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In the event of needing assistance with an issue when the office is closed during the week or weekend, please find a Camp Host in the park. Our camp-host for River Pond Area are located right by the east gatehouse as you come in by the archery range or right by the camp store. Our camp-host for the Rocky Ford area are located right across from site 119 and the trail head. Our camp-host for Cedar Ridge area are located in front of the cabins and next to the swing set. Our camp-host for Fancy Creek are located right next to the vault bathroom by Hidden Hallow Loop Campground. Our camp-host for South Randolph are located next to site 211 and across from the shower building. Our camp-host will be able to answer any of your questions or get in contact with a maintenance personal or Park Ranger to handle any issues. In the event of an emergency, call 911.
Tuttle Creek State Park in northeast Kansas is composed of five units (River Pond, Rocky Ford, Cedar Ridge, Fancy Creek and Randolph) that make up the 1,200 - acre park. Electric and water hookups, a swimming beach, boat ramps, courtesy docks, and dump stations are available. Campgrounds River Pond and Rocky Ford contain 159 water/electric campsites, 8 electric/water/sewer campsites, and 200 primitive campsites. Fancy Creek campgrounds have 24 electric-only campsites and 200 primitive campsites. Randolph Area horse campground has 20 electric-only campsites with community water hydrants scattered throughout the sites and 50 primitive campsites. Cedar Ridge has 50 primitive campsites.
Eleven cabins are offered at Tuttle Creek State Park with seven being located in the River Pond Area and four being located in the Cedar Ridge Area. Each cabin offers a full-size bed in the bedroom, a full kitchen with basic pots and pans, table service for six, a full bathroom, heating, A/C, and an outdoor area has charcoal grill, picnic table, and fire pit. Reservations can be made 364 days out of the year by contacting the park office or online through reserveamerica.com, kshuntfishcamp.com, and the new CampItKS app.
Numerous nature trails, a mountain biking trail, and a scenic equestrian trail offer explorers a variety of routes to experience the aesthetic Flint Hills environment. Scenic picnic areas, an 18-hole disc golf course, volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, and conveniently placed restrooms and shower facilities to accommodate park visitors. The state-of-the-art Fancy Creek Shooting Range is open the first and third full weekends of each month. The Luke Nihart archery range is at River Pond Area and open daylight hours. Archers provide their own equipment. The River Pond Area has a swimming beach.
Excellent channel cat and flathead fishing is available in the lake and in the river above and below the lake. Fair numbers of bass are caught near standing timber and brush piles, and saugeye can be taken off the face of the dam as well as in the river below. During the Spring there is ample opportunity to catch master angler white bass and crappie. Trout are stocked in Willow Lake during the Fall and Winter. The 12,000-acre wildlife area adjacent to the park offers excellent hunting and wildlife watching opportunities.
Tuttle Creek has eleven cabins that are available for rental; view all information about the cabins. To reserve any Tuttle Creek cabins or any campsites, contact the park office at 785-539-7941 or go to the to Reserve America.
Long term campsites are available in April to November in the River Pond campground and available in April to October in the Rocky Ford campground, contact the park office for more information.
Firewood and bagged ice are available at our park office and gatehouses during the week and on the weekend, it is available at our gatehouses and camp store. Both items are supplied by the Friends Group of Tuttle Creek State Park.
All visitors coming into the state park will need to obtain a daily or annual vehicle parking pass and can get these at either the park office, gatehouses, or self-pay stations. It is $5 for a day pass or $25 for an annual vehicle pass, if you have any questions about the vehicle pass call the park office at: 785-539-7941. The office hours for Tuttle Creek State Park are Monday thru Friday 8am to 4:30pm. The park office is closed on Saturday and Sunday.
The Friends group is an active group of users who are dedicated to improving the park and providing additional activities at the park. The largest activity of the group is the annual hosting of OK Kids Day in August in which a variety of fun and educational events are hosted for the whole family. Additional Friends activities include Dutch oven cooking, park clean-up days, camper breakfasts, bingo and more. The group sells ice and firewood and operates a camp store to assist in funding these activities.
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