About Turkey Point
Turkey Point Campground is situated on Melvern Lake on the eastern edge of the Flint Hills of Kansas. Visitors enjoy the area's wide range of recreational activities, including boating, fishing, hiking and hunting. Find a virtual tour of Melvern Lake at http://www.photographyoptions.net/images/melvern/tour.html Melvern Lake impounds nearly 7,000 acres of water on the upper reaches of the Marais des Cygnes River Valley. Boating and swimming are popular activities on the lake. Anglers will find walleye, crappie, channel and flathead catfish, as well as black, striped, white and smallmouth bass. The 18,000 acres of land surrounding Melvern Lake provide plentiful hiking and hunting opportunities. Several trails wind around the lake, including a 1 mile trail located in the campground connecting to the day-use area. Hunters may find deer, quail, turkeys, ducks, rabbits and squirrels…
- Fees: Melvern Lake enforces the national no-show policy. If you do not check in with the park attendant within 24 hours of your reservation…
- Managed by: Melvern Lake, USACE
- Where: 7 mi northeast of Lebo, KS · 38.49862, -95.78975
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Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Apr–Jun & Sep–Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Dec–Feb.
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Good to know
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From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is bright, with a little glow low on the horizon.
Class 3 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 0.1 mi
Water fill-up: 3 mi
Propane: 23.1 mi
Camps nearby
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- Arrow Rock 1.7 mi
- Cowboy Campground 2.5 mi
- Westpoint Campground 2.6 mi
- Doud Campground 2.7 mi
- Churchill Campground 2.7 mi