Northern Missouri provides many camping opportunities, and staying in a rustic cabin is one way to experience outdoor camping without actually sleeping outdoors. Rustic cabins provide beds and some other basic amenities, but do not have a kitchenette, bathroom, shower or sink. Cabin campers can experience cooking over a campfire or grill and using the campground restrooms and showers. Northern Missouri provides outdoor recreation opportunities like fishing, hunting, boating, hiking and biking. Cabins are also available near metropolitan areas like St. Louis.
Basswood Resort, located in Platte City in northwestern Missouri, offers a variety of accommodations, including rustic sleeper cabins. Sleeper cabins at Basswood come in two sizes for groups of up to four or six people. Cabins do not have toilets, showers, sinks or cook-in kitchens, but are located near campground restrooms. Guests must also bring their own bedding and towels. Amenities include beds; a kitchenette with a microwave, mini-fridge and coffee maker; heating and air conditioning; a fire ring or charcoal grill and a covered porch. All cabins have two rooms and are pet-friendly. Basswood Resort is a 73-acre lakeside property that features modern amenities and activities for both kids and adults.
Basswood Resort
15880 Interurban Road
Platte City, MO 64079
800-242-2775
www.basswoodresort.com
Mark Twain State Park is located in northeastern Missouri's Salt River Hills. Puma Campground, one of the campgrounds within the park, offers traditional campsites as well as camper cabins. The six cabins each sleep up to four adults and two children. Indoor amenities include electricity, heating and air conditioning, a table, mini-fridge, ceiling fan and toaster oven. The cabins do not have running water or toilets, but the campground restrooms and drinking water are near by. Cabins are available for rent year-round, and during the off-season guests must use a vault toilet located within walking distance. Outdoor cabin amenities include a picnic table, porch and bench, pedestal and campfire grills. Guests must bring their own bedding, towels, eating and cooking utensils and any other camping gear they want.
Mark Twain State Park
20057 State Park Office Road
Stoutsville, MO 65283
800-334-6946
www.mostateparks.com/twainpark
Down Under Camp Resort in Turney, Mo., is geared toward family camping with games and activities, like miniature golf, bingo, horseshoes and fishing, for people of any age. The campground's rental cabins sleep eight people. Each cabin has four double bed bunkbeds. Cabin amenities include air conditioning, a refrigerator and a porch with a swing. They do not include bathrooms, running water, a kitchenette or bed linens. A shower and restrooms are located near the cabins. Cabin guests have access to campground amenities like the swimming pool, playground, laundry facilities and camp store.
Down Under Camp Resort
8074 NE County H
Turney, MO 64493
816-632-3695
www.campdownunder.com
