Dam Site

Dam Site Campground is located on the upstream side of John Redmond Dam and Reservoir in the hills of Kansas. This 168-acre park offers countless water sports and activities for outdoor enthusiasts. John Redmond Reservoir, around 30,000 acres total, provides excellent fishing and hunting; white crappie, white bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish and various sunfish can be found in abundance. Several trails wind through the hills and along the shore, and the Otter Creek ATV area at the west end of the dam provides 140 acres of trails for dirt bikes and ATVs, open sunrise to sunset. The campground features 21 individual campsites, a playground, two day use shelter houses, a shower house and two CXTs, plus two boat ramps: a single lane with courtesy dock, and a double lane. John Redmond Reservoir sits in the broad Neosho River Valley. The rolling hills afford the visitor acres of agriculture and grassland, with vast fields of wheat and corn, and large areas of bluestem, Indian grass and switch grass. The lower areas provide a wooded cover of elm, black walnut, hickory, ash, hackberry, cottonwood and cedar. The nearby town of Burlington, Kansas provides gas, grocery and hospital services.