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Lake South

Fun is waiting for you at the south end of the Lake, home
of the communities of Camdenton, Linn Creek and Macks
Creek— as well as Ha Ha Tonka State Park. This 3,600-plus
acre park features the brooding blufftop ruins of an early
20th-century castle that was destroyed by fire. Visitors also
enjoy exploring Ha Ha Tonka’s fascinating karst topography
of caves, sinkholes, glades, savannas and powerful spring.
The park is accessible by boat or land.

Go back in time at the Camden County Museum in Linn
Creek, a former school featuring an impressive array of
artifacts, where each classroom is its own mini-museum.
For example, there’s the Pioneer School classroom with
double-seat desks, little tin lunch pails, slates, a bell and
a genuine dunce cap. Another room has old typewriters,
office equipment, plus the original cashier’s window and
vault from the old Camden County Bank. The museum is
officially open April through October, but during the year,
the Camden County Historical Society sponsors book,
arts and crafts sales, dances, garage sales, crafts classes,
the Autumn Apple Butter Festival, holiday events and the
popular Museum Players & Dinner Theatre.

Ha Ha Tonka castle ruins
The area offers a great variety of lodging, dining and
outstanding family attractions. Take the family to splash in
the area’s largest outdoor waterpark, complete with thrilling
slides, an exciting wave pool, lazy river, kiddie area and
more. Or stay dry and see a cave where more than 2,000
weddings have been performed. Even if you’re not getting
married, you will enjoy the cave’s hour-long tour over well-
lit concrete pathways, where giant columns, delicate soda
straws, massive draperies and Mystery Lake will captivate
you. The cave is accessible by water at the 10.5MM on the
Lake of the Ozarks’ Big Niangua Arm.

Several championship golf courses, great shopping, superb
wineries and other delights await visitors at the south side
of the Lake.

Camdenton Area
Ice Rink at Old Kinderhook Chamber of Commerce
Camdenton Visitor Center
The city of Camdenton is the home of the annual Dogwood 739 West Hwy 54, Camdenton
Festival, held in early April, celebrating springtime when Monday - Friday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
the Ozark hills bloom with the pristine white flowers of the (573) 346-2227
dogwood tree and the Lake of the Ozarks Airshow, held in camdentonchamber.com
the fall, saluting veterans and promoting aviation.

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