Turkey Point
TURKEY POINT
Part of Melvern Lake
Overview
Turkey Point Campground is situated on Melvern Lake 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
Facilities
The campground offers two group camps. One offers a group campsite with basic amenities, a pit privy, and a shelter with a grill, water, and electricity.
The second offers 12 camp pads with 50 amp electric and water utilities, a restroom, a shelter with grill, and a playground.
There are 43 family campsites, many with water and electric hook-ups, throughout the park. Several family picnic sites are available on a first-come-first-served basis.
Amenities include flush and vault toilets, showers, drinking water and a dump station. A boat ramp, dock, fish cleaning station and three playgrounds all provide additional recreation opportunities.
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Natural Features
The Flint Hills represent America's last expanse of intact tallgrass prairie, made up of big bluestem, switchgrass and Indian grass. The rolling hills on the south side of the lake are wooded, and the campground has scattered trees and some shade.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 a 1 mile trail located in the campground connecting to the day-use area. Hunters may find deer, quail, turkeys, ducks, rabbits and squirrels throughout the area.Contact Info
For local information, please call (877) 444-6777 or call (785) 549-3318 for general information.Important Notices
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.
- Under the new reservation system, the Lakeview Group Camp (LVGC) is listed in the TURKEY POINT loop. The Turkey Point Group Camp (TPGC) is listed under loop TPT4.
- Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
- Call the Melvern Lake Project Office at 785-549-3318 with additional questions.
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Generators are allowed on nonelectric sites until quiet hours begin at 10 PM.
Available Activities
- HUNTING - Hunting
- FISHING - Fishing
- CAMPING - Camping
- BOATING - Boating
Directions
From Osage City, Kansas, take K-170 south. Turn east onto 301st Street and continue 2 miles. Turn south onto Indian Hills Road and proceed about a mile to Turkey Point Parkway. Follow into the campground.
Contact Information
Phone: 785-549-3318
30967 Turkey Point ParkwayOsage City, KS 66523
Rental Options
Available Campsites
- Site 20, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 15, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 10, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 33, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 04, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 45GC-A, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 38, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 02, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 01, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site TPGC, Loop TPT4, Type Group Standard Nonelectric
- Site 46, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 13, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 34, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 28, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 40, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 08, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 18, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 29, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 30, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 37, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 21, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 12, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 14, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 45GC, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 06, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 43, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 17, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 27, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 22, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 03, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 23, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 32, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 47, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 41, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 49, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 05, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 09, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 36, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site LVGC, Loop TURKEY POINT, Type Group Standard Electric
- Site 44, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 50, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 16, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 39, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 24, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 07, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 25, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 35, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 31, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
- Site 26, Loop TPOI, Type Standard Electric
