Cuivre River State Park

Short stop on vacation. Nice state park. Dropped son off for Purler Wrestling Camp. Great people and gorgeous location. We saw plenty of wildlife and deer grazing. Trees, river, cabins.

We love Cuivre river! Been camping here for years! Great area, out of the way, and there are some gorgeous, spacious spots! You just have to know where to look. I had one tick on me, and there were none on my husband or daughter nor dog over the course of two days. But, we used bug spray w/​10% deet, it was a good one and said it was for ticks too, they can get bad. However, one reviewer mentioned it was a downfall, they’re everywhere in Missouri, if you’re gonna be outdoors here, expect ticks! The racoons are bad at night though. At Ieast they were last two days, never had these problems before… they got into anything left out, even non-​food items… for hours. That was annoying, but the days were so perfect, with the lake right there… who can care? I’ll be back several times! Check it out if you haven’t before!

Not up to standards. Spaces are small. Ticks everywhere. Office staff was nice but it took 4 people to figure our the cost for a coffee mug! Other staff said our dogs must be on lead at all times when all literature stated they could be in the water away from swimming beaches. No showers anywhere near rv camping area. Did I mention the ticks? The nice tasks were all but unusable. Pulled at least 100 ticks. Will not be back.

Can’t imagine that I have only been in STL for 3 weeks and already went on my first camping trip this weekend to a MO state park w/​some really cool friends (their idea for this place, so i can’t take the credit). When I told my STL friends where I was camping, most of them had never heard of CRSP. Considering there is one other Unilocal review on here for Missouri State Park re: Cuivre River SP, I thought I’d give CRSP its own review. It deserved it.
I cannot complain at all! I’ve been camping quite a few times so I knew what to expect: potential rain (it did), s’mores (why, yes we did), and great hikes (check). Cuivre River State Park (CRSP) was a nice welcome to Missouri’s natural surroundings. I was exceptionally pleased with the free hot showers in the restrooms close to our group’s tent sites. Another major pro was the privilege of having a running faucet proximately close to most tent sites. Even «handicap» tent/​RV sites were stationed next to the restroom. I know that some may find this annoying, but the Park Rangers were always driving around to make sure everything was A-​Okay. I found it reassuring that we weren’t left to the wolves… or bears… or raccoons. Our group took a hike for approx. 7 mi but I’m not sure which trail we did; but if you check out the website, they give a very good description of each trail that is in CRSP.
I would have given this a «5» if not for 2 things: our section of the camp (which is the majority of it) shared 1 restroom area with quite a few tent/​RV sites (from my count, maybe 40 – 50 sites): 4 stalls & 3 showers in the women’s restroom just does not cut it. Secondly, our tent site was quite muddy. It took us almost 2 hours to break down tent, rinse it, dry it, & pack it. I know this is not like the other tent sites (I looked) in CRSP, so just don’t reserve for Site #54.