In celebration of National Camping Week, you can visit these campgrounds
As the summer temperatures rise, you get the chance to enjoy the outdoors without the worry of cold temperatures and bundling up to stay warm.
National Camping Month and National Camping Week are nearing their end, but you have the rest of summer to get outdoors and enjoy Mother Nature.
Those who go camping should make sure to have plenty of freshwater or a freshwater source, pack waterproof matches, include sunblock and more for your camping experience, the National Day calendar recommends. Campers should also pack fruits, vegetables and meats separately and keep chilled in a cooler.
We rounded up a list of campsites available for outdoor activities in the Topeka area. Most campsites include parking spaces for RVs and cabins to rent.
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Lake Shawnee Campground
On the Lake Shawnee Campgrounds, 3435 S.E. East Edge Road, has 114 campsites available. Electricity is provided to each site year-round. Tent-only camping is permitted for sites D-14-16, with two tents allowed per campsite. Tent-only campers may stay up to five nights per reservation.
A north bath house and a south bath house are located at the campground. Each bath house includes showers, bathrooms and a laundry area for campers.
Capital City/Topeka KOA Journey Camp
The Capital City/ Topeka KOA is the largest campground in the Topeka area, its website said. The site is located at 1949 S.W. 49th St. and is open all year to campers.
The site offers RV parking with free cable TV and internet access. Open tent sites are also available with three different rental options. The cabin sleeps four, as well as the deluxe cabin, while the site's bunkhouse sleeps six people.
Perry State Park
Perry State Park in Ozawkie offers four different modern cabins for reservations. All four cabins are equipped with full-size bathrooms and showers, full-size beds with dressers, cleaning supplies, stove, a dining table and more.
Pets aren't allowed inside the cabins.
Kaw River State Park
The Kaw has 19 boat ramps on public land to allow access to the river, friends of the Kaw said. Between those ramps, most of the adjoining land is privately owned, which makes the riverbanks private but the river itself public space.
The high-water mark is the line that delineates private and public spaces, where the riverbed meets the permanent vegetation on the banks.
Friends of the Kaw recommend camping with an experienced river camper or group. They also recommend checking the river level and reservoir release schedule upstream of your campsite and to check the weather forecast as rain in the watershed will raise the river level.
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Milford State Park
Milford State Park, located northwest of Junction City, offers its Cedar Point campground with seven primitive camping options.
Milford is popular for its opportunity to observe wildlife and fishing of crappie, largemouth bass, white bass, catfish, smallmouth bass and more. Quail, pheasant, prairie chicken, duck, rabbit, turkey, deer and other animals are popular for hunters.
Keishera Lately is the business reporter for the Topeka Capital-Journal. She can be reached at klately@cjonline.com. Follow her on Twitter @Lately_KT.
This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: For National Camping Week and beyond, visit Topeka-area campgrounds
