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Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping Area
Drive-up · Arkansas Game & Fish Commission · AR · 36.24493, -92.71569
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Ask about this camp →Arkansas Game & Fish Commission lists this site. Someone from the agency inventoried it, so it is a real camp — not a spot we guessed at. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 584 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping AreaNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping Area · Arkansas Game & Fish Commission · AR
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- @Mail1 mi
- FFuel2 mi
- GGrocery2 mi
- RxPharmacy2 mi
- OOutfitter10 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- DDump19 mi
- HHardware20 mi
- ShShower35 mi
- WWater36 mi
- AAir-up39 mi
- EVEV fast charger41 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 36-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 2 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 41-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
Elevation
584 ft
Ground slope
15.1% · steep
Nearest rail line
~0.2 mi · main line
State
AR
Coordinates
36.24493, -92.71569
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping Area · Arkansas Game & Fish Commission · AR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCrooked Creek · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townSummit · ~1.6 mi
- Nearest rail line~0.2 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelWhite Oak Station · ~2.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~19.0 mi
- GroceriesHarps · ~2.2 mi
- PharmacyFred's · ~2.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicClaude Parrish Community Health Clinic · ~16.0 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~19.9 mi
EV charging — from Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping Area · Arkansas Game & Fish Commission · AR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger40.8 mi straight-line NW — First Stop - Branson · FCN · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 2 within 50 · 44 within 100 · 119 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)74.2 mi — Bucees Springfield MB.HPC, Springfield
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)17.9 mi — Ultimate Chrysler, Mountain Home, AR · Blink Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Carter's Jewel Chest, Mountain Home, 20.4 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for dealership use only · AFDC lists it “Free”
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 331131 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping Area · Arkansas Game & Fish Commission · AR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomLD RU Rush Launch Romtec Vault Toilet B274 · ~12.5 mi SE · NPS
- RestroomLD RU Rush Campground Romtec Vault Toilet B272 · ~12.5 mi SE · NPS
- RestroomLD BP Ranger Station 202 · ~13.9 mi SE · NPS
- RestroomLD BP CG Restroom E 240 · ~14.3 mi SE · NPS
Coming out here — Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping Area · Arkansas Game & Fish Commission · AR
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Crooked Creek as a perennial stream, under 0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 15.1% — steep. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~0.2 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
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Other camps near Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- South Maumee (Buffalo National River, Middle District)~15.0 mi
- Spring Creek Campground (Buffalo National River, Lower District)~16.8 mi
- Shine Eye (Buffalo National River, Middle District)~17.8 mi
- Gilbert (Buffalo National River, Middle District)~17.9 mi
Who holds the land at Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping Area
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Kelly's Slab, manager on record: a state fish and wildlife agency. That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping Area
Fire rules
On property owned, leased or cooperatively managed by the AGFC, you may not: burn any noncombustible materials in campsites (glass, nails, etc.); burn wood, brush or grass outside of designated campsites; leave a fire unattended or allow one to escape from control.
Permit
All campers 16 and older on AGFC-owned WMAs must have a valid hunting or fishing license or a WMA/Lake Conservation Permit ($10.50).
Area rules
Unless otherwise noted under a specific WMA, camping is limited to no more than 14 consecutive days and must be in a designated camping area.
Source
public land records
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
AGFC-mapped designated camping area. LEGAL BASIS -- AGFC 2026-27 General WMA Regulations, agfc.com/regulations/general-wma-regulations/ read 2026-08-16, verbatim: "Unless otherwise noted under a specific WMA, camping is limited to no more than 14 consecutive days and must be in a designated camping area." Also: "It is unlawful to camp or use any campsite for more than 30 days total during one calendar year"; camps "may not remain unoccupied for more than 48 hours"; "Creating a disturbance after 10 p.m. is not allowed"; it is unlawful to possess alcoholic beverages on Commission-controlled WMAs. FIRE: you may not "burn any noncombustible materials in campsites", "burn wood, brush or grass outside of designated campsites", or "leave a fire unattended or allow one to escape from control". THE 'UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED' CLAUSE IS LOAD-BEARING -- individual WMAs override these numbers, so read that WMA's own page at agfc.com/wma/ before publishing a stay limit. ACCESS PERMIT, NOT A CAMPING FEE: AGFC's general WMA regulations state "All campers 16 and older on AGFC-owned WMAs must have a valid hunting or fishing license or a WMA/Lake Conservation Permit ($10.50)." That is a right-of-access permit for the whole area. AGFC publishes NO separate per-night camping charge for these sites, and its own GIS marks this point 'No Fee Site' -- which is why fee=0. Hunting seasons run on these areas. Check agfc.com/wma for current season dates, permit hunts and any closure before you go, and wear hunter orange in season. AGFC's own 'last_verified_date' for this point is 2011-07-06 -- the agency has not re-checked it since, so treat it as possibly stale. COORDINATE PROVENANCE: the latitude and longitude on this row are AGFC's own, taken from the public ArcGIS service https://gisec2.agfc.com/arcgis/rest/services/GIS/AGFC_DATA/MapServer layer 1 ('Public Use Facilities'), queried 2026-08-16 for ftype IN ('RVs Allowed - No Hookups','Tents Only','RVs Allowed - Hookups','RVs Allowed - Hookups and Dump'). This is the agency's mapped facility point, NOT a field visit and NOT a geocode. The fee flag on this row is AGFC's own 'fdescrip' column reading 'No Fee Site'. AGFC does not publish per-site facility detail, so the presence of a table, fire ring, toilet or trash service is UNKNOWN and is not claimed here. NO WATER SOURCE IS CLAIMED -- treat any lake, river or bayou nearby as NON-POTABLE. AGFC's facility type for this point is 'Tents Only'. Nearest town: Summit ~1.5 mi. 'Nearest town' is STRAIGHT-LINE distance to the nearest OpenStreetMap place=city/town/village and is NOT a driving distance; in the Delta bottoms and the Ouachitas the road in can be far longer. Ingest 2026-08-16. STATUS=pending: this is a lead for review, not published. | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping Area
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Whether the fire rule stated above still stands today — what we have is a dated reading of the agency's listing, not a live restriction feed
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping Area
Finding water out here →Fire rules & restrictions →Leave no trace →Power off-grid →All field notes →