John Redmond Reservoir Kansas - June 3 - 5 2011 Riverside W.

[Darren]

Lets make this officially the "Tallgrass Prairie Rendezvous" gathering.

I took a tour of 3 Kansas lakes today. The outstanding park from today was John Redmond Reservoir. I also visited Melvern and Pomona Lakes. All are nice but I'm always looking for something more.

Lots more photos here.
http://photos.victorygraphix.com/Galler ... ery=371764

John Redmond Reservoir


I visited all 3 of the campgrounds that can be reserved on www.recreation.gov today. The water level was really high and the roads to all of the group campsites were closed, I went around the barriers and made it to 1 of the areas. These were nice and I would camp there. Photos 477-482 at the photo link above shows this area. I need to call and find out what the rates are for the 2 electric group areas and how many sites there are in total.

The Riverside East area was again really nice and sites numbered 13-23 would make a great gathering area. These are shown in my photos 489-499.

Riverside West. This is where I would like to have a gathering. The park is maintained very nicely.








All of the above photos are from sites 14-25. The bath house/rest room is directly behind the sites and a group shelter is there also. Sites 5-10 at the park could be used for overflow if needed. They connect to the area by a foot bridge that connects them to site 14. Sites 26-28 could also be used because the river side of them connect back to site 25. My photos 516-625 also show this area.

I think this is located centrally enough to get some Oklahoma and Missouri campers to attend and it should be easy for most Kansans to get there. It's just 12 miles south of I-35. The exit ramp on I-35 is also where Beto Junction is. http://www.betojunction.com/ It's a locally famous truck stop that has awesome chicken fried steak.

Kansas City KS = 94 miles
Joplin MO = 141 miles
Tulsa OK = 162 miles
Branson MO = 253
Oklahoma City OK = 278 miles

Thanks for looking.
Darren

[Rickxr2]

[SmokeyBob]

We might make this one.

[Nathan N]

Thoughts. ?

Let me know the date and I will add it to North Central's 2011 gatherings thread.

Nathan

[sHoootR]

[Miriam C.]

Looks good to me too..

[corncountry]

Looks like this could be a strong maybe.

Jim

[oklahomajewel]

Is that south of the Crawford area ? Might be too far for a weekend campout for me , but I'll have to check the mileage. Park looks sweet!

[okiecamper]

wow sounds nice!!!

I cud "pack up" and go


Phil

[SmokeyBob]

Link to park info.

http://www.recreation.gov/campgroundDetails.do?topTabIndex=CampingSpot&contractCode=NRSO&parkId=73369

Link to John Redmond location. Red star on the map.

http://www.mapquest.com/mq/8-bCZPqDqPY*LHkxhwUpik

[SmokeyBob]

Is that south of the Crawford area ? Might be too far for a weekend campout for me , but I'll have to check the mileage. Park looks sweet!

Hi Julie

A link just for you.
http://www.mapquest.com/mq/4-gFUi

[Darren]

Glad to see some interest. I was thinking May 27-30 (That would be Memorial Day) or June 3-5.

There are 3 group areas available for $80 a night also. Depending on who you talk to there are either 9 or 11 sites per group area. I'll plan another trip down to check the group sites out, they were mostly under water the last time I went there.

Julie, you would probably have to take I-35 to get to this one.

[sHoootR]

i'll vote 6/3-5/10

[SmokeyBob]

Darren
Where are the group areas located. Are the group areas part of the camp sites or in a different area.

[Darren]

I don't think they are on the reservation web site. If you want to try and see them on Google Earth or Maps they are in the Redmond Cove North Recreation Area on the north side of the dam.