MAYVIEW COMMUNITY CG, Mayview, MO

Mayview Community Campground

RUN BY:   Town of Mayview, MO

LOCATION:  39.054962  -93.836276

Last Visit: 8/25/2018

UTILITIES:  Full Hookups

COST:  $10

DISCOUNTS:  None

OUR RATING (1-5):  Category I.  Score 3+

NOTES:   We are giving this campground a 3+ because, even if it was basically camping in a parking lot, the community was putting a lot of effort into developing a pleasant and affordable place to stay. Actually not really different than most private RV places we’ve seen where you’re as close together as possible to make the maximum use of room.  The community foundation, which is working very hard to revitalize the town, bought the old school. Part of the school is turned into a store, and there are showers and laundry. The camping is in the school parking lot which has been redone to include some grass. We ended up going to the grand opening of a tavern in town. The whole town was there for a barbeque. So good to see people working together to support one another.

Environment:  central Missouri rolling wooded hills.

Amenities:  Full hook-ups with showers, laundry and camp store.

Dump:  N/A

Public Water: N/A 

Toilets: Yes.

Showers:  Yes

Laundry:  Yes

Phone Service: marginal for Verizon 

Nearest Propane:  (unknown)

Location: Interstate-70 in Missouri, take Exit 41 (Highway O) Go north a short distance to North Outer Rd and turn right. Follow this road to Marshall St and turn left. Follow Marshall St to Orchard St, turn right. You will go around a left turn and be on Main St.  Take Main St to Long RD and turn left. Cross the rail road tracks and keep to the right. Follow this street around to the RV park.  

Proximity to shopping: Very little in Mayview. I don't know the nearest shopping area. Sorry. 

Camping Population:  I think we were all travelers who either saw them advertised on the internet or the signs on the interstate.

Sites:   pull-through typical of the average private RV park.

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RATING KEY:    category - score 

Categories:  I - established campgrounds where one might spend a vacation or several days

                    II -  boondocking, dry camping where there are no designated sites and no amenities but

                               one might choose to stay for more than a night.

                    III - over-night areas 

You must remember that we are scoring 1 thru 5 according to things which are important to us: the environment, cost, amenities, location, safety, camping population, site, phone service 

* There are people who are not full-timers and van-dwellers by choice. We try hard not to be demeaning or assume that they are bad people but sadly, as you find in the poorer parts of a city, there seems to be more crime. Many call these people van-dwellers. That isn’t really accurate even though they do often live in vans. We know quite a few van-dwellers who have good incomes, are full-timers by choice and prefer a van to other types of vehicles. To try to show some respect for people who have a difficult lot in life, I’m calling them ‘residential campers’.  It is only when you get a high proportion of residential campers in an area that you find an increase in petty theft, etc.