Natural Falls State Park
Donny S.
Reviewed May. 23, 2020

Beautiful but crowded!!!

I should start by saying we went to the park on Mother’s Day weekend. This may have, and probably did impact the crowd. However, the number of people makes me think it is like this on most weekends. I asked a park ranger and they indicated it’s very busy on the weekend. Due to the parks proximity to AR and OKlahoma (literally almost on the border), it is a high day use park. The actual camping areas are really nice. I’d break it down like this: if I’m a tent, the sites are great all around. If you’ve got a camper like me, the rv sites are real close together. I shared a video explaining my top choice. I’d choose site 4 bc it backs up to the playground, lots of green space around, and short walking distance to bathhouse. If I were going with another family, as my brother and I often do, I’d go with sites 5&6. They are in a corner, also back up to playground, lots of green, and short walking distance from bathhouse. One draw back is there is only one bathhouse for all campers. This is a big drawback for me. With the number of sites and the number of people who visit, this sort of grossed me out just thinking about it. I took pics of the inside of the men’s showers. They looked ok, not great. If you’re counting on using the bathhouse, I don’t know about this park. The pros of the park are many. It’s beautiful. Lots of great trails with a good mix of easy-difficult. The signature water fall trail is beautiful. The park has a disc golf course that’s really nice and well maintained. Lots of picnic tables, grills, etc around. Nice playground, beach volleyball, and horse shoes, all near both the tent and rv sites. There’s also a huge green space/field of sorts for throwing a frisbee, soccer, etc which isn’t altogether common in parks. Overall, it’s a great little park, but I’m giving it 3 stars bc of the sheer volume of people you have to deal with and the bathhouse issue. These issues alone will keep me from ever camping there unless I go during the week.

  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Natural Falls State Park by Donny S., May 23, 2020
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