About Lightfoot Landing
Lightfoot Landing is a smaller campground compared to neighboring park areas, making it a more quiet and peaceful location for boating and fishing on Pomme de Terre Lake, known as the ''Gem of the Ozarks.'' The lake is well known for fishing, with one of the highest catch ratios in the country. Species include bass, catfish, walleye and crappie, but the lake is probably best known for its muskie, which is stocked each fall. Both canoeing and power boating are popular on the lake, with a good amount of water skiing and other water activities taking place. Lightfoot Landing has 35 sites with electric and water hookups, including one that is accessible. Additional amenities include a shower house, boat ramp with courtesy dock, dump station, playground, horse shoe pits, and a picnic shelter. The Pomme de Terre River and Lindley Creek are the major sources for Pomme de Terre Lake, which…
- Managed by: Pomme De Terre Lake, USACE
- Where: 8 mi south of Wheatland, MO · 37.82611, -93.36139
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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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Verizon 5G · AT&T 5G · T-Mobile 5G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is clear overhead but fades toward town glow.
Class 4 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Propane: 18.6 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Campsite · 8 mi S of Wheatland 0.1 mi
- Lightfoot Park Campground 0.4 mi
- Campsite · 10 mi S of Wheatland 1.9 mi
- Wheatland Park 3.5 mi
- Pittsburg Campground 4 mi
- Quarry Point Park 5 mi