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Outlet(Melvern)

Near Melvern, Kansas

Outlet Campground is situated below the Melvern Lake Dam on the eastern edge of the Flint Hills of Kansas. Visitors enjoy the area's wide range of recreational activities, including boating, fishing, hiking and hunting. Find a virtual tour of Melvern Lake at http://www.photographyoptions.net/images/melvern/tour.html

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Outlet(Melvern)

This large campground offers 140 family sites, many of which have full hookups for electric, water and sewer. Two group day-use picnic shelters with electrical hookups are available as well. Several family picnic sites can be used on a first come, first served basis. Amenities include flush and vault toilets, showers, drinking water and a dump station. A boat ramp, accessible dock and fish cleaning station are located on-site. Younger campers love the park's swimming beach, playground and stocked fishing pond, which is open year-round. Click Here for a Virtual Tour (http://www.photographyoptions.net/images/melvern/tour.html)

Need to Know

Special creel and length limits are enforced on the park fishing pond

Failure to be on site within 24 hours of your reservation check-in time will result in a no-show status.

A poilicy of the Corps of Engineers is to require all campers, including camping units, that camping at one or more campsites at any one water resource project for a period longer than 14 days during any 30-consecutive-day period is prohibited.

Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site within a fire ring. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.

Call the Melvern Lake Project Office at 785-549-3318 with additional questions

Melvern Lake virtual tour available at: http://www.photographyoptions.net/images/melvern/tour.html

Reminder that campsites in B-loop do not have firerings, if you would like to bring your own make sure it is off the ground.

Recreation

Melvern Lake impounds nearly 7,000 acres of water on the upper reaches of the Marais des Cygnes River Valley. Boating and swimming are popular activities on the lake.

Anglers will find walleye, crappie, channel and flathead catfish, as well as black, striped, white and smallmouth bass.

The 18,000 acres of land surrounding Melvern Lake provide plentiful hiking and hunting opportunities. Several trails wind around the lake, including the 4-mile Tallgrass Heritage Trail, which begins in the campground. Hunters may find deer, quail, turkeys, ducks, rabbits and squirrels throughout the area.

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aerial view of Outlet CampgroundOutlet Park

Pavilion playground in Outlet Campground

Outlet Park swimming beachSwimming beach

Long Creek Historical Bridge in Outlet Park

B-Loop shower house in Outlet campground

Trail head playground in Outlet Campground

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