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166 Reviews of 14 Shirley Campgrounds

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  Jeff P.

  Ranger

  

  Oct. 27, 2024

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  Our new favorite camping grounds

  This state park is one of the hardest to book a camping site for a last-minute camping trip. After we finally secure our spot, it’s easy to see why it’s so hard to secure at a moment's notice.

  Please be sure to visit the Petite Jean Coffeehouse which is located before the entrance to the park.

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  Jonathan P.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 21, 2024

  Sylamore Creek Camp

  The ABSOLUTE WORST STAFF ON THE PLANET

  While it was pretty last year (the reason it was my first pick this year) the owner uses Marissa, Jamie and Serena as his own personal shield to avoid taking responsibility for his business, and all of them are rude as all get out. Marissa promised multiple times that the owner would call me, and kept changing when exactly that would be. Two days later, I have NEVER heard from him, despite him being fully aware he needed to contact me. I ended up having the credit card company cancel the charge.

  And omg, the shower house. Bring a space heater. It's an open air shed with exposed pvc and no drain. I can't imagine how it operates in the winter.

  If you come in October, expect loud screaming, gun shots and chainsaws for THREE HOURS at night from one of their events your probably won't be told about til you arrive. Greg deserves to have this place fail.

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  Brian G.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 18, 2024

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  Wonderful place!!

  We had a great weekend at Petit Jean. The hiking was great and the campsite is beyond beautiful. There is also a nice coffee shop that is conveniently close to the campsites.

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  Rick T.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 18, 2024

  Dam Site Campground

  Nice

  This is such a beautiful campground with great fishing and floating nearby. Area Code The campground sits on the tail waters of Beaver Lake and is gorgeous

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  Jennifer O.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 13, 2024

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  Beautiful park with tons of overlooks!

  What a beautiful park, although it’s really spread out and you’ll need you an e-bike or bike to ride around. Lots of bouldering, hiking, overlooks, and tall pine trees! There’s something for everyone. I would recommend loop a for the best views and most spaced out spots. Very friendly hosts, clean bathrooms, visitors center is new and outstanding.

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  Nick N.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 1, 2024

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  The trail was okay, but they need to do better.

  The trail was okay, but showing signs that it wasn't being maintained properly anymore. From litter found all along the trail to parts of the trail not being maintained. Even some of the stones placed to make walkways are coming out of place. 

  But inside was worse...

  The old white lady working the giftshop was absolutely horrible. While we were still shopping, this woman embarrassed us asking loudly çare yall planning to pay for that, while we were looking at the stuffed animals, and making us look like shoplifters. I absolutely recommend against spending a single dollar at that store, and I've previously spent decent amount of money there, but no more. I recommend avoiding the main building entirely, and that will me my recommendation until they fix this problem

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  Shana D.

  Legend

  

  Sep. 30, 2024

  Dam - Quarry

  River view

  Decent campground with excellent trout fishing! The campground layout was kinda weird and the dump station was in an odd spot. However, we had a nice river front site that we really enjoyed. Lots of nice people in the campground and on the river. Be sure to visit the hatchery across the street. . Limited AT&T service. Individual Private suite style bathrooms. Playground. No store, no firewood for sale. Level sites. Several sites have covers over the picnic tables. .

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  Ciara E.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 26, 2024

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  Great place to camp!

  Nice place to camp. Just no signal. Also a little expensive for me but others may not think so!

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  Jeffrey Z.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 13, 2024

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  Great state park

  Beautiful campground. Site was not level front to back but plenty of space. Even ate at the restaurant which was nice.

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  Shana D.

  Legend

  

  May. 7, 2024

  Sylamore Creek Camp

  Beautiful Creek

  Loved being able to camp so close to the creek! The campsites weren’t anything special, but it is perfect for a weekend getaway. The lower campground does not have a bathroom, have to walk to the hill. The bathrooms were clean, but the shower house is basically like taking an outdoor shower. They do sell wood, ice and have a small selection of items inside the office. The location is great and the river is gorgeous making this a place would would definitely return to.

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  john L.

  Traveler

  

  May. 5, 2024

  Sylamore Creek Camp

  Disappointed

  We have stayed here 2 times, once in a RV a couple years ago and had a nice experience. The second just this week. Since we stayed here last the prices have increased per night and it has come under new ownership. We stayed in the “wren” cabin. Which is over looking campsites below and sylamore creek. Not horrible, but honestly if I’m paying for water views I want to see the water not campers. Overall fairly clean, other than the debris pictured in the shower. No problem, sometimes mistakes happen. Could have even fell from the ceiling when the door closed or something after it was cleaned. My biggest issue, we were here for 3 nights. Typically I like to shower a couple times a day as does my wife when it is hot out. We had a total of 2 bath towels and 2 wash cloths upon arrival. Rather than new ones being brought daily, you are required to take the used ones to the camp store and exchange them yourself. I’m on vacation, I don’t personally feel it should be my responsibility to secure my own towels on MY time. I mean, I’m here for 3 days, give me 6 towels and wash cloths and count them when I leave if your that worried about towel theft. I’ve travelled half way around the world and never had this issue before. But if I’m paying $140 a night for a room worth about $90 (at best) I’d at least like enough towels to get me through my stay or maybe send someone by with new ones. One more thing, note the front door pic needs painted at a minimum, I mean, it’s not just one thing, it’s attention to detail and upkeep. The bathroom door also rubbed the floor and the floor was uneven overall. I get around pretty good, but I can see this being a trip hazard for someone elderly. Point being, I did not get a good value for the stay I purchased. I did confront the towel issue and the response was “we’ve always done it that way”. Doesn’t sound like it will change soon, which means I won’t be back and wouldn’t encourage anyone else to stay here either. On a positive, it’s not a bad location. I will also mention the bed, it wasn’t bad, but could have lived without the sandpaper sheets.

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  Renee H.

  Ranger

  

  Mar. 26, 2024

  Dam - Quarry

  Clean campground, nice location

  Average space between sites. Level paved sites with gravel picnic area including picnic table, fire ring, lantern hanger. Some sites had covered picnic area. Limited shade, most sites don’t have trees. Good access to sites. Clean and private bathrooms. Each room had its own lockable bathroom with toilet, sink and shower. Garbage cans were outside of bathrooms, as well as dumpsters near the registration building. Friendly staff upon check in. Campground was patrolled regularly. No laundry or recycling. Nearby road with little road noise. Verizon cell signal was excellent. There is a dump station and potable fill station. No store or food for purchase on site. No hiking in campground, but multiple trails nearby. Boat ramp at campground and lots of wading fly fishing in river. Fish hatchery across from campground.

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  zandra B.

  Scout

  

  Mar. 20, 2024

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  Love me some Pettit Jean!!

  I found everything to be absolutely amazing! Ive also wanted to visit pettit jean , and when i finally did it was so much more than i even imagined. Beautiful, stunning, and can’t wait to visit again!!!!

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  ALISHA W.

  Scout

  

  Mar. 14, 2024

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  Great Campsite near the lake

  Our campsite was perfect. It was near the lake with full hook ups. We had plenty of space and one side was woods.

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  Sarah S.

  Guide

  

  Jan. 8, 2024

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  All by ourselves in the woods

  Gorgeous!! We enjoyed our stay. We had no service, but the lodge was so nice to be able to do homeschool and work. Everyone was super nice.

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  Napunani

  Legend

  

  Dec. 1, 2023

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  One of Arkansas' Finest

  PROS 

  No reservation transaction fee 

  Senior discount 

  Quiet 

  Moveable metal picnic table on a concrete pad, pedestal BBQ grill, fire ring with cooking grate, and one hook lantern pole 

  Site 14 partially shady 

  Good condition asphalt parking pad with gravel and grass surrounding 

  Good view of lake from Site 14 

  Sites well spaced 

  Campground A toilet/shower building clean and sufficiently stocked. Heated but not air conditioned. 

  Site 14 more than long enough for trailer and tow vehicle 

  Dark sky friendly as there are no street lights in Campground A 

  Very nice 6ft wide asphalt bike trail from Campground B to Mather Lodge

  (approximately 1.75 miles) CCC Hike and Bike Trail 

  New Visitor Center built 2021 

  Beautiful CCC built Mather Lodge

  (restaurant added in 2012) 

  Grass throughout campground mowed 

  Firewood sold in the yards of residences along State Road 154 

  CONS 

  Site 14 extremely unlevel side to side 

  No privacy from other campsites 

  No entrance security gate to the park or any campgrounds as State Road 154 cuts thru the park 

  No park ranger drive thrus 

  Mather Lodge Restaurant OK. Don't expect much from the menu or service but it has a full bar 

  3 of our 4 day stay there was a religious group prophetlytizing at the Park Visitor Center WIFI only at Lodge and Visitors Center 

  NO TMOBILE service

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  Cheryl C.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 30, 2023

  White Buffalo Resort

  Can't beat it!

  It's such a beautiful place, right on the White River and the Buffalo River, just yards away. The best of both rivers. The resort is well maintained and the staff is friendly. There's a pool in the summer and a ping pong table. The bathrooms do not have air conditioning, but are clean.

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  Natalie C.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 30, 2023

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  Beautiful area and peaceful camping

  This is one of my favorite camping trips! The scenery will blow you away. The park has amazing overlooks for those of us that are not big hikers and some trails that are not too long. I recommend hiking sticks because even the shorter trails can be rocky but it is worth it! We drove to every overlook. There are shady areas to enjoy the view and have a snack/lunch. Each area was different so do not skip them! 

  We did Rock Cave and Bear Cave Trails that stated the difficulty as "easy". Both trails had obstacles and were not a walk in the park. Take your time and watch your step. I used a walking stick and my partner for support at times. It was slow going in some areas and younger people zoomed right past us. That was okay! The Cedar Falls Overlook was a boardwalk and accessible for strollers/walkers but it was still a little ways to go. 

  We camped in our pull behind camper in loop D. Our site was great except it was steeper than anticipated. Be aware of the site you book and come prepared with extra chocks, blocks and/or stabilizers. Our site was spacious and clean. The bathhouse was also clean and well maintained. We drove through the other loops for reference. Loop A looked good all the way around. Loop B looked new, as if all sites are full hookup with smooth, paved drives including a parking area. Loop C was very woody and wild compared to B! Its worth mentioning again...find campsite pictures online so you know what you are booking.

  I highly recommend visiting this park! We have already a booked another stay for next spring.

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  Brad G.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 22, 2023

  Sylamore Creek Camp

  worst campground we have been to

  We had a terrible experience camping here over the weekend. We were expecting a nice quiet family outing with friends but that is not what we got. I have never been to a rv park where there is a haunted hayride and haunted house on site only feet away from campers but we also had to listen to screaming, banging, chainsaws and tractors running until 10pm each night. So the kids decided to check out the hayride and haunted house with the moms and did so but were to chicken to go through the house. So i challenged the older kids to go through the house with me. So we made our way over to the house and were met with an upset clown that said we had to go to the office to get our vouchers because the kids had been through the house too many times already. So we go and get the vouchers and go on the hayride without any problems when we pull back up to the house the clown then confronts me and tells me i need to tell the kids to stop throwing rocks during the hayride. I said who and then asked the kids if they did and they said no and he continues to accuse them of throwing rocks. I then confront this clown about accusing my kids of doing something and he then starts dropping f bombs left and right and starts threating to call the cops which i said please do but i guess decided not to. So after a few back and forth words i decide to leave the situation and take the kids back to the camper and he proceeds to follow me and continue to use the f word repeatedly. I can say i will never be back to this clown of a campground and would not want my worst enemy staying here. Their sign says no cussing or you will be escorted off the premises but i guess that only applies to the guests not the employees. The sign also says beware of clowns. So do yourself a favor and don't waste your time or money on this clown of a place.

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  Jaynee S.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 3, 2023

  Denton Ferry RV Park & Cabin Rental

  Hot in summer

  This is probably an excellent site in spring or fall. However summertime is hot at the site because of the lack of shade trees. Site 15 is by the water and has a large area for dogs or family. There is a staircase down to the water next to site 8. The fishing is good. It’s a pet friendly site however if your dogs bark neighbors will complain. The manager is friendly. They do not have trash pick up service; you just take your trash to a dumpster at the end of the camp, which is not a big deal. No grill available but has picnic tables and fire ring. WI-FI aid very good.

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  Chris D.

  Ranger

  

  Aug. 12, 2023

  Dam - Quarry

  Great Summer Heat Retreat

  We have stayed here many times in te summer heat . The Norfork river provides great cool breezes early and late during the day . Fishing is. Eat when the generators start drop water levels and early mornings without generation. Excellent Verizon 5g

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  G C.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 1, 2023

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  Busy but beautiful

  Super cool paths, views and community. Tons of historical value and it's obvious that Arkansas cares about it's forests, natural resources and outdoor communities. Tons of people everywhere no matter where you venture off to though.

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  Chris D.

  Ranger

  

  Jul. 15, 2023

  Dam - Quarry

  Great Views

  Great campsites along the river , cold water trout stream makes the air temp several degrees lower . The hatchery is across the road and you can easily access Norfork Lake a short drive away . Clean bathrooms and not a lot of traffic

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  Cheri H.

  Legend

  

  Jul. 4, 2023

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  Amazing

  Stayed two nights here. Loved it. My one recommendation is that you bring a lot of water hose. I had 50’ and it wasn’t enough. The water was located way at the front of the site and I couldn’t access it. And it was impossible to get my site level. My neighbor had the same issues.

  This park is great. It had hiking trails and a CCC hike/bike trail, an antique automobile museum, lots of scenic overlooks, cabins, a lodge, an amazing visitor center and restaurant. I had the best time here. Lots of Civilians Conservation Corps architecture. They built the whole park with the exception of some of the newer cabins .

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  William M.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 3, 2023

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  Petit Jean

  What a beautiful park! Spacious level site. Clean bathhouse. Rangers were very helpful and knowledgeable about the park. Plenty of adventures to be had (Cedar Creek falls, Seven Hollows Trail, etc.).

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  wendy G.

  Traveler

  

  May. 24, 2023

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  Beautiful place

  Beautiful place to visit and camp. So much history of CCC camp in this area. Plenty of waterfalls and trails to find.

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  Amanda F.

  Guide

  

  Apr. 19, 2023

  Petit Jean State Park — Petit Jean State Park

  Stunning!! Book your reservation now, you will be glad you did.

  This park is by far one of the most well taken care of parks I have ever visited. Accommodations for everyone. Tent camping, yurts, rv campground, cabins, the lodge rooms, if you can't find something that suits you its on you not the park. Lol. The scenery is absolutely breathtaking. Hiking trails for everyone. Waterfalls, caves, canoeing, fishing, and even have gift shops. So much to see and do here. Highly recommend.