Elephant Rock Campground

Elephant rock campground. It is free. It is designated sites. Everyone is right on top of each other. There is very little shelter or trees for screening. There are two Porta potty‘s. It looks like it’s somewhere where a bunch of people of just pulled in their RVs and basically set up life. It’s pretty ugly as far as the campground goes with everything right next to each other. A lot of RVs and Campervans have pulled in there. Elephant rock yourself is very cool. It looks like a big elephant.

This site is USFS and AHRA managed not BLM. It requires human waste to be REMOVED ! NOT LEFT ON SITE!
As of 6\24\2921 there is NO CAMPING OR FIRES west of the railroad ! Day use there only.
Rangers patrol and enforce the above rules.

I stayed here Memorial Day Weekend. I camp out of my 4Runner but there’s a lot of sites down near the water that you have to hike to (with all your gear). I believe there’s a two-week max.

When I showed up, it was desolate- maybe one or two other people/groups. By the end of the weekend, the lot was packed and all of the sites near the water were also occupied.

No toilets so you’d see a lot of people walking the railroad tracks north/south to do the do. Personally I hate being that packed in a dispersed area and knowing that... that’s just me.

Loved putting my feet in the Arkansas River and watching the kayakers and rafters. It was hot during the day and cold at night- to me, that’s good camping weather!