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Convenient To & From Kansas City, Joplin, Fayetteville & Springdale

Plus the Rogers & Bentonville, Arkansas and Tulsa & Grove Oklahoma Areas
Shady Beach Campground is on the Elk River, just two and a half (2 1/2) miles north of Noel, in southwest Missouri, west of I-49 / US Hwy. 71 on US Hwy. 59.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

  • Take I-49 South / US Hwy 71 South (Exit 11A) at Joplin, Missouri
  • Travel south on I-49 / US Hwy 71 (33 miles from Exit 11A)
  • Take Hwy. EE Exit 7 – turn right (3 1/5 miles) Turn left on US Hwy 59 Shady Beach is 2 miles on left
  • Turn left on US Hwy 59
  • Shady Beach is 2 miles on left
  • Take US Hwy 540 / I-49 North through Pineville, Missouri and across Elk River
  • Exit EE Hwy. (Exit 7)
  • Turn left on EE Hwy.
  • Turn left on US Hwy 59 South
  • Shady Beach is 2 miles on left
  • Travel through Joplin, Missouri
  • Take Exit 11A
  • Travel south on I-49 / US Hwy 71 (33 miles north from Exit 11A)
  • Take Hwy EE Exit 7 – turn right (3 1/2 miles)
  • Turn left on US Hwy 59
  • Shady Beach is 2 miles on left
  • Take Hwy 25 East
  • Turn right on Hwy 43, travel approximately 5 miles
  • Turn left on Hwy 90, travel approximately 7 miles
  • Turn left on US Hwy 59
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