ABOUT WEBSTER STATE PARK, HILLTOP CAMPGROUND: “Adjacent to the Solomon River Valley, Webster State Park offers a prairie setting of rolling hills and spacious skies. Visitors often see mule and white-tail deer, turkeys, bobwhite quail, pheasants, and many wildflowers hidden among the mosaic of prairies grasses. The 3,700 acres of open water offer great fishing in Webster Reservoir. From the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism Webster State Park brochure.
Webster State Park’s elevation is 1,892 feet and the Park’s 7 campgrounds offer views of the Webster Reservoir. Five of the campgrounds have boat ramps and there are 3 docks. Fishing by boat or on a bank are very popular here. The Park offers swimming beaches, a sand volleyball court, horseshoe pits, playgrounds, pickleball/basketball courts, an interpretive hiking trail, and an archery range.
Each individual campground offers primitive campsites and picnicking, and they are all open year round, although some campsites will have the water turned off from approximately October 15 to April 15. In total, there are 86 water/electric campsites, 6 electric only campsites, 1 water/electric/sewer campsite, and numerous primitive sites.
Rock Point Campground: 10 water/electric + some primitive sites.
Mushrooms Camping Area: primitive sites only.
Lake View Camping Area: 10 water/electric + some primitive sites.
Old Marina Campground: 1 full hook-up site + 30 water/electric + some primitive sites.
Hill Top Campground: 16 water/electric + some primitive sites.
Eagles Landing Campground: 20 water/electric + some primitive sites.
Goose Flats Campground: 6 electric only + some primitive sites.
Only Rock Point, Lake View, and Old Marina offer shower houses (with toilets).
Only Mushrooms, Lake View, Goose Flats, and Old Marina offer restrooms.
Playgrounds are located in Rock Point and Old Marina only.
There is a dump station between Hill Top and Old Marina Campgrounds. Trash receptacles are near the dump station.
Check in and check out is 2 p.m. There is a fee of $5 per day, per vehicle in addition to the campground rate – we paid $65.75 for 3 nights (plus an additional $30 for the vehicles). The campground roads were in perfect condition, everything was spotlessly clean and appeared relatively new. Most campsites are large and very long – quite nice. Most campgrounds had plenty of trees for shade. Some campsites that were right on the water overlooking the lake had less trees. Hill Top Campground, site #54, is where we stayed. We had a huge campsite and 4 trees. This particular campground was mostly in the open on the top of a hill. Really nice views. Not as private due to the open spaces but when we were here only 4 campers including us occupied the campground. We would stay here again. Very nice State Park.
Webster State Park, Hilltop Campground, Stockton, KS: 1140 Ten Road, Stockton, KS 67669-8834; area office phone (785) 425-6775; regional office phone (785) 628-8614; kdwpt.webstersp@ks.gov or www.ksoutdoors.com.
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