COEUR D'alene, Kansas Campground Photos, Directions & Reservations

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Overview

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

Facilities

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. 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 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.

Recreation Sites

• Standard Electric
• Standard Nonelectric
• Group Shelter Electric
• Overnight
• Day

Activities

• Swimming Site
• Hiking
• Camping
• Boating

Amenities

• Beach Access
• Boat Dock
• Boat Ramp
• Day Use Area
• Dump Station
• Emergency Services
• Entrance Station
• Lake Access
• Marina
• Picnic Tables
• Playground
• Trailheads
• Vault Toilets
• Water (Seasonal)
• Accessible Occupant Message
• Accessibility
• Electricity Hookup
• Sewer Hookup
• Water Hookup
• Water Hookups
• Shade
• Electricity
• Volleyball Courts
• BBQ
• Paved Parking
• Horseshoe Pit

Directions and Contact Information

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).

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.
• Melvern Lake virtual tour available at: http://www.photographyoptions.net/images/melvern/tour.html
• Generators are allowed on nonelectric sites until quiet hours begin at 10 PM.

Location Map

Latitude 38° 29′ 51.3701″ N
Longitude 95° 43′ 4.4800″ W

Mailing Address

31408 Coeur dAlene Parkway
MELVERN, KS 66510

Phone Number

For local information, please call (877) 444-6777 or call (785) 549-3318 for general information.

Additional Information

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Kansas State Tourism
Kansas State Road Conditions