The best camping near Waterloo with climbing

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Looking for an adventure-filled camping experience near Waterloo, Illinois? Look no further than Hipcamp! With over 575 options specifically tailored to climbers in that area, you're bound to find the perfect campsite to suit your needs. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, you'll have plenty of options to choose from. And with campsites like Wine Trail Wilderness (291 reviews), Arcadia Valley Outdoors Land (251 reviews), and Hummingbird Hollow Outdoors (216 reviews) being top favorites among campers, you can trust that you're in for a great experience. Plus, with popular amenities like potable water, toilets, and showers, you'll have the essentials covered. And if you're looking for even more adventure, you'll be happy to know that off-roading (OHV), biking, and snow sports are just a few of the popular activities you can enjoy in the area. So pack your gear and get ready for an unforgettable climbing trip!

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Top-rated campgrounds near Waterloo

3. Matt's Place at Meramec n Labarque

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(68)
28mi from Waterloo · 5 sites · Tents, RVs, Lodging
Located at the confluence of the Meramec River and Labarque Creek, my place (Matt's Place) is a ridge above a bottomland bowl of sorts. The old iron truss bridge here is likely built in 1910 and it has a survey marker from 1932. The creek has a nice little swimming hole, and a beach that is sometimes sand, sometimes, gravel, and sometimes a mix of both with some silt or even mud after a storm. It's peaceful down there to explore in the creek, wade while looking outward to an opening into the Meramec River. It's also fun to stand just at the mouth of the creek in the Meramec River. It's an awesome view upstream or downstream of tree lined banks, rock bluffs, and every now and then, passing boats, canoes, paddle boards, or kayaks. The old iron truss bridge hovers above the meeting of two waters. The water is cool and clean. Some fifty species of fish have been recorded in this creek, the most in all of Jefferson County and St Louis County. The bottomland has two levels, the lower bottoms down by the creek and the upper bottoms about a hundred feet from the creek. The upper bottoms has a clearing like a meadow with mowed grass. My favorite things to do here include gazing up at a cottonwood tree that must be sixty feet tall. It's leaves in a breeze are like a thousand hands waving hello. The bottomland meadow offers just enough sky to see bats dance in the dusk air between the trees, then fireflies as it gets darker yet. Up top is where I live. Just five miles off HWY 44 and HWY 109, at Eureka, MO, (30 minutes west of downtown St Louis, 18 minutes from Six Flags) this place sits on a ridge with great views above the Meramec River.
Pets
Toilets
Campfires
from 
$20
 / night

Looking for an adventure-filled camping experience near Waterloo, Illinois? Look no further than Hipcamp! With over 575 options specifically tailored to climbers in that area, you're bound to find the perfect campsite to suit your needs. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, you'll have plenty of options to choose from. And with campsites like Wine Trail Wilderness (291 reviews), Arcadia Valley Outdoors Land (251 reviews), and Hummingbird Hollow Outdoors (216 reviews) being top favorites among campers, you can trust that you're in for a great experience. Plus, with popular amenities like potable water, toilets, and showers, you'll have the essentials covered. And if you're looking for even more adventure, you'll be happy to know that off-roading (OHV), biking, and snow sports are just a few of the popular activities you can enjoy in the area. So pack your gear and get ready for an unforgettable climbing trip!

97% (804)

Top-rated campgrounds near Waterloo

3. Matt's Place at Meramec n Labarque

100%
(68)
28mi from Waterloo · 5 sites · Tents, RVs, Lodging
Located at the confluence of the Meramec River and Labarque Creek, my place (Matt's Place) is a ridge above a bottomland bowl of sorts. The old iron truss bridge here is likely built in 1910 and it has a survey marker from 1932. The creek has a nice little swimming hole, and a beach that is sometimes sand, sometimes, gravel, and sometimes a mix of both with some silt or even mud after a storm. It's peaceful down there to explore in the creek, wade while looking outward to an opening into the Meramec River. It's also fun to stand just at the mouth of the creek in the Meramec River. It's an awesome view upstream or downstream of tree lined banks, rock bluffs, and every now and then, passing boats, canoes, paddle boards, or kayaks. The old iron truss bridge hovers above the meeting of two waters. The water is cool and clean. Some fifty species of fish have been recorded in this creek, the most in all of Jefferson County and St Louis County. The bottomland has two levels, the lower bottoms down by the creek and the upper bottoms about a hundred feet from the creek. The upper bottoms has a clearing like a meadow with mowed grass. My favorite things to do here include gazing up at a cottonwood tree that must be sixty feet tall. It's leaves in a breeze are like a thousand hands waving hello. The bottomland meadow offers just enough sky to see bats dance in the dusk air between the trees, then fireflies as it gets darker yet. Up top is where I live. Just five miles off HWY 44 and HWY 109, at Eureka, MO, (30 minutes west of downtown St Louis, 18 minutes from Six Flags) this place sits on a ridge with great views above the Meramec River.
Pets
Toilets
Campfires
from 
$20
 / night

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