Lake Miola Campgrounds

BETTER DRUNK

Very nice spot,,facilities are a little dated but does the job

Kevin Lennan

I don't recommend this place for tent camping. I'm sure it's good for RVs though. In a tent we could hear the highway noise all night, even through the rain. And I swear the railroad nearby is the busiest I've ever heard, even having lived beside one. Maybe if you're a heavy sleeper it'd be fine. There was already someone else in the spot we reserved online, and a reservation tag with someone else's name on the post. So we found an empty spot with a reservation tag for the next night, figuring that was safe. Turns out someone had rented it for the day we were there, but the post didn't have them on it. Everything ended up fine, and the spot beside us was good for them. Of the various places I've camped, this one goes on the bottom of the list.

Brent

The campground is not bad except for 2 issues. First the picnic tables for each site were sitting right in the middle of the pads so before could park we had to drag it to the side. Second the pads are really sloped and uneven to the point I had to buy 2 additional sets of leveling blocks.

John Groner

Not bad for a quick getaway from Kansas City but i do wish there were more than one facility for everyone who's camping or RVing to use the restroom, shower, and the facility isn't much with one urinal and one toilet, two showers that struggle to push out water. The campsite we had was up against the lake which sounded amazing until we got there and the entire site was on a slant so finding a flat place to set up your tent and sleep was also not the greatest. I've been camping quite a bit and this is the first place that didn't have any sort of fire pit or anything to not only have a fire, as most camp-outs do, so there goes cooking over a fire for meals.. luckily Walmart was within 10 minutes or so to head back for the smallest possible bbq grill and tried to find wood but none at Walmart but luckily Casey's had some. Maybe i took the fire pit, semi flat ground, some sort of public water, etc for granted but you'd be hard pressed to go to a reputable place and not have at least one of them. Overall though it's nice to be outside, a great designated swimming area, and pretty decent fishing down by the dam. This is an ideal lake though to learn to wakeboard or ski, tube, etc... Decent boat traffic but long straight away with no fear of being run over if you fall.

Michael Gies

Excellent place to camp. Definitely as good as Hillsdale. The only draw back was we have a 32 trailer. So the site we were in was not deep or wide enough. But it was right by the water. We learned that there was other sites right by the water that we could fit our trailer on and have plenty of room. Its just a learning experience. No different than other places you have to learn what are the best sites. Depending on what you are looking for. The only draw back is the camp host site is an eye sore. Needs to clean up area around the camper. Hard to enforce rules if it looks like the host is not complying.