Open year-round

The Perryville Campground is open year-round. We have an after hours registration box located on the side of the building so you can check in any time day or night.

If you need something from the office, the office hours are 8:00-6:00 Monday, Thursday-Friday and 10:00-6:00 Tuesday and Wednesday. These are our winter office hours and we will expand our hours when the weather warms up.

We have plenty of sites open right now for all the travelers who are passing through on their way to warmer climates so you don't need a reservation. Almost all of our sites are pull-through so you can leave your rig or tow car attached when you park. If you are coming in to visit family and friends in the area, we have plenty of room for longer stays too.

All of our sites have full hookups but this time of year you need to fill your fresh water tank and disconnect your hose from the hydrant so it doesn't freeze.

New Management - Debbie Hammon

Over the past year many of you became familiar with Julie Ellis who managed Perryville Campground during that time. Unfortunately Julie decided to leave us in September and I know many of us will miss her.

Dave and I were both hired by Julie and the owner chose to have me take her place. We both love Perryville Campground and want to make it a place where everyone feels welcome and comfortable.

To give you a little background on us, Dave and I spent 2 years traveling in our RV with his previous employer before settling down here in July, 2009. Dave was hired immediately to help take care of the campground and has thoroughly enjoyed meeting all the campers and working around the park.

While with Dave's previous employer we moved every 8-14 days so we stayed in quite a few RV parks. We stayed in a lot of parks we really enjoyed and others that we couldn't wait to get out of. We hope to incorporate a lot of what we liked in other parks into Perryville Campground to make it even better than it already is.

Julie hired me to work in the office the week before she decided to quit. Now this has given me a little bit of a complex because she turned her notice in the day after I started! I really don't think I was that difficult to train!!!!!

Actually Julie had been wanting to move on before she hired me but did not want to leave the campground in the wrong hands. We spent quite a bit of time talking to Julie whenever we stayed in Perryville Campground and she felt that we would take good care of the campers and the campground. Luckily Kyle, the owner, felt the same way and moved me into her position.

When we aren't working on the campground you will see us out walking with Beau and Katie, our Shepard and Heeler mix. We love animals and our dogs love making new human and canine friends.

We are trying to make the office into a little general store so if you find out you are missing something you need and don't feel like leaving the campground, hopefully you can find it here.

We are looking forward to meeting everyone and would love to hear any suggestions you may have for improving Perryville Campground!

Fall Camping

It is a beautiful day in Southeast Missouri! Days like these just make you want to be outside. We've had several people show up today with just the same attitude.

Fall and spring are my favorite times of the year. There always seems to be a different smell to the air in the fall.

It's wonderful to walk through the fallen leaves listening to them crunch as you step on them or kick them out of the way. The weather is just perfect for taking a walk back on the nature trail.

If you love to fish, it's a perfect time to throw a line or two into our private pond or head to the back of the park and fish in Perryville Lake.

At night it is cool enough to enjoy sitting around the campfire just watching the flames dancing around or visiting with family and friends. There's nothing like cooking hot dogs and roasting marshmallows over a wood fire!!!!

I know a lot of people have already winterized their RVs but for those of you who haven't, jump on these last few beautiful weekends before the cold weather hits and come enjoy everything our park has to offer.

Halloween Weekend

Since Halloween fell on Saturday this year, we decided to celebrate it all weekend with our campers.

Friday night we started out with a bonfire and s'mores. We thank all the people who camped with us and came down to the bonfire to visit and enjoy the s'mores.

Saturday afternoon we had a Dog Costume Contest which was a blast. The dogs were very good natured about wearing their costumes and the owners loved showing them off!

The winner of the costume contest was Taffy the Westie clown. Second place went to Dakota the Husky witch. Third place was a tie between Lucy the Yorkie Poo devil and Adam the Dachsund cowboy.

Saturday evening started off with a hayride down to the lower pavilion. Our handyman Dave drove the tractor even though he had recently suffered a bullet through the head. We thank him for pulling it together and giving all the campers a real treat.

Teresa did a fantastic job of decorating the office and the lower pavilion. She also took care of the games for the little spooks Saturday night and did a terrific job helping to make it all happen. In the top picture you will see her watching over a couple of campers who are roasting hot dogs over the bonfire. Thankfully she did not have a thirst for blood that night so none of the campers went home a pint light.

Sunday we had a pancake, sausage and scrambled egg brunch prepared by Teresa who is a marvelous cook. Thanks to all the campers who came to eat and share their ideas on how we could make our campground better.

Thank you to Kyle too for all the support and freedom he gave us to be able to share this weekend with a lot of wonderful people.

This weekend has inspired us to find different things that campers would enjoy doing with their families.

In the future we are planning to do something special one weekend every month so please check back often to see what's happening at Perryville Campground!