Canoeing/Kayaking
One of over 34 Spot2Nite camping activities
Glide across the water and embrace the tranquility of nature at campgrounds and RV parks with canoeing, kayaking, and paddleboarding. Whether you're exploring calm lakes, scenic rivers, or sheltered coastal inlets, these destinations offer ideal launch points for paddlers of all experience levels. Many parks also feature on-site kayak rentals or outfitters nearby, so you can enjoy the water even if you didn’t pack your gear.
RV parks and campgrounds with Canoeing/Kayaking near Clinton, Illinois.
4.5
Muncie RV Resort
40 RV Sites, 2 Cabins, 10 Tent Sites, 2 Yurts
Muncie RV Resort in Anderson, Indiana, sits along a mile of White River frontage in Madison County — a campground with spacious full-hookup RV sites, cabin accommodations, and direct river access in north-central Indiana's Mounds State Park corridor, giving guests the combination of developed resort infrastructure and immediate natural river character that the White River's wooded Anderson-area banks provide in the agricultural Indiana landscape between Indianapolis and Muncie. The resort's White River position in the Tipton Till Plain's modest but genuinely pleasant wooded river valley creates the specific camping setting that distinguishes a riverfront property from the surrounding flat Indiana agricultural landscape's typical campground environment. Spacious full-hookup RV sites and cabin accommodations give guests the complete accommodation range from self-contained RV travelers to guests arriving without equipment for the Madison County outdoor and cultural experience. The mile of White River frontage gives the resort its defining natural amenity — river fishing, morning walks along the bank, and the sound of moving water that river-adjacent camping specifically provides — in a stretch of the White River that the surrounding conservation land and the nearby Mounds State Park's protected corridor keep in a natural character appropriate to its proximity to a major Indiana metropolitan market. Pets are welcome. Mounds State Park, immediately east of Anderson in Madison County, preserves 10 earthwork mounds built by the Adena and Hopewell cultures between 160 BCE and 1200 CE — the most accessible and most historically significant prehistoric earthwork site in Indiana, where the Great Mound's 9-foot height and 384-foot-circumference ridge earthwork represents a specific ceremonial landscape whose astronomical alignments and geometric precision reflect sophisticated cosmological knowledge. The park's 10 miles of hiking trails through forested ravines along the White River's scenic character give the historic site a natural recreation dimension that extends the visit well beyond the earthworks' historical interpretation. Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, 30 miles southwest of Anderson in Hamilton County's Noblesville, is the most immersive and most visited living history museum in Indiana — a Smithsonian Institution affiliate where costumed interpreters in the 1836 Prairietown village and the Civil War Journey exhibit engage visitors in first-person historical encounters that the museum's research-driven authenticity standards make more substantive than typical living history presentations. The adjacent Balloon Flight experience above the Hamilton County countryside provides an aerial perspective on the Indiana landscape that gives Conner Prairie a physical adventure dimension alongside its educational programming. Muncie RV Resort serves guests year-round in north-central Indiana's four-season climate, with the spring and summer season from May through September providing the most comfortable White River outdoor recreation conditions and the fall foliage season adding color to the river corridor's hardwood forest from October through early November. Indianapolis, 40 miles southwest, provides the major metropolitan entertainment access — the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the May racing season, the Children's Museum of Indianapolis (the world's largest children's museum), and the Indianapolis Symphony's Hilbert Circle Theatre programming — that gives the Anderson campground base a practical metropolitan day-trip dimension. Reserve sites ahead for the Indianapolis 500 in May and any major Madison County event weekends when north-central Indiana camping demand fills available accommodation.
from $27/night
4.5
Meramec Campground
30 RV Sites
Meramec Campground in Stanton, Missouri, operates year-round along the Meramec River corridor in Franklin County — a campground positioned where the river's spring-fed limestone clarity, the forested Ozark foothills terrain, and the proximity of one of Missouri's most dramatic cave systems combine to create a multi-day outdoor destination within the comfortable driving orbit of the St. Louis metro area. The campground's setting on the Meramec, a river known for its exceptional transparency and the cave systems that the region's limestone geology produces throughout the watershed, gives guests immediate access to the kind of outdoor character that draws generations of Missouri families back to this specific stretch of Ozark river country. RV sites, rustic cabins, deluxe cabins, and tent camping spots give guests a range of accommodation options appropriate to the full spectrum of camping preferences from fully self-contained motorhome travel to the basic tent-on-ground experience that the Meramec's wooded riverbanks have provided Missouri campers since before the highway era. Hiking trails through the surrounding Ozark hillside terrain, biking on the regional trail network, and canoeing on the Meramec from camp deliver three genuinely distinct outdoor activity channels that sustain multi-day stays without exhausting the nearby options. Pets are welcome throughout. Meramec Caverns, just miles from the campground, is one of Missouri's most visited natural attractions — a cave complex with decorated formations developed over centuries of guided tourism, offering one of the most accessible cave experiences in the Midwest in a setting where the geology of the Ozark karst is presented at spectacular scale. The cave's temperature holds at 60 degrees year-round, making it a particularly welcome afternoon destination on hot Missouri summer days. Boone's Lick State Historic Site, associated with the salt lick operations of Daniel Boone's sons, adds a historical excursion option that connects the Meramec region to Missouri's earliest Euro-American settlement era. Six Flags St. Louis, within driving range of the campground, provides the full-scale theme park experience for families whose camping trip itinerary includes a dedicated thrill-ride day. Meramec State Park, a few miles east, encompasses the river's most protected Ozark woodland terrain with canoe rentals, cave tours, and the spring-fed swimming and float experience that defines a Missouri Ozarks summer outing. The Meramec's water character — spring-clear over gravel and limestone through the park's forested corridor — offers the textbook Ozark float trip accessible without a major outfitter logistics operation. Meramec Campground's year-round operation gives guests access through Missouri's full four-season calendar, with summer float season and fall foliage representing the two peak periods. The river corridor's hardwood and shortleaf pine mix produces consistently rewarding October color, and the Meramec's spring clarity — before summer algae builds in the slower pools — gives early-season canoe trips exceptional underwater visibility. Reserve ahead for summer float season and Labor Day weekend, when the Stanton-area Meramec campgrounds fill from the St. Louis day-trip and weekend market that the river has drawn for over a century.
from $52/night
5.0
Sweet Minihaha Campground
26 RV Sites, 50 Tent Sites
Sweet Minihaha Campground in Brodhead, Wisconsin, is a riverside family campground with RV and tent sites on the Sugar River, and kayak rentals available on site. Sites accommodate rigs up to 27 feet, which makes this a better fit for smaller trailers and vans than for big coaches. The campground sits in Green County on US-14, about an hour south of Madison. RV sites take rigs to 27 feet, and tent sites serve campers who want the riverbank without hauling a trailer. Facilities are deliberately simple: bathrooms on site, firewood available, and recycling provided. Guests who need full hookups or extensive infrastructure should note that this is a riverside campground rather than a resort, and it is priced and equipped accordingly. The Sugar River is the reason to come. Kayak rentals are available on site, and the river's flatwater character makes it forgiving for paddlers of any experience level — a genuine advantage over the faster Wisconsin rivers to the north. Fishing and canoeing round out the water recreation. The Sugar River State Trail, a 23-mile rail-trail crossing five historic river bridges between New Glarus and Brodhead, runs close by for cyclists and, in winter, cross-country skiers. Pets are welcome. New Glarus is nine miles north on WI-69 — the most authentically Swiss village in the Midwest, founded in 1845, home to the New Glarus Brewing Company and the Wilhelm Tell outdoor drama each September. Monroe, 14 miles southwest, is the Swiss cheese capital of the United States and hosts Cheese Days in even-numbered years. Sweet Minihaha runs from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Summer river recreation and rail-trail cycling drive peak demand, and the fall cheese-country touring season follows through October and November. Reserve ahead for summer weekends and for the Wilhelm Tell and Cheese Days event dates.
from $43/night
5.0
Elkhart RV Resort
36 RV Sites, 22 Cabins, 4 Tent Sites
Elkhart RV Resort in Granger, Indiana, provides full-service RV and camping accommodations in St. Joseph County's northwestern Indiana landscape — a campground positioned at the intersection of South Bend's urban amenities, the University of Notre Dame's nationally significant cultural and athletic presence, and the broader northern Indiana recreation corridor that encompasses Amish country, the St. Joseph River, and the Indiana Dunes coast along Lake Michigan's southern shore. Granger's suburban position adjacent to South Bend gives the resort a practical accessibility that suits both through-travelers on the Michigan-to-Indiana highway corridor and destination guests arriving specifically for the Notre Dame experience. Full-hookup RV sites, premium tent sites, and cabin accommodations give guests a range of lodging options within a well-maintained campground that takes practical hospitality seriously — an on-site restaurant provides sit-down dining without requiring a vehicle trip to town, a convenience store handles snack and supply needs between outings, and free Wi-Fi, clean restrooms, and showers address the daily infrastructure needs of guests on extended stays. A swimming pool provides warm-weather recreation on camp, and the playground serves traveling families with younger guests. Pets are welcome. The University of Notre Dame in South Bend, three miles south of Granger, is one of the most architecturally distinctive and culturally significant university campuses in the United States — the Golden Dome, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Touchdown Jesus, and the broader campus's Gothic and collegiate landscape are worth a walking tour independent of any game-day visit. Notre Dame football home game weekends are among the most intensely anticipated events in the college football calendar and drive accommodation demand across all of northern Indiana's capacity — campground sites for home game weekends require advance reservation months ahead. Shipshewana, LaGrange County's Amish community hub approximately 40 miles east of Granger, is the center of one of the largest Amish settlements in the United States and provides a genuinely different pace and character from the South Bend area's urban energy — the Shipshewana Flea Market, horse-drawn buggy traffic, and the handcraft tradition of the LaGrange County Amish community have made the area one of Indiana's most consistently visited tourist destinations. The Indiana Dunes National Park on Lake Michigan's southern shore, accessible west of South Bend, adds one of the most surprisingly dramatic landscapes in the Midwest to the day-trip roster. Elkhart RV Resort operates through the Indiana camping season, with the combination of Notre Dame football in September through November and the broader Amish country tourism through spring and fall creating a multi-season demand structure that distinguishes northern Indiana campgrounds from purely summer-seasonal operations. Notre Dame home game weekends require the earliest advance planning of any campground booking in northern Indiana. The summer recreation season — Lake Michigan beaches, the Indiana Dunes National Park, and South Bend's River Lights district — drives June through August peak demand through a different visitor demographic than the football and Amish country audiences.
from $45/night
5.0
Blue Springs Ranch
142 RV Sites, 33 Cabins, 65 Tent Sites
Blue Springs Ranch in Bourbon, Missouri, offers 142 RV sites, 33 cabins, and 65 tent sites on a spring-fed Ozarks property in Crawford County, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 65 feet. A zip line, horseback riding, kayak and boat rentals, and spring-fed swimming run on site, and the ranch is open all year. One hundred forty-two sites run in back-in, water-and-electric back-in, and pull-through configurations carrying 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 65 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Thirty-three cabins and 65 tent sites make this one of the larger and more varied properties in the Missouri Ozarks. A general store, laundry, dump station, RV storage, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The spring water is the difference. Constant clear cold water feeds the creek and ponds, setting the ranch apart from the warm-water lake resorts that dominate Missouri summer camping. Swimming, kayaking, paddle boats, boating, and fishing all run from the property, with kayak and boat rentals on site, plus a zip line, horseback riding, paddle boarding, an outdoor pool, and a beach. A playground, pavilion, and barn round out the grounds, with planned activities through the season and strong birding in the surrounding timber. The ranch also operates as a wedding venue. Pets are welcome. You can reserve a cabin or campsite any time of year, and groups can be accommodated year-round with notice. Note that floating and trail rides close from October 31 through April 15 — worth checking if either is central to your trip. Summer is peak for the spring-fed water. Reserve well ahead.