Coeur D'Alene
Coeur d'Alene Campground is situated on Melvern Lake on the eastern edge of the Flint Hills of Kansas. Visitors come for 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
The campground offers 47 campsites, 33 of which have electric hookups. Site 1 is an accessible site with 50-amp electric, water and sewer hookups. Sites 2-8, 34-43, 50 and 55 have 30-amp electric with water hookups. Sites 44-49, 51-54 and 56-60 are basic 30-amp electric. Two group day-use picnic shelters with electric 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, dock, marina and fish cleaning station are located on-site, as are an overlook, two nature trails, three playgrounds and a swim beach.
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Need to Know
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. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
- For further questions, please call the Melvern Lake Project Office at 785-549-3318.
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Generators are allowed on nonelectric sites until quiet hours begin at 10 PM.
Natural Features
The Flint Hills represent America's last expanse of intact tallgrass prairie, made up mainly of big bluestem, switchgrass and Indian grass. The rolling hills on the south side of the lake are somewhat wooded, but trees and shade are sparse within the campground.
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 fish for walleye, crappie, channel and flathead catfish, black bass, white bass, striped and smallmouth bass. The 18,000 acres of land surrounding Melvern Lake provide plentiful hiking and hunting opportunities. The two trails that join the campground are the Breakwater Trail and the 4 mile Tall Grass Heritage Trail which connects Coeur d' Alene Campground to Arrow Rock Campground. Hunters may find deer, quail, turkeys, ducks, rabbits and squirrels throughout the area.
Contact Information
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31408 Coeur dAlene Parkway MELVERN KS 66510
Phone Number
For campground inquiries, please call: 785-549-3318
Rental Options
Learn more about gear rental options for your trip
Driving Directions
From US-75, take the Melvern Exit and travel 2 miles south on Melvern Lake Parkway, then 1 mile northwest on Coeur d'Alene Parkway (campground road).
Available Campsites
- Site 55, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 43, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 02, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 60, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 41, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 01, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 29, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 46, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 08, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site Overlook Shelter, Loop Beach Loop, Type Group Shelter Electric
- Site 34, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 14, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 47, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 07, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 09, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 30, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 39, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 31, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 59, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 06, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 45, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 10, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 36, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 04, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 26, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 24, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 57, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 56, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 50, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 05, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site Coeur d'Alene Shelter, Loop Day Use Loop, Type Group Shelter Electric
- Site 52, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 23, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 25, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 42, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 38, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 37, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 32, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 13, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 51, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 12, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 58, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 40, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 54, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 49, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 27, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 35, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 11, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 03, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
- Site 44, Loop CDEA, Type Standard Electric
