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Two Rivers Campground

A Park Service campground where the Jacks Fork flows into the Current River: reservable sites at the end of Highway V east of Eminence, showers in season, a gravel-bar river access at the campground, and a boat ramp just down the road.

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Two Rivers is named for the meeting itself. The Jacks Fork slides in from the south and gives itself up to the Current River at the north edge of this campground, and the Park Service's own caption for the spot calls it one of the best views in the park. The campground sits between the two rivers at the end of the Highway V approach, close enough to Eminence for supplies and far enough down the side road to feel removed.

Camping here is the developed kind, at least in season: sites for tents and small RVs with picnic tables, fire rings, and grills, paved roads and parking spurs, flush toilets and showers from mid-April to mid-October, and no hookups at any time of year. Two cluster sites take groups of seven to twenty, and simpler sites sit near the gravel bar. Sites are taken by reservation through Recreation.gov. When winter comes the developed services shut down, the campground runs on backcountry terms, and a vault toilet by the boat launch is the facility that stays.

The water sets the schedule. Floaters take out here at the end of the run down from Eminence, 7.3 river miles by the park's float table, and other trips put in here for the middle Current, heading down past Powder Mill toward Van Buren. The bank at the campground is a gravel launch into the confluence, and the park's formal boat ramp, Two Rivers Canoe Access, stands about four-tenths of a mile east on the same road. Between floats, the Current past the campground is swimming and fishing water, and the gravel bar is the evening seat.

Good to know before you go

Fees
Camping fees follow the National Park Service schedule (rates effective April 15, 2022). In peak season (April 15 to October 15) a standard non-electric site is $20 per night, a cluster site is $45 per night, and a backcountry site is $10 per night. In the off-season (October 16 to April 14) fees are reduced, with the standard non-electric rate at $10 per night. Sites are reserved through Recreation.gov, online or at (877) 444-6777, and same-day reservations are available (NPS, March 2025). No fee is charged for river access or day use, and no entrance pass is required anywhere in the park.
Hours and seasons
The campground is open year-round (Recreation.gov). Flush toilets, showers, and drinking water run April 15 to October 15, and some facilities are winterized outside that season; the Park Service notes that Two Rivers becomes a backcountry campground in winter. Campground quiet hours are 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. park-wide. River conditions and flood closures can change access, so check current park conditions before you go.
Parking
Parking is in the campground itself, on paved spurs off the campground loop, with a gravel day-use parking area at the river bank just north-west of the loop. Reaching it (NPS): from Eminence take Highway 106 east about 5.2 miles to Highway V, turn left (north) on Highway V for about 3.0 miles; the campground is on the right where the approach meets the river road (addressed Co Rd 235, Eminence, MO 65466). Google Maps routes it 8.2 road miles and 12 minutes from Eminence. The listing pin (37.189552, -91.276194) is the National Park Service campground place record, within about 3 metres of the Google Maps place record for Two Rivers Campground, on the campground loop at the confluence. A private canoe rental operates immediately beside the campground access; it is a separate business, not part of this listing.
Accessibility
No accessible campsites are listed for this campground in the Recreation.gov facility data. Roads and parking spurs in the campground are paved (Recreation.gov).
Nearest town
Eminence, Missouri
Region
Southeast Missouri
Coordinates
37.189552, -91.276194
Access type
Gravel bank river access at the campground at the confluence, with a separate National Park Service boat ramp (Two Rivers Canoe Access) about 0.4 miles east on County Road 235

What you can do there

  • 22 sites listed on Recreation.gov: standard non-electric sites, tent-only sites, and two cluster sites for groups of 7 to 20 people (up to six tents, or four tents and two RVs, per cluster site); the Park Service fee data also names three backcountry sites near the gravel bar
  • Picnic tables, campfire rings, and grills at the sites; paved roads and parking spurs; no hookups of any kind (Recreation.gov)
  • Flush toilets and showers April 15 to October 15; a vault toilet near the boat launch is available year-round (Recreation.gov)
  • River access at the campground bank, where the Jacks Fork meets the Current River, and the Two Rivers Canoe Access boat ramp about 0.4 miles east on County Road 235 (Google Maps place record, 37.1889284, -91.2690621)
  • The take-out for the Eminence to Two Rivers float (7.3 river miles on the park's float table) and a put-in for the middle Current River below the confluence (National Park Service)
  • Canoeing, tubing, swimming, and fishing on the Current River at the campground (Recreation.gov); the Park Service calls the confluence view here one of the best in the park

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Details last verified 2026-11-09.