give a receipt. BE AWARE that there are NO BATHROOMS here, just some port-a-potties that I didn't go in. It did look like they were doing some construction so maybe they were building some. 😄 The cute little town of Baxter Springs where it's located is just off historic Route 66.

Not a bad little park. About half of the electric poles are tore apart. But you cannot beat the price. Patrolled often by local police. Would recommend.

We planned to stay here for three days and explore the area. Unfortunately upon arrival we found out the water is off. So our planned 3 days turned into an overnight instead.

Also city said police would come through and collect our fee but they never came. So not sure if they are not charging due to the water or what happened with that.

We absolutely would stay here again.