Lake Springfield
Springfield
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Popular places to visit

Springfield Conservation Nature Center
Enjoy a stop at Springfield Conservation Nature Center, an entertaining place to visit in Springfield. You can attend a sporting event while in the area.

Fantastic Caverns
Look for bats hanging from stalactites as you pass through the cool caverns of this underground cave on a jeep-drawn tram.

Hammons Field
Catch an event at Hammons Field during your trip to Springfield. Experience the area's entertainment choices or attend a sporting event.

Pythian Castle
Tour this striking 1913 structure to see dungeons that once housed prisoners of war and to find out about its ghostly associations.
Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World
You can do some window-shopping at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World during your trip to Springfield. Experience the area's entertainment choices or attend a sporting event.
Missouri State University
Take a campus tour or just explore the area of Missouri State University during your travels in Springfield. Experience the area's entertainment choices or attend a sporting event.
Things to do

History Tour of Pythian Castle in Springfield Missouri

Discovery Center of Springfield General Admission

Night Ghost Tour of Pythian Castle in Springfield Missouri
Top hotels in Lake Springfield

Hilton Garden Inn Springfield, MO
Nice place.
Reviewed on 9 May 2026

University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center Springfield
The room was old and filthy. No breakfast service except at the snack shop, where two breakfast sandwiches and two cups of coffee were outrageous. Only one person working in there on one of your busiest days of the year. You should be ashamed to charge that price for a night for this dump. When I ...
Reviewed on 10 May 2026

Bass Pro Shops Angler's Lodge
Room was clean and staff was friendly. Loud guests made our stay shorter than planned.
Reviewed on 10 May 2026

Greenstay Hotel & Suites
This hotel is OLD and is need of some repair. Upon checking in, another woman came to front desk and said “I can’t stay here it’s disgusting” and said there was old pizza and bugs and water stains in her room. The staff was nice and gave her a refund but man was a worried about my room after that. ...
Reviewed on 8 May 2026

Hotel Vandivort
Very clean, nice staff, I'd go agian
Reviewed on 10 May 2026

Drury Inn & Suites Springfield, MO
Very nice beds were plush. Dinner Happy hour where they do that at at Drury plus free breakfast. Do yourself a favor book a room you will be pleased.
Reviewed on 6 May 2026
Other neighbourhoods around Lake Springfield

Galloway Village
If you're looking for some top things to see and do in Galloway Village and surrounding area, you can visit Battlefield Mall and Springfield Conservation Nature Center.

Bradford Park
While Bradford Park may not have many sights to explore, venturing just a little farther will lead you to top things to see and do like Battlefield Mall and Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World.

Southeast Springfield
While Southeast Springfield isn't home to many top sights, Enterprise Park Lanes and Battlefield Mall are some notable places to visit nearby.

Meador Park
While there might not be top attractions in Meador Park, you can explore the larger area and discover places like Battlefield Mall and Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World.

Seminole Holland
If you're looking for some top things to see and do in Seminole Holland and surrounding area, you can visit Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World and Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium.

Mark Twain
If you're looking for some top things to see and do in Mark Twain and surrounding area, you can visit Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World and Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium.
