City of Canton Mississippi River Park

This city-owned campground offers a spectacular view of the Mississippi River and its adjoining Locks and Dam at Canton, MO.  The campground itself is basically a parking lot for RV's.  Most sites have hook-ups.  There is also a small shelter house with picnic tables and grills.  The campground sits on the banks of the river and provides easy access to the river for fishing or launching of boats, in addition to the great views up and down the river.

The Mississippi River has lots of barge and boat traffic in this area.  The adjoining Lock and Dam has an excellent viewing platform, with informative signage, for visitors to use while watching the large barges and tugboats move their cargo through the Lock.  There is very little available shade in the campground, so during hot July and August days, one might want to be sure they have awnings on their rigs.

Probably would not come back. 1. The river had flooded the area in early July therefore making our site muddy to back into. Park should have called us to cancel. 2. Power and water was NOT turned on. The park person was very good about getting that taken care of. 3. We did not have sewer at our site and was ok with that. But the dump station was full and we could not dump. The one good thing was staying on the river. It was cool. 

We were very pleasantly surprised! A very nice little park with great views of the river, eagles and barges/tugs. The occasional train passes by, but none through the night during our stay. We will visit again - in warmer weather.

Nice campground right on the river.  22 sites with concrete pads, water , picnic tables, fire rings and electric, some with sewer.  There is a dump station and trash dumpster.  You can make reservations though the police state clerk during business hours.  The Mississippi is about 50 yards from the sites so you will be river traffic and it navigates the locks.  There is also a train track about 50 yards behind each site, with 5 - 6 trains each day.  There are no shower or toilet facilities so you will need to be self contained. When written its $20 per night.  Overall a nice stay for several days.  

Quick stop, cool barges going through the lock.  Little wet after weeks of rain.  Trains come through close to the sites a few time a day.  Some campers fish on the river.  We normally stay at RV resorts but enjoying this for a quick stop passing through heading north. $20 is a steal for a night here. Super friendly fellow campers, some seem long term or full time.

Nice spot on river. Watched barge traffic in the locks