Destinations

Caddo Lake State Park is a Texas state park located near the Texas/Louisiana border and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in this region. It has over 50 miles of paddling trails for kayaks, canoes, and paddle boards. The park also offers some inter-tangled hiking trails. Caddo Lake State Park has 46 campsites,…

Lake Wister State Park is located within the Winding Stair Scenic Byway in SW Oklahoma, near the Quachita National Forest. RV sites have electric, water, a picnic table, grill, and fire ring. I’m told the park has 30 RV sites with full hookups, and 80 with water and electric. The sites are level concrete pads….

Lake Bob Sandlin State Park is a park in NE Texas, located on the heavily wooded shoreline on the north side of Lake Bob Sandlin. The park offers 75 spacious campsites with water, electric, a picnic table, fire pit, and lantern hook. The park has a boat ramp, a lighted fishing pier and a fish…

Millwood State Park, located on Millwood Lake in the SW corner of Arkansas, has 45 campsites: 42 RV sites, three primitive tent sites, and picnic sites. The park also has a marina which offers gift items, groceries, bait, gas, and rents fishing boats, canoes, and kayaks. The campground also has a 1.5 mile self-guided walking…

White Oak Lake State Park is conveniently situated on White Oak Lake, which is a popular fishing lake. Facilities include 41 RV campsites, and four tent sites. Each site also has a table, fire ring and grate. The park has a visitor center and store, and a marina with boat and kayak rentals. Campground amenities…

Cowhide Cove Campground is located on Lake Greeson on the Little Missouri River in Pike County, Arkansas. The campground offers 50 campsites, divided between two campgrounds, consisting of 48 sites with electric hookups and two tent sites without electricity. The RV campsites also have water, picnic tables, ground grills, pedestal grills and lantern poles. Other…

Waveland Park Campground is a COE park located on the beautiful Blue Mountain Lake near Waveland, Arkansas. Blue Mountain Lake sits in the shadow of Mount Magazine, which is the highest mountain in Arkansas and also the tallest mountain between the Rockies and Alleghenies. Waveland Park has 51 shaded campsites with electric and water hookups,…

Aux Arc Park is a COE campground on the Ozark Lake and the Arkansas River. The name Aux Arc originated from French explorers, and the term means “the big bend” which supposedly describes the bend in the Arkansas River. The French are well-known for putting weird names all over Arkansas. Over time, clear-thinking people simplified…

Robber’s Cave State Park, a Civilian Conservation Corps camp built around 1933-36, got its name from the fact that the area was a popular retreat for outlaws after the Civil War. The cave area is thought to have been a hideout for outlaws. Activities available at Robber’s Cave State Park include swimming (beach and pool),…

Springhill Park campground is an Army Corp of Engineers camp, near Ft. Smith, Arkansas, with 47 sites. It sits along the Arkansas River, and between the John Paul Hammerschmidt Lake and Massard Creek. Campsites in section B line the river, while those in section A sit between the lake and Massard Creek. I believe most…

Starkey Campground, in NW Arkansas, is a small ACOE campground with only 23 sites. The area is beautiful, and this campground sits on a ridge with the lake on two sides. Sites are comfortably spaced, and have lots of shade. The sites are equipped with a picnic table, fire ring, and electric hookup. There is…

Dam Site River Campground is on the shores of upper White River, below Beaver Dam and Lake. The campground is popular for trout fishing. The lake also offers ample boating opportunities. The campground is divided into three sections, giving it a more private feel, and sites are mostly spacious. Most campsites have shade and plenty…

Crater of Diamonds State Park, in Arkansas, is the only working diamond mine in North America where the public can search for real diamonds, and keep what they find. You can get rich, rich, rich. Or, maybe not. Statistics based on the number of visitors per year, the number of diamonds found, and the small…

Daisy State Park is located near the small town of Daisy, Arkansas, on Lake Greeson, in the Ouachita Mountains. The park is popular for fishing, boating, and kayaking. The park has about 100 campsites, including 3 yurts. It also has an ATV trail, as well as a nice and easy little ¾ mile hiking trail….

Mill Creek is an Army Corp of Engineers campground on the White River Arm of Table Rock Lake in SW Missouri. Many campsites within this park are located adjacent to the waters edge, with the remaining campsites only a short walk from the water. Mill Creek Campground offers 67 reservable campsites, along with one large…

Baxter Campground, an Army Corp of Engineers campground in SW Missouri, offers 54 camp sites. Amenities include hot showers, drinking water, a dump station and electric hookups. Also included are a swim area, boat ramp, playground and nearby full-service marina. Recreational activities mostly revolve around water sports such as swimming, scuba diving, boating, fishing, tubing,…