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The Ozark's Mountain Challenge at Sam A. Baker State Park
Starts: 05/03/2025 - Ends: 05/03/2025
Ready for a real challenge??? Register today for an endurance hike like no other! Otahki Lake KOA is a proud partner of The Ozark's Mountain Challenge and is your shuttle down the mountain!
We have partnered with the Missouri State Parks (Sam A. Baker Park) & Platinum sponsor Missouri Highlands/VisitMo to see who can hike 7,980' elevation (The height of Mt. Olympus) right here in the beautiful Ozark region in Missouri.
Each participant will have twelve hours to hike nine times up Mudlick Mountain. This vertical ascent is equal to hiking Mount Olympus in the state of Washington. Why did we choose Mt. Olympus as a benchmark? Although in Greek mythology Olympus meant “mountain” or “gathering place of the gods”, in modern times Olympus represents “a place or state of joy and happiness.” The total hiking distance is approximately 17 miles. Each hiker will be shuttled back down to the base after each successful ascent. The route is Mudlick Mountain Fire Tower Road (available on All Trails app), which is a chat road. This challenge is NOT a race. It is the external (physical) YOU versus the internal (mental) YOU. Other participants & race volunteers will be encouraging you along the way. If you can't complete all 9 times/17 miles, we will celebrate your ascent achievement; even if it is one time (nearly 900' elevation change and 1.9 miles)! If you competed in 2024 and insist on "beating last year", you can ascend additional times after you "Conquer Mt. Olympus", but you still have 12 hours. Check out this video https://youtu.be/6kEB3LddFjQ?si=5Faev1V8YR6sx5G5
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Father's Day Weekend
Starts: 06/13/2025 - Ends: 06/15/2025
Camping with Dad? We don't think there's a better combo at Otahki Lake KOA! Activities will include our Biggest Catch Fishing Tournament on Saturday and a delicious pancake breakfast on Sunday morning. Dad eats for FREE! Fishing tournament registration will be announced in May to guests.
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4th of July Celebration Weekend
Starts: 07/03/2025 - Ends: 07/06/2025
Celebrate the Otahki Lake KOA way this 3-day holiday weekend! This weekend is jam packed with fun including a golf cart parade, beer garden with live music, and fireworks display over the lake on Friday night. Saturday get in on our float trips and humvee rides through the park that evening. Decorate your campsite and see if you're voted the "Most Patriotic Campsite" Award! Site decorating award winner will be announced on Saturday night.
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Mother's Day Weekend
Starts: 05/09/2025 - Ends: 05/11/2025
Come make memories this Mother's Day at Otahki Lake KOA! Treat mom to a deluxe hot tub cabin with our spa package included (slippers, candles, wine, and other fun goodies!). On Saturday, bring her to the lodge and make crafts together or maybe take a float trip! Sunday morning head to the lodge for a complimentary continental breakfast buffet.
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Memorial Day Weekend
Starts: 05/23/2025 - Ends: 05/26/2025
Celebrate this 3-Day weekend the Otahki Lake KOA way! Activities include Lake Olympics on Saturday, float trips all weekend long down the St. Francis River, and an ice cream social with bingo on Sunday afternoon. Secure your site today as this weekend books up quickly!
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Labor Day Weekend Carnival
Starts: 08/29/2025 - Ends: 09/01/2025
The Labor Day Carnival will be in full swing again at Otahki Lake KOA! This 3-Day weekend has carnival booth games, humvee rides, a giant water slide, dunk booth, rubber duck race, and more. This weekend is still prime floating season so trips down the St. Francis River will be available all weekend!
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KOA Rewards Weekend
Starts: 09/05/2025 - Ends: 09/07/2025
KOA Rewards holders, this is your weekend! Buy Friday night, get Saturday night FREE! Float trips down the St. Francis River are still available this weekend as well. Go to otahkilake.com to book your float trip and campsite all in one place.
(Excluded sites include Basecamp, LV1, LV4, and LV7. Guests must be KOA Rewards holders prior to arrival to receive Saturday night free.)
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Cosmic Campout Weekend
Starts: 08/08/2025 - Ends: 08/10/2025
Come see the wondrous night sky at Otahki Lake KOA this August at our new Cosmic Campout Weekend! Camp with us for extraterrestrial fun including bottle rocket making/launching, planetary crafts at the lodge, and a night sky tour on Saturday night. We will be viewing the incoming Perseid Meteor Shower and a nearly full moon, weather permitting.
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Halloween Weekends
Starts: 10/03/2025 - Ends: 10/05/2025
Spooky Season has begun at Otahki Lake KOA! Camp with us on 10/3-5, 10/10-12, and 10/17-19 for hayrides to the pumpkin patch, haymaze fun, scarecrow making, wine tasting on Saturday nights, and more to come!
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Oktoberfest Weekend
Starts: 09/26/2025 - Ends: 09/28/2025
Kick off the beginning of fall with Oktoberfest at Otahki Lake KOA! This activity weekend will include a Biergarten, stein games, pretzel toss, Oktoberfest bingo, hay rides, hay maze, corn pit, and crafts in the lodge for kids.
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Laser Tag Terror: Curse on Otahki Lake!
Starts: 10/24/2025 - Ends: 10/26/2025
Things that go bump in the night are let loose on Otahki Lake KOA this activity weekend! Join us if you dare Friday and Saturday night for haunted laser tag! Tickets will be available online to reserve your spot starting 9/1/2025 at otahkilake.com.
Other activities include hayrides at dark, scarecrow making, spooky bingo, wine tasting, and ghost stories around the campfire.
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Halloween Palooza Weekend
Starts: 10/31/2025 - Ends: 11/02/2025
Costume Contests, Trick-or-Treating, and camping, oh my! Camp at Otahki Lake KOA this Halloween for all the spooky family fun.
Activities will include:
- Site Decorating Contest w/ great prizes!
- Costume Party w/prizes for best costumes
- Trick-or-Treating the park
- Hay Maze
- Scarecrow Making Competition
- Haunted Laser Tag on Halloween Night
- Hayrides
This is one of the most popular weekends at Otahki Lake, so secure your campsite today!
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Frontier Fest
Starts: 09/20/2025 - Ends: 09/20/2025
Circle the wagons and bring the family to Otahki Lake KOA for our second annual Frontier Fest on Saturday, September 20th! This festival is a pioneer/western weekend like no other with events including:
- Craft Fair
- Live Music
- Petting Zoo
- Calf Roping Demo
- Black Smith Demo
- Saloon and Root Beer Stand
- Squirrel Cleaning and Tasting
- Hayrides
- Pie Eating Contest
- Old Fashioned Yard Games and more!
Frontier Fest is free admission to guests with a discounted wrist band rate for certain activities. SAVE THE DATE! 9/20/2025 from 10 am-5 pm