Dwight and Jean Crevelt founded 7C's Winery and have opened up the property to campers (both RV and Tent) and have space for about 10 or so dry campsites. The property is surrounded by farms on all sides, and is a quick 10-min jaunt south of the eastern arms of Stockton Lake. We also made the 1.5-hour drive to Ha Ha Tonka to check out the Castle Ruins and a friend's property in Camdenton.
Dwight was really cool about letting us park wherever made sense and the most level, though admittedly I took a couple tries to get lined up where I wanted. That said, there is PLENTY of room to navigate and get the right angle for the most level parking, though there are a number of slants to the grass areas that may be harder to level when it's full.
There are a number of spaces that could easily handle the biggest rigs and trailers. They can also accommodate dozens of tens, and often have bicyclists transit through as a focal point on the National Trans-U.S. and to-Alaska bike routes. There are technically no hookups, but Dwight is really cool about letting folks use the water. There is a restroom available in the gift shop area during regular hours (10a-6p), and there is also a port-a-potty with wash station halfway down the property for after hours. There is an outdoor shower with curtain on the side of the building. Free wi-fi is available, and we had 2-3 bars generally in the camper, about 150 ft from the shop. They provide a handful of portable fire pits, and Dwight usually has some firewood available. I told him he should start charging for it, but it was free while we were there (May 2021). They also have 6 or so frisbee golf holes, and there is a fun geocache on the property.
We had the entire place to ourselves save one evening when 3 tents setup. The only other company were Dwight and Jean, and the cows across the street on the neighbor's farm to greet us in the morning. Outside of the occasional full-ton truck or the cow's mooing in the morning, the property is very VERY quiet.
The Wine and Mead tasting were an amazing experience. You can try 6 wines or meads for free, OR for just $5 you can try twelve AND get to keep the sampling glass as a souvenir. They have about a dozen wines and 8 or so meads (wine-style made with honey), and they were all really enjoyable. I picked up 3 bottles of mead (including the habanero-infused mead!) and a dry red wine, and one bottle of clover honey mead for a gift. The have a fun gift and snack selection as well.
Dwight and Jean were unbelievable accommodating, super friendly to our whole family, and make some fantastic wines and meads. Anyone looking for a place to dry camp in the area NEEDS to look up...
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