Best RV Parks & Resorts near Wickes, AR

Cossatot River RV Park and Caddo River Access RV Park provide full hookup sites for motorhomes traveling near Wickes. Cossatot River features electric, water, and sewer connections on pull-through sites, while Creekside RV Park in nearby Broken Bow offers 51 sites with 50-amp service. KOA Mena/Ouachita National Forest Journey accommodates larger rigs with 70 spacious sites featuring full hookups. Most parks maintain gravel pads with picnic tables and fire rings, though site spacing varies considerably between locations. "The sites are paved and all seemed pretty level. Spots 1-35 back up to the forest. Higher numbers back up to an open field."

Several RV parks in the region remain open year-round, including Murfeesboro RV Park with its big-rig friendly sites and sanitary dump station. Within 30 miles of Wickes, cell service varies significantly by carrier, with stronger signals available at parks closer to highways. Many parks require advance reservations during peak seasons, particularly in fall when mountain foliage attracts visitors. During summer months, riverside RV sites at Beavers Bend State Park fill quickly despite the absence of sewer hookups. A review noted that "the facilities are a little dated, but generally clean. The showers have plenty of hot water. The RV spots have 30 amp hookups and water. No sewer."

Best RV Sites Near Wickes, Arkansas (114)

    1. Cossatot River RV Park

    3 Reviews
    Wickes, AR
    7 miles
    Website
    +1 (479) 243-3525

    $25 / night

    "It was off the beaten path. Very quiet and peaceful. It seemed most people were gone during the day, maybe working. We explored the state park down the road and went on some fun drives."

    2. Caddo River Access RV Park

    5 Reviews
    Caddo Gap, AR
    45 miles
    Website
    +1 (870) 356-5336

    $12 - $40 / night

    "Grills, fire Rings, and picnic tables available. Nice shaded area for tent camping. They are very close to the outfitter drop spot. Right on the river."

    "It is located a little south of central Arkansas so it’s easily accessible to the whole state. It’s also very affordable and has great amenities."

    3. Creekside RV Park

    2 Reviews
    Broken Bow, OK
    28 miles
    Website
    +1 (580) 306-7875

    $45 - $55 / night

    "Easy access off the Highway. Nice level lots with plenty of room behind to set up tables and games. Clean. Highway noise is a little loud but it does die down at night so no problem sleeping."

    "Great location near Beavers Bend for hiking, boating, and fishing. Also near the Mountain Fork river for some kayaking!"

    4. Murfeesboro RV Park

    5 Reviews
    Murfreesboro, AR
    41 miles
    Website
    +1 (870) 285-4058

    "Very friendly, helpful owners, full hookups and laundry, showers..."

    "Grocery store not far. Shower water smells funny but it will take your first lawyer of skin off. No laundry that I saw, but I didn't ask."

    5. Broken Bow Inn & RV Park

    2 Reviews
    Broken Bow, OK
    31 miles
    Website
    +1 (580) 584-9103

    6. South Fork Rv and camping

    1 Review
    Mount Ida, AR
    44 miles
    +1 (501) 276-4447

    $30 / night

    "Very convenient place to stay only 2 min from town and just a short drive to any location you might want to visit."

    7. KOA Mena/ Ouachita National Forest Journey

    3 Reviews
    Mena, AR
    16 miles
    Website
    +1 (479) 394-6099

    $25 - $60 / night

    "Very nice staff and close to Mena and Ouachita national park. Sewer hook ups on almost every site and a lot of trees and well shaded area, but little tight place and not well leveled."

    "Camp road conditions very good, I have a touring model bike. Owners and staff were great! Very clean, and a very beautiful camp ground!"

    8. Secluded Acres Cabin Rentals

    1 Review
    Broken Bow, OK
    26 miles
    Website
    +1 (580) 494-7301

    "Lots of trees for shade. Full hookups and fire ring. On site: western style miniature golf, ice cream parlor, gift shop and western mock up photo booth."

    10. Willows At Watson

    2 Reviews
    Vandervoort, OK
    15 miles
    Website
    +1 (580) 247-2047

    $46 / night

    "The views out of our back window were incredible, especially at sunset, and it was very peaceful! The wifi worked pretty well too (it probably helped that there were only a few rigs on site)."

    "Willows at Watson is a destination RV spot if you love mountain views and tranquility."

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RV Park Reviews near Wickes, AR

386 Reviews of 114 Wickes Campgrounds


  • R
    Apr. 6, 2021

    Little River Park

    Nice park

    We stayed in G4 in a 42 ft fifth wheel. Sat worked great as there are no trees blocking Dish. T Mobile was 5 bars 4g lte. Sites have 30 amp, picnic table, fish cleaning table and water. Make sure you come with lots of water hose, i needed about 60 feet. Our site backs in sideways and offers a fantastic view from the inside. There is a dump station on the way out that is too tight for my rig. I will dump my gray/black somewhere else. The are a few full hookups with 30/50 amps in H section at the top of the hill. There are some 50 amp on the lake in section H but they do not have sewer. All sites are by reservation only at this time. The sites are mostly level but vary greatly once away fron the pad, it is a lake so expect some hills.

  • NThe Dyrt PRO User
    Dec. 8, 2021

    Beard's Lake Campground

    Works0

    OPEN: Year round

    Sites: 5 paved sites 

    Fees: $13.00 (Mar-Oct) Sites with no hookups $10.00 (Mar-Oct) 

    Limit: 14 days Day use fee:$5.00 Sitting below the dam is a tiny well maintained campground. Heavily wooded across the site. Picnic table, fish cleaning table, trash, toilets, playground, fire pit, pedestal grill, water and electric hookups. Pads are back in hard surface. Nice space between sites with medium amount of trees and shade. Sites 1 and 2 are like double sites you have shower access and a dump station one mile north at Beards Bluff Park. Beards Lake is an oxbow lake and is one of the top fishing lakes in the country. Area surrounding the recreation area is open fields, swampy grasslands and heavy hardwood forest. 

    AIS Clean Drain & Dry 

    LNT

    Travel safe

  • Thomas B.
    Nov. 12, 2020

    Cossatot River RV Park

    Quiet, cozy, small rv park

    We liked our week long visit here.. It was off the beaten path. Very quiet and peaceful. It seemed most people were gone during the day, maybe working. We explored the state park down the road and went on some fun drives. Easy pull through sites with full hook up. Dog friendly (I think) but there weren't any dogs running loose. There are also a couple cabins in the back it looked like.

    **This rv park is not in walking distance to the Cossatot River

  • Donna H.The Dyrt PRO User
    Feb. 4, 2024

    Armadillo Campground - Beavers Bend State Park

    Quiet, lovely campsite.

    We only stayed one night enroute home to NW Arkansas. We had stayed at one of the sites on the river side of the park, but this was our first on the lake side.

    We had a pull-though site with full hookups. As we were only one of three campers, the campground was very quiet. The pull-through sites are fairly close together and I wonder how noisy they would be during peak season.

    The facilities were nice, but no hot water in the showers...brisk!!

    Lots of deer (friendly...I would guess the guests feed them). We would stay here again as a short term solution...probably not a long-term option for us.

  • David W.The Dyrt PRO User
    Oct. 18, 2020

    Cowhide Cove Campground

    Really nice small campground at OLD Cowhide Cove

    This is to update my previous post. We are now in the Old Cowhide Cove Campground. We have a beautiful spot backed up to the lake with a wonderful view. There are two widely separated camping areas: New Cowhide Cove and Old Cowhide Cove. We ae in OLD Cowhide Cove so this review is specific to that area. Very adequate campsites are well spaced with picnic table, fire ring., 50 amp electric and water. There is a well situated dump station right on the way out. Even though the sites are long enough for most rigs, there is a paved parking area between most sites. Old Cowhide Cove Campground is a small area with only a few sites--a plus for me.

    I highly recommend this campground. The unreasonably late check-in time is a responsibility of the COE. There was no one to check us in which was no problem for us as we had advanced reservations and an assigned site which was easy to find and presented no difficulty in backing in.

  • Leslie  N.The Dyrt PRO User
    Oct. 13, 2020

    Quarry Island Campground — Lake Wister State Park

    Quiet and Beautiful

    We stayed at RV site #3 on Quarry Island. The concrete pad was perfectly level and took no time to set up. There were 5 RV sites with full hook ups on isle, even though #4 and # 5 are so close to each other that slide outs could bump into each other, and 2 very nice RV sites with only water and electric on the isle. There was also a lot of tent camping, flush and vault toilets, dump station, pavilion, 5 cabins, picnic tables with grills, boat ramp and swimming anywhere you wanted except for 150’ of the boat ramp. The ranger station was on the isle, so traffic was high at check in. There were 2 hiking trails that looked very nice, but never hiked because we were kayaking. My parents stayed in cabin #4 on the isle and my brother tent camped at Wister Ridge. The view from both of their places was breathtaking and his tent site was well shaded with maple, oak and pine. Fishing was very good and wasn’t a whole lot of boat traffic. There is also primitive camping which looked very nice, except for a couple of sites where the campers didn’t clean up too well behind themselves.

    Pros: Beautiful area and amazing views. Everyone was very helpful and friendly. Plenty of options for accommodations and outdoor activities. The Heavner Ruinstone and Spiral Mounds are close. Tons of wildlife areas and we even spotted a bald eagle. The campgrounds and cabins were very clean.

    Cons: RV sites can be very crowded and not well spaced, especially at Victor Landing. The Wards would be the least crowded for RVs. The booking website is not very good and not very accurate. The cabins bed was not very comfortable, the shower was small and flooded the bathroom while using and the kitchen light and living room ceiling fan was on one switch, so there was no way to have the fan going without the light on. Not all RV sites have picnic tables.

  • Tammie L.
    May. 4, 2022

    Pine Creek Cove

    Very quite and peaceful park

    This campground has a great small lake. Right now parts of the park is flooded due to so much rain. There are no site with sewer. The do have sites with 30 amp and 50 amp and water. The concert pads in loop O are very level. Loop N has asphalt pads they are very level as well. Loop N the sites are more narrow. The park was very clean and the staff are very friendly and helpful. Make sure to bring everything with you because the closest store is about 10 miles. The cell service was ok for ATT, had a hard time picking up Wi-Fi with hot spot. If you are looking for a place to camp that is super quiet and peaceful this is the place to go!

  • Crystal C.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jul. 10, 2019

    Tiny Town Oklahoma

    Centralized Cabins, Tent & RV Camping

    When searching for a unique camping experience you might check out something a little bit outside of the box. Offering tent sites and RV sites Tiny Town might seem normal on paper but when you were arrive they have a lot of options which might be considered a little bit different. 

    I pulled into Tiny Town I noticed right away the unique experience which they offer. Though RVs were parked in the front and on the right I noticed a community of tiny homes just beyond the bounds. Many tiny homes were under construction however a few options were already up and running in a variety of floor plans ideal for any traveler visiting the area. 

    The property it’s self is small but does offer a few amenities including a restroom and laundry as well as a small play facility. The big draw to this area is the quick and easy access to beavers Bend State Park and other attractions around the Broken Bow area. 

    The offering of cabin rentals varies from humble three person dwellings all the way up to a 20 person“Deck-A-Saurus”. Cabins are all equipped with standard furniture including couches and beds, making it ideal for those who just want to pullin and immediately jump into comfort. The RV area it’s self accommodate 17 spaces in three various sizes. Each side includes full hook ups, and barbecue pits. The larger areas have private fire pits as well as picnic tables. 

    When I visited I noticed that the area was a little void of large trees. However the area is currently working to re-landscape and provide better shade accommodations along the perimeter’s which would be very beneficial to tent campers. While they do not market the smaller sites as tent only facilities I did notice there were several people staying in vans or tents in these sites along the outer border. 

    The facility itself is very clean and well-maintained. You can really tell there is attention to detail at this location and that as it continues to grow and be developed that this will be a continued point of interest. 

    Standard nightly rates run between $30 and $45 depending on the site for RV or tent camping. They do also offer both weekly and monthly rates but do impose strict guidelines for those who are staying long-term to keep the facility clean and not looking unkept. 

    The Broken Bow Area offers beautiful unique attractions. If you like fishing, hiking,canoeing or trying something a little new this area is perfect. This park offers easy access to not only the outdoor features but also the nice Intown features such as restaurants making it a perfect place to stop if you’re in the area.

    The only downside I could see to this campsite is that it is not as remote as some.    While it does provide great amenities and access points to everything around with easy pull ins for RV traffic, it does lack that in the woods feel that many other campsites provide.   You will be a little close to your neighbors here.

  • Ruth N.
    Apr. 12, 2019

    Armadillo Campground - Beavers Bend State Park

    Super RV camping

    This is a beautiful state park with both tent and RV camping. RV camping includes water/electric only and water/electric/sewer sites. Lots of pull through sites with concrete pads. Nicer and not as busy as Beavers Bend. Marina with a boat ramp, Lodge, lots of hiking trails. Tent camping on the lake.


Guide to Wickes

RV camping near Wickes, Arkansas offers a blend of serene landscapes and convenient amenities, making it an ideal getaway for outdoor enthusiasts. With several parks in the area, you can find the perfect spot to park your RV and enjoy the natural beauty of the region.

Explore the Cossatot River

  • The Cossatot River RV Park is a clean and peaceful option for those wanting to be near the river, featuring standard RV hookups and a tranquil atmosphere away from heavy traffic.
  • For a more secluded experience, consider the Shadow Mountain RV Park, which is just a short drive from the Cossatot River and offers a beautiful setting with well-maintained facilities.
  • If you're looking for a cozy spot to unwind, the Murfeesboro RV Park provides easy access to the Crater of Diamonds State Park, perfect for a day of diamond mining adventures.

Amenities for Comfort

  • Many parks, like Cossatot River RV Park, offer essential amenities such as electric hookups, water hookups, and sewer connections, ensuring a comfortable stay for RV travelers.
  • At Creekside RV Park, you can enjoy spacious, level lots with full hookups, making it a great choice for families or groups looking for a well-equipped site.
  • The Big Cedar Cabins & RV Park features a range of amenities, including electric hookups and pet-friendly policies, catering to various camping needs.

Ideal for Big Rigs

  • Shadow Mountain RV Park is big rig friendly, providing ample space and easy access for larger RVs, making it a convenient choice for those traveling with bigger vehicles.
  • The Winding Woods RV Park also accommodates big rigs, offering a range of features to ensure a hassle-free camping experience.
  • If you're traveling with a large RV, consider the Broken Bow Inn & RV Park, which has spacious sites and essential amenities to make your stay enjoyable.

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