AOK Campground and RV Park

Last night we stayed at the AOK Camground and RV Park in St. Joseph, Missouri and the area has a lot of fun things to do.  It's located at 12430 County Rd 360, St. Joseph, MO 64505. Phone 816-324-4263.  The park is located right off I-29 just on the edge of St. Joseph.  We were only there a very short time - just to sleep, really but I was able to go around the park this morning investigating before we hit the road so I could make a little review of my findings.

You can see the RVs from the road and it was quite noisy during the evening hours while sleeping.  Scott didn't notice it much but he fell right to sleep.  I don't mind some noise though - it lulls me to sleep.  I did wake up occasionally, but it wasn't too bad.

Web Photo  Ariel View of the Park

AOK is a nice pretty little park. To access the park you have to go down a 1/2 mile dirt and gravel hilly road down to the park.  It can be a bit rutty in some place, but not bad.  The park is sloped from the road and you drive down into the park as you can see from the photo on the right upper road.

The check-in "office" is an old shed that they spruced up a bit to make it nice and inviting however small.  The park hosts are absolutely the friendliest people on the planet.  They will take you to your site and help you get all set up.  They did apologize for the narrow lot, and they weren't kidding but the only caretake the property and don't own it.

The large house on the hill is the caretakers home and the pool is up there with the showers and laundry located below in the basement area.  The laundry room is a bit strange.  It's a locker room, reading room, exercise area and laundry all in one and  needs to be updated.

So, this morning I walked the property.  I first walked down to the lakes.  They are fishing lakes to do catch and release. The larger lake has a boat dock and a canoe and paddle boat you can use. There are some fun amenities:  sand volleyball, basketball court, playground for the kids, fishing and a great walking trail behind the lake over by the freeway but it's well below the freeway line, so it's quiet and private.  The park also has an area for tents near the small lake.

Our Montana is just to the right of the left pole.

The pads are dirt with old gravel embedded in it.  The drawback is that the sites are VERY NARROW (except for site 1-14)...so narrow, in fact, that when we put out our slides and steps, there was no room to even walk around.  The picnic table was up by the front of the nose of our truck instead of tucked into our camp area. The tree next to us in unit 16 was so close I was worried that I was going to hit it when we exited the park...but I didn't, however many other campers had.  This site was a HUGE negative for sure!

Here is a photo of the units in area 1-14.  They are nice and wide and spacious.  If I were to go back, I would select these.  I didn't get out to the upper tear of the park, but it's on the high side of the park and farther away from the amenities.

Amenities Include:

• 53 Full Hook Up Sites (40 are Long Pull Thu)
• 30/50 Amps
• Dirt/Gravel Pads
• Sewer
• Water pressure was 140 so bring a reducer!
• WiFi - FREE
• Limited grassy areas
• Picnic Table
• Limited Fire Ring
• Toilets
• Shower
• Laundry (2 Washers/2 Dryers)
• 26 Camping Sites
• RV Storage
• Nature Trail
• Sand Volleybal
• Kids Playground
• Horseshoes
• Fishing in 2 Lakes
• Boating
• Basketball
• Exercise Area
• Reading Room

Fees are limited to 6 people per site and cash, check, credit/debit is accepted except for American Express. There is a 10% discount for Good Sam and Military.

30 Amp	50 Amp	Tents – No Hookups
$29.80 - 30 amp/day $175.61 - 30 amp/week $460 - 30 amp/month	$31.93 - 50 amp/day $182.13 - 50 amp/week $465 - 50 amp/month	$19.16/night Single Person $133.04/weekly for Single $26.61/night 2-4 people $170.90/weekly for 2-4

My rating for this park would be average. While the pool and showers were nice, the sites need to be redone or upgraded. The WiFi is free but seemed a bit limited.  Water pressure is super high so bring a reducer of you'll flood your RV.  Caretakers are very nice.  So, there are pluses and minuses.  5/10 or 3 stars.