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Only 23 openings in the last 90 days: not enough recent activity for a reliable pattern. A free Campsite Sniper alert watches around the clock instead, and pings you the moment one opens.
Of the 1,860 tracked site-dates (Nov 2, 2026 – May 3, 2027): 1,214 open for online reservation · 64 reserved · 165 on sites not offered for online reservation (first-come, first-served or administrative) · 417 closed. Of the facility's 30 monitored sites, 25 can be reserved online and 5 are first-come, first-served.
Of the open site-nights on mapped sites, 527 fall on weekdays and 625 on weekends (Fri–Sun). The split covers the 1,152 open site-nights on mapped sites; 1,214 site-dates are open across all monitored inventory.
April holds the most room. 586 of 900 site-dates are still open there.
| Window | Night | Sites open | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving | THU Nov 26 | 24 | Open |
| FRI Nov 27 | 24 | Open | |
| SAT Nov 28 | 24 | Open | |
| Christmas | THU Dec 24 | 0 | None open |
| FRI Dec 25 | 0 | None open | |
| New Year | THU Dec 31 | 0 | None open |
| FRI Jan 1 | 0 | None open | |
| Memorial Day | FRI May 28 | 0 | None open |
| SAT May 29 | 0 | None open | |
| SUN May 30 | 0 | None open | |
| MON May 31 | 0 | None open |
Thanksgiving: 24 sites are available for the complete three-night stay. Christmas: no online availability on any tracked night. New Year: no online availability on any tracked night. Memorial Day: no online availability on any tracked night.
| Window | Date | Units open | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving | THU Nov 26 | 1 | Open |
| FRI Nov 27 | 1 | Open | |
| SAT Nov 28 | 1 | Open | |
| Christmas | THU Dec 24 | 0 | None open |
| FRI Dec 25 | 0 | None open | |
| New Year | THU Dec 31 | 0 | None open |
| FRI Jan 1 | 0 | None open | |
| Memorial Day | FRI May 28 | 0 | None open |
| SAT May 29 | 0 | None open | |
| SUN May 30 | 0 | None open | |
| MON May 31 | 0 | None open |
Thanksgiving: 1 day-use unit is available for all three dates. Christmas: no online availability on any tracked date. New Year: no online availability on any tracked date. Memorial Day: no online availability on any tracked date.
| Site | Open site-nights |
|---|---|
| 001 | 62 |
| 005 | 62 |
| 006 | 62 |
| 007 | 62 |
| 008 | 62 |
The 5 sites with the most open site-nights in the current snapshot. Pair a bookable date with a free alert to cover everything else.
| Unit | Open reservation dates |
|---|---|
| P06 | 62 |
This day-use unit currently has 62 reservation dates available.
The next bookable night is Nov 2; the first open weekend starts Nov 6. Campsite Sniper can watch later dates for you.
29 overnight sites and 1 day-use unit are represented in the current inventory. Day-use inventory is excluded from every night-based figure on this page — site-nights, longest runs, multi-night stays, holiday stays and RV fit; its reservation dates are listed separately below.
Multi-night stays. 111 2-night, 110 3-night, 34 7-night openings where a single site is free for every night, per Campsite Sniper's current snapshot — soonest Nov 2 at site 001.
RV length. Longest recorded site here is 80 ft. 19 sites take 25 ft, 17 sites take 35 ft, 17 sites take 40 ft.
| Site | Max RV | Hookups | Open site-nights | Longest run | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 45 ft | Yes | 62 | 33 nights | Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13 +50 more |
| 005 | 48 ft | Yes | 62 | 33 nights | Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13 +50 more |
| 006 | 80 ft | Yes | 62 | 33 nights | Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13 +50 more |
| 007 | 48 ft | Yes | 62 | 33 nights | Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13 +50 more |
| 008 | 51 ft | Yes | 62 | 33 nights | Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13 +50 more |
| 009 | 51 ft | Yes | 62 | 33 nights | Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13 +50 more |
| 020 | 58 ft | Yes | 62 | 33 nights | Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13 +50 more |
| 023 | 75 ft | Yes | 62 | 33 nights | Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13 +50 more |
| 026 | 70 ft | Yes | 62 | 33 nights | Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13 +50 more |
| 003 | 51 ft | Yes | 60 | 33 nights | Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13, Nov 14, Nov 15 +48 more |
| 004 | 51 ft | Yes | 60 | 33 nights | Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13, Nov 14, Nov 15 +48 more |
| 002 | 33 ft | Yes | 59 | 33 nights | Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13, Nov 14 +47 more |
| 025 | 60 ft | Yes | 56 | 33 nights | Nov 2, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 13, Nov 14, Nov 15, Nov 16, Nov 17, Nov 18, Nov 19 +44 more |
| 019 | 60 ft | Yes | 53 | 33 nights | Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 15, Nov 16, Nov 17, Nov 18, Nov 19, Nov 20, Nov 21, Nov 22 +41 more |
| 024 | 70 ft | Yes | 48 | 29 nights | Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13 +36 more |
| 018 | 60 ft | Yes | 34 | 16 nights | Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 18, Nov 19, Nov 20, Nov 21, Nov 22, Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27 +22 more |
| 010 | 54 ft | None | 28 | 4 nights | Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 13, Nov 14, Nov 15, Nov 20, Nov 21, Nov 22, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28 +16 more |
| 011 | 54 ft | None | 28 | 4 nights | Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 13, Nov 14, Nov 15, Nov 20, Nov 21, Nov 22, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28 +16 more |
| 015 | 20 ft | None | 28 | 4 nights | Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 13, Nov 14, Nov 15, Nov 20, Nov 21, Nov 22, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28 +16 more |
| 016 | 19 ft | None | 28 | 4 nights | Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 13, Nov 14, Nov 15, Nov 20, Nov 21, Nov 22, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28 +16 more |
| 017 | 20 ft | None | 28 | 4 nights | Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 13, Nov 14, Nov 15, Nov 20, Nov 21, Nov 22, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28 +16 more |
| 021 | 20 ft | None | 28 | 4 nights | Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 13, Nov 14, Nov 15, Nov 20, Nov 21, Nov 22, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28 +16 more |
| 027 | 20 ft | None | 28 | 4 nights | Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 13, Nov 14, Nov 15, Nov 20, Nov 21, Nov 22, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28 +16 more |
| 028 | 25 ft | None | 28 | 4 nights | Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 13, Nov 14, Nov 15, Nov 20, Nov 21, Nov 22, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28 +16 more |
| Unit | Open reservation dates | Consecutive dates | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| P06 | 62 | 33 dates | Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13 +50 more |
Riverside Campground is located on the Smoky Hill River just downstream from Kanopolis Lake in central Kansas, 30 miles southwest of Salina. Kanopolis Lake, one of the state's oldest lakes, provides many outdoor activities, including boating, fishing and hunting.
Riverside Campground offers 24 campsites, 16 with electric and water hookups and 8 primitive campsites. Other amenities include flush toilets, drinking water, showers, a playground, dump station and direct river access. During the peak season (May 15- Sep 15) all camping payments will be made directly to Recreation 1 Stop. Below is the proper procedure when arriving at Riverside: 1.If Reservation is made prior to arrival, proceed to reserved site and have reservation number available for proof of payment. 2.If arriving without a reservation do the following: -Select Campsite (Reservations are not posted. Do not set up on site until payment is made) -Visit www.recreation.gov or call 1-877-444-6777 to check availability and pay for camping fees. -Record you reservation number for proof of payment -Set up on Campsite
The campground is situated on the wooded riverside where wildlife is abundant. Whitetail deer, Great Blue Heron, Quail, Turkey, Rabbits, Squirrels and a wide variety of waterfowl are commonly seen. Sandstone bluffs, rolling hills, and vast, open prairie lands surround the lake.
The Fort Harker Museum in Kanopolis and the Rogers Art Gallery and Museum in Ellsworth both portray the settlement of the American West. Kanopolis State Park, Kansas' first, offers numerous trails for hiking, biking and equestrian activities. The park also has additional boating, fishing, and picnicking areas.
From Salina, KS: Take HWY 140 19 miles west to HWY 141. Travel 14 miles south on 141, then 1/2 mile east on Riverside Drive. Look for signs to the park. From Ellsworth, KS: Take HWY 140 15 miles east to HWY 141. Travel 14 miles South on Hwy 141. Travel 1/2 mile East on Riverside Drive and look for signs to the park. From Lindsborg, KS: Take HWY 4 approximately 15 miles west to HWY 141. Travel 3 miles north, then 1/2 mile east on Riverside Drive and look for signs to the park.
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Reservations for Riverside (KS) are made through Recreation.gov. 1,214 of 1,860 tracked site-dates are currently open (65.3%). Campsite Sniper has also detected 23 site openings here in the last 90 days, so further dates may appear. Pick a site or unit on the map to see its calendar, or set a free Campsite Sniper alert. You complete the reservation yourself on Recreation.gov.
No. Campsite Sniper sends alerts and direct Recreation.gov links. It never books, pays for, holds, hoards, or resells reservations.
Campsite Sniper re-checks public Recreation.gov availability for this facility every hour and republishes whenever anything changes. This facility's data last changed at Nov 2, 2026 18:20 UTC; an older timestamp means nothing has changed since that time, not that checking stopped. Always confirm final availability on Recreation.gov when you book.
Campsite Sniper detected 23 site-date openings here over the last 90 days, none in the last 7. A free alert watches around the clock and pings you the moment one appears.
110 three-night openings are showing, counting only runs where the SAME site is free for all three nights. The soonest starts Nov 2 at site 001. Confirm and book on Recreation.gov.
17 of the 24 sites that support RV analysis have a recorded maximum of 35 ft or more; the longest recorded is 80 ft.
April 2027, with 586 open site-dates in the current snapshot of 900.
As of the Nov 2, 2026 snapshot: the next open date is Mon, Nov 2 and the next open weekend starts Fri, Nov 6. Detected openings can add earlier dates at any time; a free Campsite Sniper alert catches those the moment they appear.
Lakefront, hookups, your RV length, weekends only - set it as picky as you want.
We run paced availability checks for Riverside (KS). One watch covers every matching online-reservable site.
When a match opens, you get a push with a Recreation.gov link so you can review and book it yourself.
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