Outlet(Melvern)

OUTLET(MELVERN)

Part of Melvern Lake

Overview

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

Facilities

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)

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 limited 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 the 4-mile Tallgrass Heritage Trail, which begins in the campground. 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

  • 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.

Available Activities

  • Day Use Area - Day Use Area
  • Hiking - Hiking
  • Fishing - Fishing
  • Camping - Camping
  • Boating - Boating
  • Birding - Birding
  • Biking - Biking
  • Mountain Biking - Mountain Biking
  • Kayaking - Kayaking
  • Water Access - Water Access
  • Swimming - Swimming

Directions

From US-75, take the Melvern exit. Turn west onto Melvern Lake Parkway and continue 1/4 mile to the cut-off road, then another 1/4-mile west to River Pond Parkway and follow into the campground.

Contact Information

Phone: 785-549-3318

30442 River Pond Parkway
MELVERN, KS 66510

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