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$10/16 w/ hookups Located on the Little Missouri River, a popular stream for fishing, floating, and water play. Segments of this stream are designated both wild and scenic. Good fishing for small mouth bass and early-spring released trout. Excellent hiking, mountain bike, and equestrian opportunities on Little Missouri, Athens-Big Fork, and Viles Branch trails. A [...]
Free camping on the Little River. There is a boat slip. No other facilities. RVs are welcome. This area is maintained by Hempstead County. Please exercise extreme caution when boating on this river!
Ashley Creek is located on Blue Mountain Lake approximately two miles south of the town of Blue Mountain. The park provides boat launching, fishing, picnicking, and sightseeing. Location: Follow State Highway 10 to the town of Blue Mountain, Arkansas. Turn south on Ritchie Road for approximately two miles to the park. Facilities: Ashley Creek provides [...]
Beautiful setting. Most of the sites are on the shoreline. Sites are dirt , fairly level and shady. Picnic tables , grills , fire rings, trash cans and pit toilets. Paved parking for boat trailers. There’s a dirt parking lot outside the campground for off loading ATVs so it might be noisy and busy at [...]
$8/night A small primitive campground connected to the Bear Creek Equestrian Trail. Directions From Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway north of Jessieville, AR take FS Road 11 west for 4 miles, FS Road 772 north for 1 mile.
Great base camp for day-length hiking and mountain biking trips on loop trails accessible picnic shelter, playground, fishing, loop trail, and access to Ouachita National Recreation Trail Directions Six miles northwest of Pencil Bluff, AR on U.S. 270
Corp of Engineers campsite on Lake Ouchita, near Mount Ida, AR. It has restrooms and drinking water as well as a boat ramp.
Many campgrounds scattered along the river. Most are free from mid-November to Mid March. They are mostly primitive sites and most do not allow RV’s.
Driving directions: East bound on I-40 out of Little Rock – travel one mile past I-440 to The Galloway exit which is exit number 161. At the bottom of the exit turn left over the interstate and then left on Diamond DR. Travel one half mile store is on the right. West on I-40 out [...]
$10.00 no hookups; $17.00 electric, water, and sewer hookups; $23.00 Double site with electric, water, and sewer; Day Use $3.00 Wooded setting located on the banks of Walnut Creek just 20 miles west of Hot Springs. Charlton Recreation Area includes individual campsites, group camp areas, and a day use area providing picnicking and swimming in [...]
Camping in designated areas only. There are two such areas in this WMA. The area consists of one of the last remaining large tracts of bottomland hardwood habitat along the Red River Valley. May be closed to the general public during (lottery) quota hunts. Directions: Travel 3 miles south of Fouke on Hwy 71, turn [...]
Primitive site are $10/night. They are discounted to $5/night in December, January and February. No water at sites. Located atop the forested hills in northeast Arkansas, Crowley’s Ridge State Park occupies the former homestead of Benjamin Crowley, whose family first settled this area. Native log and stone structures, constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in [...]
Small campground in an attractive wooded site next to a small stream. Directions Take Arkansas Hwy. 27 north from Norman, AR for 1 mile; turn right (east) on Forest Service Road 177 for 3 miles
Small float camp on Ouachita River. Official website lists these sites as sized for a passenger vehicles. The ranger states that they are primarily pullouts and a 30′ rig will not fit into most of them, however, you will have it more or less to yourself. My impression was that any smallish rig will be [...]
Free camping in the Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois D’Arc WMA. RVs are welcome. Boat slip nearby. No other facilities. Excellent fishing and bird-watching opportunities. Bois d’ Arc Lake and the associated creeks and sloughs are also home to the American Alligator. Caution should be used at all times, especially during warm weather, and swimming [...]
Small mountain-top campground. Directions 5 miles south of Rover, AR. on Arkansas Hwy. 27. GPS coordinates are approximate. FS lists this site as suitable for passenger vehicles, which likely means small pullouts. I would not advise taking any large rigs here unless it was already on your route. Smaller rigs are probably OK, but bear [...]
Camping at Gulpha Gorge Campground costs $10 per night ($5 with a Golden Age/Interagency Senior pass or Golden Access/Interagency Access card) for primitive sites. For sites with hookups, it is $24 per night ($12 per night if you have a Golden Age/Interagency Senior Pass or Golden Access/Interagency Access Pass card.) Sites are available on a [...]
This is the Hot Springs National Park campground. The sites are paved and shady , no pull throughs. They’re a bit closer together than we like , about 20′ between sites. No reservations and an unusual computerized pay station. The sites vary from full hook up to no hook up and are all priced differently. [...]
The Visitor Center on US Hwy 65 just north of Harrison allows one night of overnight parking. Easy access and is just off the highway.
Free camping in the Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois D’Arc WMA. RVs are welcome. Boat slip nearby. No other facilities. Excellent fishing and bird-watching opportunities. Bois d’ Arc Lake and the associated creeks and sloughs are also home to the American Alligator. Caution should be used at all times, especially during warm weather, and swimming [...]
Free camping along First Old Lake. Maintained by Miller County. There is a boat slip. RVs are welcome. There are no other facilities at this location. Narrow, single lane, paved road to access camping area. A random website I found with some pictures of the area
Hise Hill is located on the Petit Jean River at the headwaters of Blue Mountain Lake approximately eleven miles southeast of Booneville, Arkansas. The park provides boat launching, fishing, picnicking, and sightseeing. Location: Follow State Highway 10 to Booneville, Arkansas. Turn south on State Highway 23 for approximately ½ mile. Turn east on State Highway [...]
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A small campground and day use site located in an area of unique rock bluffs on Sugar Creek. This site is listed for ‘passenger vehicles’, so large RV’s will probably not fit. In this ranger district, that size typically means pullouts along the road. Small RV’s are probably OK, but bear in mind that they [...]
$8/night Small campground and picnic area located near a natural pool in Sugar Creek. Directions Take Arkansas Hwy. 23 south from Booneville, AR for 2 miles; turn left (east) on Arkansas Hwy. 116 for 1 mile; then south at sign on paved county road for 4 miles; then 3 miles south on Forest Service Road [...]
3 miles south of Lambert off Hwy. 84 Facilities: 200 acres of remote camping. Flush toilets, water, boat ramp, 30 picnic sites. (Open year-round)
Lick Creek is located on Blue Mountain Lake approximately four miles south of Waveland, Arkansas. The park provides boat launching, fishing, picnicking, and sightseeing. Location: Follow State Highway 10 to Waveland, Arkansas. Turn south on State Highway 309 for approximately four miles to the park. Facilities: Lick Creek provides a boat launching ramp, vault restroom [...]
Camping $10.00; with electric hookup $15.00; Day Use $3.00 The day use and swimming area is located on beautiful 1,000-acre Lake Hinkle, managed by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The campground is located on a hill away from the lake. GPS coords are approximate: google and the AR wildlife commission maps don’t match up. [...]
Camping in designated areas only. There are two such areas in this WMA. The area consists of one of the last remaining large tracts of bottomland hardwood habitat along the Red River Valley. May be closed to the general public during (lottery) quota hunts. Directions: Accessed by traveling south on SH 71 from Texarkana approximately [...]
The area is typical rugged Ozark Mountain terrain with numerous steep mountains and hollows. Elevations range from 1100 to over 1600 feet above mean sea level. The area is extensively forested in upland hardwood and shortleaf pine/upland hardwood timber stands with associated understory and midstory vegetation. There are numerous small streams on the area that [...]
Primitive camp. No picnic tables,fire rings, dump station,water or electricity.
Small float camp on Ouachita River. Directions: Take U.S. 270 northwest from Mt. Ida, AR for 6 miles; turn right (north) just before crossing the Ouachita River Bridge (east side of river). Located next to Highway 270. Forest Service lists the vehicle size as ‘passenger vehicle’ for this site. In this district, that typically means [...]
$10.00 for Camping; $15.00 site A-7 with electric and water hookups; $17.00 site C-22 with electric, water,and sewer; $16.00 Double site, no utilities; Day Use $3.00 Take Arkansas Hwy. 84 west of Glenwood, AR; turn northwest on Arkansas Hwy. 246 at Athens, AR; turn right (north) at sign, drive 3 miles on Forest Service Road [...]
Float camp on Ouachita River. Directions: Exit U.S. 270 at Pencil Bluff to State Hwy. 88, west 1 mile past the Oden Ranger Station, turn left on county road 7991 for 1/2 mile. Forest Service lists vehicle length for this area as ‘passenger vehicle’ which typically means small pullouts in this district. May not be [...]
Free camping in the Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois D’Arc WMA. RVs are welcome. Boat slip nearby. No other facilities. Excellent fishing and bird-watching opportunities. Bois d’ Arc Lake and the associated creeks and sloughs are also home to the American Alligator. Caution should be used at all times, especially during warm weather, and swimming [...]
Recently reopened COE site along the Arkansas River near Pine Bluff, AR. Features a group shelter, boat ramp, rest rooms and drinking water.