We stayed at Meramec State Park in Sullivan, Missouri. (Campground Reviews listing.)

An hour out of St. Louis, with a very long road to the campground, and bad cell reception.

Dates:

• Check in: 2024-07-13
• Check out: 2024-07-16
• 3 nights
• We were originally going to stay 4 nights, but left a day early as the cell coverage was very bad

Weather:

• Partly cloudy, some overnight rain
• High temps 90-96°F, lows 71-76°F
• Some wind, gusts to 24 MPH

Noise:

• No road noise
• No train horn noise
• Lots of neighbor noise on weekend, fairly quiet during the week

Site:

• #2, back-in, asphalt
• Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
• Unlevel site, high on passenger side and front; used hydraulic leveling
• Asphalt driveway about 70 feet long by 12 feet wide
• 40 feet to neighbors on both sides
• Picnic table
• Fire pit
• Tall trees
• Somewhat clean site; some small trash

Utilities:

• 50 amp power, conveniently located
• 60 PSI water, inconveniently located
• Loose sewer connection, inconveniently located (2 10-foot pipes needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

• Verizon: 18 Mbps down, 0.5 Mbps up, 60 ms ping (okay the first couple of days, then got unreliable)
• T-Mobile: 4-13 Mbps down, 0.01-0.3 Mbps up, 60-700 ms ping (unreliable)
• AT&T: negligible service
• Starlink: not used, too many trees to see the sky
• Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

• Garbage dumpsters

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Beautiful state park, busy on weekends

This is a beautiful park with lots of trees and green spaces. The two major downsides for us were 1) the access road inside the park was long and twisty and uncomfortable for a big rig to navigate, and 2) the cell coverage was spotty at best, and we work remotely. None of the 3 major carriers got decent speeds, and all the trees made Starlink impossible. Our site was flat, and the hookups were decent, so that was fine. Be prepared for the campground to be party central on the weekend. We camped at Meramec State Park in a Motorhome.

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We wouldn’t mind staying here again, but the lack of decent cell reception is problematic for us.

We stayed at Miles Landing Campground in Elberfeld, Indiana. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A one night stop on our journey home, but we would have been happy to stay here longer.

Dates:

• Check in: 2024-07-12
• Check out: 2024-07-13
• 1 night

Weather:

• Cloudy, light rain
• High temp 89°F, low 70°F
• Negligible wind, gusts to 11 MPH

Noise:

• No road noise
• No train horn noise
• No neighbor noise

Site:

• #4, pull-through, gravel
• Didn’t need to disconnect toad, and didn’t
• Mostly level site, a little high in the front; used air leveling, since only one night
• Gravel driveway about 70 feet long by 15 feet wide
• 20 feet to neighbor on passenger side; about 50 to neighbor on driver side
• Picnic table
• Fire pit
• Some small trees
• Clean site

Utilities:

• 50 amp power, conveniently located
• 60 PSI water, conveniently located
• Didn’t use sewer connection, but conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe would be needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

• T-Mobile: 60 Mbps down, 50 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
• AT&T: 160 Mbps down, 60 Mbps up, 90 ms ping
• Verizon: 11-70 Mbps down, 2-25 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
• Starlink: not used
• Campground Wi-Fi: none?

Amenities:

• Garbage dumpsters

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Lovely spot for a quick stop

This is a nice campground not far from the interstate but far enough away that you don’t hear it. Our pull-through site was long enough that we didn’t need to disconnect our tow vehicle, which was very convenient for a short stay. We also enjoyed the nice view of the pond and wetlands below the campground. We camped at Miles Landing Campground in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: Your GPS will lie to you about the road leading to the campground and where to turn….

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A nice campground; we would be happy to stay again, and for longer.

We stayed at Thousand Trails Diamond Caverns RV & Golf Resort in Park City, Kentucky. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Convenient to Mammoth Cave National Park, and free with our membership, but rather unlevel.

Dates:

• Check in: 2024-07-07
• Check out: 2024-07-12
• 5 nights

Weather:

• Partly cloudy, some rain
• High temps 82-90°F, lows 66-71°F
• Little wind, gusts to 19 MPH

Noise:

• No road noise
• Occasional distant train horn noise
• Minimal neighbor noise

Site:

• #503, back-in, gravel
• Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
• Rather unlevel site; high in front and passenger side; back wheels would be off the ground, so used air leveling
• Gravel driveway about 65 feet long by 22 feet wide
• Immediate neighbor on passenger side; 50 feet to neighbor on driver side
• Picnic table
• No trees
• Unclean site; cigarette butts, bottle caps, etc.

Utilities:

• 50 amp power, conveniently located
• 60 PSI water, conveniently located
• Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

• T-Mobile: 15 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 35 ms ping
• Verizon: 10 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 45 ms ping
• AT&T: 2 Mbps down, 0.01 Mbps up, 200 ms ping; unreliable
• Starlink: not used
• Campground Wi-Fi: paid, not used

Amenities:

• Garbage dumpsters
• Pool

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Close to Mammoth Cave NP

This is an older Thousand Trails campground, and like most of the older ones, it needs some serious TLC. Most sites are seasonal/annual so there were only a handful of sites available when we arrived, with most of them being either too short or on a really egregious slope (or both). We found the one site that would fit us (503) but it was so unlevel we couldn’t use our hydraulic levelers and had to use the air leveling, which is less preferred. They obviously had some serious rain recently because there were a couple of sites showing extreme erosion and I worried about the stability of the terrace they were on. But for a short stay to visit Mammoth Cave, it was serviceable. We camped at Thousand Trails Diamond Caverns RV & Golf Resort in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: There’s a new Buc-ee’s not far away and Bowling Green has pretty much everything you could want….

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We probably won’t stay here again, though it’s hard to argue with free.