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Honey Creek Campground

Whether the Butterfly is your favorite stroke or just a pretty insect, anyone will love Honey Creek’s overload of swimming opportunities

Bernice Campground

Oklahoma is more than just OK, but Bernice Campground in Bernice State Park—the “Crappie Capital of the World”—is anything but crappy

Honey Creek State Park OK

Discover the scenic beauty and outdoor adventures at Honey Creek State Park.

Bernice State Park

Discover the allure of Bernice State Park and its outdoor splendor.

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The Hill

My family settled on this plot of land at the turn of the century, moving west in a covered wagon. And aside from a brief time in the late 80's it has been in our family ever since. For most of the 20th century the property was a small farm, grazing cattle and mowed for bailing hay. We are trying to rejuvenate the property and breathing some new life into this old plot of land.

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The Hill, aptly&nbsp;named, is a hilltop that slopes down to a large pond that divides the twenty acre property in two.&nbsp; With plenty of room to stretch your legs you can enjoy a nature walk. In the evening enjoy the night sky around one of several fire rings, while roasting marshmallows. Easy access and only a quarter mile from the main road.

Potential for Noise: MoKan Speedway and Active railroad nearby

Late summer bloom along the edge for the pond.

Looking down from the top of The Hill, you see the whole property.

Slips come with water and electricity hookups and can fit campers and RVs up to 30 feet. 

RV and camper slots available. Electric and Water

The Ridge Ranch LLC

Welcome to The Ridge Ranch LLC, a 10 acre Campground short term vacation rental adjacent to The Huckleberry Ridge Conservation Area, located 3 miles from where Little Sugar & Big Sugar Creek converge to form Elk River.  

We have 2 short term vacation rental cabin listings & are finishing out a 4 bed 2 bath Ranch House, available May 1.

In addition we offer primitive camping for your whole group, a campground w/ 4 RV sites including 30/50 amp electric/water sites and a dump station + access to our 6 person luxury hot tub 🙌

Warriors o' Rainbow Horse Sanctuary

The pasture is quite visible from Old Route 66, nearly adjoining it. Therefore people traveling “the Mother Road” find it  convenient to stay with us. Grass is the best forage for horses, especially older ones, so we take care of our pastures, making for beautiful scenery for campers, too. Plus the entire back  mile is bordered by old forest. And there is a swimming hole not a half mile away. 

This is a&nbsp;quiet and private site, bordered by a neighbor's old forest on back, other neighbor's cattle pasture on side, and you're in one of the pastures used by the Horse Sanctuary.  (You are camping about 1/4 mile, more or less,  from our house.)

We regularly see coyote, wild turkeys, deer, fireflies, and the like.&nbsp;

&nbsp;We are just 1/2 mile off Old Route 66, therefore there are quirky little museums and great restaurants (for such a rural area!).&nbsp;

&nbsp;Plus we are only about an hour's drive from Branson. MO. which is a known tourist attraction.

There is an incredible swimming hole just half a mile up the road. We loved taking our dog there and spending the afternoon relaxing in the refreshing crystal clear water

Oldest resident of the Sanctuary, 36 year old pony "Flicka", with her friends.

Aerial view of Farmland Panoramic from directly over the house. Choice of 4 spaces for parking.

Farmland Panoramic (Horse Friendly)

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Situated atop a ridge in SW MO, on the eastern edge of the great plains just west of the Ozark Mountain foothills, you’ll have beautiful farmland views to the east, south and west, including incredible sunsets over the water of our pond (fish all you want, pull out crappie slabs for dinner). Expect peace and quiet here, with the exception of the occasional mama cow calling to her calf. Great spot to spend the night near the junction of I-49 & I-44. Ride bicycles, kayak on the ponds, take a walk in peace. Small town of Jasper is a few miles away, with RoadHouse Grocery and Liquor store, RV dump stations on both sides of the highway, and 4 fuel stops. Lamar (birthplace of Harry S Truman) is 8 miles north. 

If you're traveling with horses, there is a 1-acre pen available for holding them overnight. It is 6-strand electrified high-tensile wire with a pipe swing gate and a galvanized water tank. There's also a worked arena with small pens to keep horses separate but adjacent to one another upon request. Negative Coggins required. Prairie hay small squares available for purchase. Riding is not allowed. We have 2 horses on site that are vaccinated and Coggins negative. 

We have friendly medium-sized dogs. Yours are welcome to run free with the pack. Expect the usual sniffing around and getting to know one another behavior.

Driveway entrance. Half a mile to the top. Lone maple tree, salvaged metal art on the telephone pole with the number 262.

Bald eagle flew right by the popout window during breakfast!

Migratory birds and waterfowl frequent these farm ponds. Bald eagles are regular visitors, and have surprised hipcampers during a breakfast fly-by.

Buehler Farms Glamp site 1

Working farm on a small bubbling river among fragrant elderberry fields. 

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