Top Tent Camping near Bluff City, AR

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Best Tent Sites Near Bluff City, AR (14)

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242 Reviews of 14 Bluff City Campgrounds


  • Twyana S.
    Camper-submitted photo from Bear Creek
    Oct. 27, 2024

    Bear Creek

    Primitive beauty

    This park is a wooded area beside a lake. Campsites have a picnic table & grill. No electricity or water. No concrete parking pads. However almost all sites have a view of the lake. Beautiful views. Two pit toilets were clean & smelled ok.

  • Alice S.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Daisy State Park Campground
    Oct. 19, 2024

    Daisy State Park Campground

    Very Nice but Busy

    They have a lot of campgrounds but most are very close. Not a bad thing for those social butterflies but a little tighter than I like. Their bathrooms and showers are really nice. Clean and spacious.

    It's definitely worth a visit but make sure to book well in advance. They sell out quick.

  • Susan L.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Daisy State Park Campground
    Oct. 11, 2024

    Daisy State Park Campground

    Definitely worth a stay!

    I never start a review like this, but this park had the cleanest bath house/restrooms I've ever experienced! 2 stalls in the shower in this loop and they each had a clean shower curtain, a bench, hooks to hang stuff. Immaculate. Better than some hotels!

    Stayed in site 104 in the loop by the boat ramp. Nice shade and long parking pad. Sense of privacy. The sites that back to the cove had terraced areas, so if stairs aren't good for you then skip, but the arrangement made for a large area to spread out relax. This site had an additional parking pad next to it that was right next to the tent pad. Handy for ent campers to unload or boaters for boat, plus there were extra parking spots in the cul-de-sac leading down to the boat ramp. 

    The lake is sometimes smooth as glass. Kayaks for rent and this is a must do. Visitor center was being remodeled at the time of visit. 2 short hiking trails. Great state park!

  • W
    Camper-submitted photo from Edgewood
    Sep. 1, 2024

    Edgewood

    Sites 21-24 are very close together

    We stayed in tent site 22 for a weekend camping trip. You can’t tell by looking at the Recreation.gov reservation site but tent pad 22 is one of 4 in a grouping of tent sites. 21-24 are so close together. If you are with friends or a large family group then it would be ideal but if don’t want people right on top of you then pick another site. Thankfully, we had some cool neighbors but it was a very noisy and bright spot to camp. Also, your neighbors have to walk through your campsite to get to either of the two water spickets that serve all 4 campsites. There is no where to park your boat unless you rent an RV spot and there is no boat ramp in the camp ground. All of the spots were very shady and cool. We had a good time but we wanted to warn others so you know what you are getting into.

  • Wayne J.
    Camper-submitted photo from Crater of Diamonds State Park
    Jul. 27, 2024

    Crater of Diamonds State Park

    Great full hookup campground

    I keep coming back here to dig for diamonds. There are cheaper campgrounds in the area, but the State Park grounds are top notch. Very level camper pads, stable power and water and everything is well maintained. There are multiple bath “houses” — single shower room style privacy, not a large room with curtains. A playground in the sites for kids to play on also.

    The only downsides that come to mind are the iffy WiFi (the reservation system is pretty accurate on which sites have “good” WiFi and which do not) that is decent for casual web browsing but not likely to be streaming possible. And then a mixed pro/com is that satellite connections (direct or Starlink) is going to be rough due to the wooded aspect of the sites — although the trees do help keep the camper cooler. 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • Wayne J.
    Camper-submitted photo from Crater of Diamonds State Park
    Jun. 21, 2024

    Crater of Diamonds State Park

    Great little state park campground

    This is a quiet campground with plenty of shaded and nearly perfectly level pull ins. Power is consistent. Water pressure fluctuates from good to high — regulator necessary. Wifi is spotty, but the reservation center is pretty accurate on strength of WiFi at various sites. The site we are in right now, WiFi is sketchy.

    In cool weather, a walk to the diamond field would be fine. In hot weather, no way.

  • RThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Beard's Bluff Park (AR)
    Jun. 20, 2024

    Beard's Bluff Park (AR)

    Quite and beautiful

    Stopped in for a couple of nights. Power and water with a great view of the lake. Staff were wonderful and helpful. Would stay again if ever in the area.

  • Brian G.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Millwood State Park Campground
    Jun. 11, 2024

    Millwood State Park Campground

    Relaxing long weekend.

    Had a very relaxing time with the family here. The campsite is very clean and the lake is beautiful. All of the staff are great!! Only negative thing was the bathrooms. Heater looked to be on and it was pretty hot inside.

  • S
    Camper-submitted photo from Bois D'Arce Lake Peninsula
    May. 9, 2024

    Bois D'Arce Lake Peninsula

    Dope

    Nice trail, be better after a rain . Level 1 for sure . Some dispersed sites towards end of this end . Residential before you get to end . 2 Dogs running around . So please go speed limit through res’ . Fires aloud , hella mosquitoes. Dogs around too .

  • kent F.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Crater of Diamonds State Park
    May. 8, 2024

    Crater of Diamonds State Park

    Crater of diamonds AR.State Park

    This was on my wifes bucket list, didnt find any diamonds, got dirty but had fun and got dirty. Sites and bath house were nice , full hook ups

  • Arielle J.
    Camper-submitted photo from Big Fir Primitive Camping
    Apr. 26, 2024

    Big Fir Primitive Camping

    Awesome Stay

    I have my truck and 25 ft camper and have stayed five nights right on the water. There’s been at least a couple campers around every night but not rowdy. A lot of people here to fish. I did put in “Big Fir Recreational Use Area” to find the site as someone else mentioned. I have plenty of service through Verizon and my Starlink works great here too.

  • Jeanette W.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Crater of Diamonds State Park
    Apr. 19, 2024

    Crater of Diamonds State Park

    Great Location

    This camp is ideally located in the Crater of Diamonds State Park with easy access to the Visitors Center by foot or car. The campsites are well maintained and adequately situated to afford some privacy. There are 6 individual bathrooms with toilet, sink and shower, in the bathouse nearest to us that are modern and clean. The shower was "almost" hot.

    The only negative is that the adjacent site's fire ring is too close to our back window and the smoke from a fire could enter our window.

    This is our second stay at this park and we would definitely return.

  • O
    Camper-submitted photo from Daisy State Park Campground
    Apr. 15, 2024

    Daisy State Park Campground

    Beautiful, clean and quiet!

    We stayed in Daisy for the Eclipse weekend and expected this place to be crawling with people, so we were so happy to see it was still amazingly clean and quiet.  We stayed in walk-in site #67, which was at the very end of the paved path from the parking lot.  The site had a very level and massive gravel tent pad, as well as firepit, picnic table and lantern post.  The hill in/out is quite steep, but the pavement makes it easy to haul with wagon, and I've rarely seen multiple water spigots in a walk-in area like that.  Our neighbors were a little closer than we're used to for walk-ins, but we had glorious views of the lake and very little traffic walking past our site, which is a blessing when you have two somewhat barky dogs.  The camp store sold firewood, ice and souvenirs and they were super-friendly, and one of the rangers even helped load the firewood in the car for me.  My only complaint is that there's only one hiking trail in the park, and it's just a very short nature trail and doesn't really give you a good view of the lake or anything.  However, there were many beautiful trails to be had within a 30-40 minute drive of the park.

  • L
    Camper-submitted photo from Parker Creek
    Apr. 13, 2024

    Parker Creek

    Great campground

    We went for the 4/8/24 eclipse and really liked this campground. $20 for water, electricity and trash can at every site. According to neighbor, this is usually low use, but it was fully booked for the eclipse. The only downsides were flies and small bathrooms. (2 stalls) But running water and a small shower.

  • Keith W.
    Camper-submitted photo from Donna's Hammock Hideaway
    Oct. 26, 2023

    Donna's Hammock Hideaway

    Wild hunting trip!!!

    I’ll start by telling you a story.. my friend and I have always wanted to go to Arkansas to hunt. So we finally got our chance and headed out. We planned on roughing it  a little and stay in tents. When we got close to grant county Arkansas we found this place on the map. Omg!! When we got there and saw “” Donnas Hammock Hide away”” We could not believe our eyes !! It should be called “Donnas major junk yard”!!!! One thing about it is. In a year or two, when we get over the shock it will be something to look back and laugh about.

  • WThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Daisy State Park Campground
    Sep. 17, 2023

    Daisy State Park Campground

    Daisy State Park

    I really enjoyed the location, quite, glassy lake, clean showers, kayaking rentals $20, the marina close by rented the Pontoons, and the lake was clean to swim in. If you have a boat, jet ski, kayaks it’s a great spot. Plenty of shade and the camp host are 100% wonderful such a pleasure to meet them. You will love your experience here.

  • k
    Camper-submitted photo from Crater of Diamonds State Park
    Sep. 10, 2023

    Crater of Diamonds State Park

    Nice quiet campground

    Spacious sites, and lots of privacy. We came through after a storm and they were without power. Crews we’re working to clean park and electricity was restored pretty quickly. Park was well maintained. We really enjoyed our stay.

  • k
    Camper-submitted photo from Magnolia RV Park LLC
    Sep. 8, 2023

    Magnolia RV Park LLC

    Late night/Quick stay

    I cannot say enough about this RV park. We came through very late (12 pm) gave her a call and she got us taken care of! Very clean, well maintained, full hook ups and lots of extras! Unfortunately we weren’t there very long (7 hours), but we will be back!

  • HThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Jubilee Farms Campground in Leola, Arkansas
    Sep. 2, 2023

    Jubilee Farms Campground in Leola, Arkansas

    Peaceful farm in a nice setting

    Rustic, peaceful and quiet place. Friendly hosts and nice grounds. All level spots with good power and water. Great place to see the stars. Fresh eggs to boot! Just a one night stopover for us but would have liked to stay longer!

  • Zack L.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Beard's Bluff Park (AR)
    Aug. 3, 2023

    Beard's Bluff Park (AR)

    Awesome View

    The campground is in a nice location next to the water. Great spot for the price. Has bathrooms, showers, lake access across the entirety of the campground, and a playground. Site 11 is perfect shade next to the water. Lots of bird watching decks.

  • William B.
    Camper-submitted photo from Cottonshed Park (AR) COE
    Jul. 25, 2023

    Cottonshed Park (AR) COE

    Prettiest park in Arkansas

    This park is awesome! All the facilities are clean!!! The park staff is always friendly and welcoming . The lots are spacious and well spread out. And most of all this place is peaceful! If you're looking for a chill spot to enjoy nature I would 100% recommend this one!

  • RThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Iron Mountain
    Jul. 4, 2023

    Iron Mountain

    Beautiful wooded campground

    Beautiful place but some of the sites are super un-level. We tried our spot 16 and it was so steep our emergency brake could barely hold and behind the pad was a huge drop off to the lake. We had to pay for second spot to move to as we did not feel safe. No water at the sites, but power was fine. Depending on what side you are on you may have cell coverage, but on the other side (where we moved to) virtually no signal.

  • R
    Camper-submitted photo from Arlie Moore - De Gray Lake
    Jun. 28, 2023

    Arlie Moore - De Gray Lake

    Great Spot!

    This was my first solo camping trip and the Arlie Moore campground made it an easy and memorable one. First the location is close to Hot Springs National park, only about 20 minutes away. It was easy to find in the dark and everything was very well labeled so finding my campsite was doable even at night. My site was right in the water and well maintained. The bathrooms had toilet paper and the trash was taken out daily. I did hike the 1.3 mile trail while I was staying but be warned it’s a little confusing because not many people use it.

  • Jason H.
    Camper-submitted photo from Sunrise RV Park
    Jun. 2, 2023

    Sunrise RV Park

    Good overnight stay

    Great spot to stay overnight. Sights were a little close together but very easy to access. Full hookups and close to a lot of restaurant. Only downside is there are several potholes on the entrance to the campground. Have to go very slow



Guide to Bluff City

Camping near Bluff City, Arkansas, offers a mix of beautiful landscapes and fun activities for everyone. Whether you're looking for a peaceful retreat or an adventure-filled getaway, this area has something for you.

What to do:

  • Swimming and Water Sports: Enjoy the refreshing waters at DeGray Lake Resort State Park, where you can swim and rent party barges. One visitor mentioned, "Lake Degray has two very nice swimming areas. The park offers a lot of shade and was very well kept."
  • Hiking and Biking: Explore the trails at Iron Mountain, which is known for its mountain biking trails. A reviewer noted, "The Iron Mountain trail system is adjacent to the campground. It is such a peaceful and beautiful place."
  • Fishing: Cast your line at Big Fir Primitive Camping, where many campers enjoy fishing right on the lake. One camper shared, "Fishing right on the lake is available and trees for my hammock."

What campers like:

  • Clean Facilities: Campers appreciate the well-maintained restrooms and showers at White Oak Lake State Park. A visitor said, "The restroom/shower facilities were very clean."
  • Wildlife Viewing: Many enjoy spotting wildlife, especially at DeGray Lake Resort State Park. One reviewer mentioned, "We saw lots of deer and other wildlife."
  • Scenic Views: Campers love the beautiful views at Ozan Point - De Gray Lake. A visitor remarked, "I found a site right on the water and went for a swim which was great."

What you should know:

  • Limited Amenities at Some Sites: Not all campgrounds have full amenities. For example, Big Fir Primitive Camping has no drinking water or electric hookups. A camper warned, "No running water or electricity and no stores close, so be prepared with food and water."
  • Close Proximity to Other Campers: Some sites can be close together, especially at Edgewood. A visitor noted, "Tent pad 22 is one of 4 in a grouping of tent sites. 21-24 are so close together."
  • Traffic Noise: If you're tent camping at Arkadelphia Campground & RV Park, be aware of potential traffic noise from the nearby interstate. One camper mentioned, "There is traffic noise due to being close to the interstate."

Tips for camping with families:

  • Kid-Friendly Activities: Look for campgrounds with playgrounds, like Cowhide Cove Campground. A parent shared, "Being close to the playground was awesome."
  • Safety and Security: Many campgrounds have friendly staff and security measures. A visitor at Arkadelphia Campground & RV Park said, "The couple that manage the park are very welcoming."
  • Plan for Meals: Bring food and snacks, especially if you're at more primitive sites like Big Fir Primitive Camping, where there are no markets nearby.

Tips from RVers:

  • Check Site Levels: Some sites, like those at Iron Mountain, can be unlevel. A reviewer noted, "Some of the sites are super un-level."
  • Electric Hookups Only: Many campgrounds, including Arlie Moore - De Gray Lake, offer electric hookups but may lack water. One camper mentioned, "Electricity only but water nearby."
  • Use a GPS for Directions: Some campgrounds may be tricky to find. A visitor at Big Fir Primitive Camping advised, "Search Big Fir Public Use Area in your GPS/Google instead."

Camping near Bluff City, Arkansas, has a lot to offer, from stunning views to family-friendly activities. Just be prepared for the unique features of each campground, and you'll have a great time!

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