(Starting in January!)
ROLLA, Mo. – Mark Twain National Forest will offer three days of free day use and two free nights of camping at year-round recreation areas the second weekend in January in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend.
Free camping is being offered in unreserved campsites both Saturday and Sunday nights, [...]

Mark Twain National Forest June 10-12, 2011 will offer two days of free day use and two free nights of camping at eight Missouri campgrounds.
Free camping is being offered in unreserved campsites both Friday and Saturday nights, June 10-11, 2011, and free day use is being offered at unreserved sites Saturday and [...]

Mark Twain National Forest is offering the first annual “Back to School” fee waiver weekend at four recreation areas on August 14 and 15, 2010. The fee-free weekend aims to encourage activities on national forests and other green spaces that promote healthy living and mental well being, and to instill excitement for the outdoors as [...]

Although the ideal way to get outdoors is with as little cost as possible, someone has to pay the bill for even modest upkeep on state and federal facilities. On National Forests, this often takes the form of a small day use or camping fee per car.
Mark Twain National Forest will have two days [...]

Eight Mark Twain National Forest campgrounds, and several concessionaires, will have free camping and picnicking on Saturday, September 26, 2009
Free camping and picnicking is part of National Public Lands Day, which encourages people to enjoy the outdoors and honors volunteers who have helped maintain Missouri’s 1.5 million acre National Forest.