Highway K
October 2026
About
Overview
Campers looking to enjoy a scenic stay on the clear waters of the Black River, will enjoy the calming riverside atmosphere at Highway K Park.
Recreation
Fishing and canoeing are very popular on the river, where campers also enjoy wading out into the clear waters during warmer months.
Facilities
The campground offers 83 sites, including many with electric hookups and some sites with water hookups. Additional amenities include a dump station, hot showers, a picnic shelter and playground.
Natural Features
Highway K is a few miles upstream of Clearwater Lake on the Black River. Campsites extended over both sides of the river bank, in a lush, wooded area of mixed hardwoods.
Nearby Attractions
The Elephant Rocks State Park, Johnson Shut-ins State Park, and the historic Civil War site at Fort Davidson State Park make for an interesting, scenic day trip.
Amenities
Phone: 573-223-7777 (CLEARWATER LAKE PROJECT OFFICE) 573-558-2202 (HIGHWAY K GATEHOUSE)
Is HIGHWAY K fully booked?
A campground showing no availability is almost never full for good. People cancel — plans change, weather turns, someone books three weekends and keeps one — and the site goes straight back into the booking system, usually without warning and often at odd hours. The reason sold-out campgrounds feel impossible is not that sites never free up; it is that nobody is watching at the moment they do.
CampHawk watches HIGHWAY K in Annapolis, MO for you. We recheck it every 15 seconds, around the clock, and the moment a site opens we send a text, an email and a push notification — and on Recreation.gov we can put the site straight into your cart, so it is held while you get to your phone.
Searching is free and needs no account — the calendar above is live right now. Watching HIGHWAY K for cancellations is the paid part.