About North Fork Recreation Area
North Fork Recreation Area provides camping, picnicking, boating, canoeing, hiking and fishing access to the beautiful North Fork of the White River, which has a total of nine major springs flowing into it. As you drive into the site, the first right takes you to the boat access area. If you go straight you’ll hit a t-intersection, if you go left you enter the campground, if you go right you enter the day use. The site is surrounded by an oak/hickory forest, there are a lot of tulip poplar and sycamore in that area. From the day use area, and sometimes the campground, you have amazing views looking across the river of the mixed hardwood and pine forest and the rock bluffs that envelope the river. On the other side of the river is the beginning of the Devils Backbone Wilderness Area. Some sites have views of the river before trees and bushes leaf out. North Fork Recreation Area serves as…
- Fees: Campground – single site nightly fees are - $10.00/nonelectric Day Use Area Fees: - $2.00 per vehicle - $10.00 per bus - $20 annual fee
- Season: May – November
- Managed by: USFS - Mark Twain National Forest
- Where: 14 mi northwest of South Fork, MO · 36.75861, -92.15281
Things to do:
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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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Spring Trail | Hiking | 0.4 mi | 0.7 mi |
| Blue Springs Connector | Hiking | 0.4 mi | 0.2 mi |
| Devils Backbone-Mcgarr | Horse | 0.8 mi | 3.0 mi |
| Devils Backbone-Mary Hollow | Horse | 1.0 mi | 4.2 mi |
| Devils Backbone-Raccoon Hollow | Horse | 1.1 mi | 3.3 mi |
| Wrangler Trail | Hiking | 1.2 mi | 1.3 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
Verizon 4G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way shows rich detail, horizon to horizon.
Class 2 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 21.1 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
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- Fogey 6.4 mi
- Campsite · 15 mi W of Pomona 6.6 mi