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Places to Camp near Star City, AR

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Best Camping Sites Near Star City, AR (22)

  1. Camper-submitted photo from Cane Creek State Park Campground

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    Cane Creek State Park Campground

    13 Reviews
    153 Photos
    50 Saves
    Star City, Arkansas

    Located where the Coastal Plain meets the Mississippi Delta, Cane Creek Campground offers you the opportunity to experience both in one visit. The trail system is a point of pride at the park. Trail run, ride, or backpack through rolling terrain, along the lake, and across three suspension bridges. Paddle or fish Cane Creek Lake. Explore nearby Bayou Bartholomew, the world’s longest bayou. Interpretive programs include guided walking, biking, kayaking, and birding tours. Facilities include 29 campsites (11 Class A and 18 Class B), one Rent-An-RV, picnic sites, a backpacking shelter, pavilions, visitor center with exhibits and gift shop, launch ramp, fishing piers, a bathhouse, and playground. Boat and bicycle rentals are available.

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access
  2. Camper-submitted photo from Rising Star

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    Rising Star

    3 Reviews
    23 Photos
    15 Saves
    Pine Bluff, Arkansas

    Overview

    Rising Star Campground is located on the Arkansas River by Pool 3 Lock and Dam. Whether camping, fishing, boating or just relaxing in the sun, this area provides something for everyone.

    Recreation

    The campground is popular among fishermen. There is excellent catfish fishing in the tail-waters of Joe Hardin Lock and Dam as well as Emmitt Sanders Lock and Dam at the upstream end of Pool 3. Anglers often catch bass, crappie and bream. Hunting is available in nearby forests, and there is duck hunting on the waterways. On shore, families enjoy picnicking and using the playground.

    Facilities

    Rising Star Campground offers 25 sites with electric and water hookups. Additional amenities include hot showers, a dump station and a playground. There is one accessible group shelter that can accommodate up to 60 people; it is for day-use only and must be reserved.

    Natural Features

    The park is in a forested area along the riverfront, close to the rolling fields of cotton farms. It is 193 feet above sea level; winters are generally mild and summer temperatures reach the upper 90s with high humidity. Red fox are frequently seen in the park, and numerous species of waterfowl live in the water and along the shores.

    Nearby Attractions

    Rising Star Park is located 12 miles from Pine Bluff, the home for the Arkansas Railroad Museum, Pine Bluff Regional Park, the Martha Mitchell Home and other points of interest, as well as shopping and groceries.

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • RVs
    • Tents

    $75 / night

  3. Camper-submitted photo from Pendleton Bend

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    Pendleton Bend

    5 Reviews
    10 Photos
    20 Saves
    Gillett, Arkansas

    Overview

    Pendleton Bend Campground and Day Use Park is located on the bank of the Arkansas River. The campground offers 31 campsites, a two lane boatramp, a comfort station with hot showers and restrooms, playground, picnic sites, and a group shelter that can accomodate 75 users.

    Recreation

    Hiking, fishing, boating, birding, and hunting are all popular activities for visitors. World-class bass and crappie fishing is found in Pool 2, and the tailwaters of the dam provide excellent opportunities to catch a variety of gamefish, especially catfish. A boat ramp is available for access to the Arkansas River. Hiking and birding is available in the nearby Trusten Holder Wildlife Management Area. Many species of waterfowl frequent the lower Arkansas River and its adjacent wetlands making this area a destination for waterfowl hunters.

    Facilities

    Pendleton Bend offers 31 campsites with electric and water hookups, 25 of which may be reserved. Additional amenities include a boat ramp, comfort station with hot showers and flush toilets, group picnic shelter, and a playground with picnic sites.

    Natural Features

    Pendleton Bend Campground and Park is located in the lush Eastern Arkansas alluvial bottomland forest in Desha County. Pendleton Bend Campground and Park is approximately 3.5 miles upstream of the Wilbur D. Mills Dam and Arkansas Electric Coop Hydropower Dam. The Campground and Park sits along the track for migratory birds as they come and go from the Gulf of Mexico, making it a destination for birders. Many species of waterfowl frequent the Arkansas River and adjacent wetlands making it a destination for waterfowl hunters.

    Nearby Attractions

    Nearby, visitors can visit the Arkansas Post National Memorial. Here, Henri de Tonti established the first European village west of the Mississippi River in 1686. In 1819, Arkansas Post became the capital of the Arkansas Territory and remained so until the Civil War. The Dale Bumpers White River Refuge is nearby that offers 160,000 acres of excellent hunting, fishing, and wildlife viewing opportunities as well.

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • RVs
    • Tents
    • Group

    $75 / night

  4. Camper-submitted photo from Trulock

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    Trulock

    3 Reviews
    7 Photos
    2 Saves
    Arkansas River - Pool 3, Arkansas
    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Tents
    • Picnic Table
    • Drinking Water
    • Toilets
  5. Camper-submitted photo from Saracen Trace RV Park - Pine Bluff Regional Park
  6. Camper-submitted photo from COE Arkansas River Notrebes Bend Park
  7. Camper-submitted photo from Merrisach Lake

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    Merrisach Lake

    2 Reviews
    13 Photos
    14 Saves
    Gillett, Arkansas

    Overview

    Merrisach Lake Campground and Day Use Park is situated on the banks of Merrisach Lake and the Arkansas Post Canal in the lush bottomland forest of eastern Arkansas. The campground is described as off the beaten path, providing visitors with the peace and quiet to enjoy fishing, hunting, picnicking and boating.

    Recreation

    The campground and day use park offers visitors the perfect amount of seclusion to enjoy the outdoors. Visitors enjoy fishing for bass, crappie and catfish in Merrisach Lake and other tributaries of Pool 2. The tailwaters of Wilbur D. Mills Dam provide excellent opportunities to catch many species of gamefish, especially catfish. Visitors to this area also find great hunting, birding and boating opportunities. Merrisach sits on the famed Mississippi Flyway, where millions of songbirds, ducks, geese and butterflies pass during migration.

    Facilities

    Campsites are spacious, with a few backing right up to the lake. Most sites offer electric and water hookups. Additional amenities include hot showers, a playground, boat ramp and dump station. Two large group picnic shelters are available, and can accommodate up to 75 guests each.

    Natural Features

    The Arkansas Post Canal creates a waterway from the Arkansas River to the White River, and Merrisach Lake stems from the pool between the Wilbur D. Mills Dam and Lock Number 2. Wilbur D. Mills Pool boasts 96 miles of shoreline and 10,600 acres of water.

    Nearby Attractions

    The Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge is a haven for wildlife and migratory birds, and is one of the largest remaining bottomland hardwood forests in the Mississippi River Valley. The National Park Services's Arkansas Post National Memorial is also a great place to visit while camping in the area.

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • RVs
    • Tents
    • Group

    $26 / night

  8. Camper-submitted photo from Hestand Stadium Fairgrounds
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    Flamingo Pointe RV Park at Lake Wallace, 2 miles off US HYW 165

    3 Reviews
    46 Photos
    4 Saves
    Lake Village, Arkansas

    Call any time to Book 24/7. Same day Reservations. OCT-NOV Rates $30day $180 week $395 MO. With 200 FT of lakefront and five gravel RV pads, Flamingo Pointe at Lake Wallace offers you the opportunity to experience the sights and sounds of the Delta. Have you ever seen the milky way? Do you love incredible sunsets? Have you ever seen the moon rise over Cypress Lake? Lake Wallace is a 360-acre Cypress tree lined Oxbow Lake, of Bayou Bartholomew, the longest, 320 miles and crookedest Bayou in the world. Lake Wallace contains more than 100 different species of fish, plus frogs, turtles, snakes, ducks, geese, and alligators. You will love this place!

    Flamingo Pointe offers four, back in, gravel RV pads that are level and one drive through pad. Each space has water, sewer, and 50 AMP hook ups. We do have a 30 to 50 Amp adapter available to borrow if you need 30 amp. The property is beautifully illuminated with over 140 solar and string lights.

    All the RV pads have incredible views and please feel free to use the fire pit and cut wood to enjoy a beautiful fire by the lake, day or night. Lake Wallace is a great fishing lake so bring your pole. A grill is also available. No swimming or wading as Lake Wallace is an active alligator lake during the spring, summer and fall. Flamingo Pointe at Lake Wallace is in the heart of some of the richest and most fertile farmland in the world. From April-OCT, you will witness some farming activities across the road and in the area.

    We are located about 6 miles south of Dermott off US HYW 165. We are about 70 miles southeast of Pine Bluff, 45 miles from Greenville, MS, and 90 miles north of Monroe, LA. We are just off the Great River Road National Scenic Byway.

    348 Lake Wallace Road, Dermott, AR.

    Once off HWY 165, you will travel about 1 mile on Lake Wallace Road which half is gravel. Flamingo Pointe has a 12x12 brown shack in the middle of the property, and to the right is our 38' Gooseneck with green skirting. Across the road is farmland with the lake to the rear of the property. All the RV pads are on one level elevated above the lake front area.

    Jamie and I do believe you will love Flamingo Pointe

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • Trash

    $30 / night

  10. Camper-submitted photo from COE Arkansas River Merrisach Lake Park

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