Free and paid camping in Arkansas

356 camps in Arkansas: 332 free, 24 charge a fee. Every camp that charges is marked fee in the list below — or press Free only to hide them.

Every camp we have found on public land in Arkansas, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

AGFC226 camps

• Ashbaugh Woods Camping Area280 ft
• Bayou Des Arc Camping Area #2194 ft
• Big Bayou Meto Access Camping Area180 ft
• Big Bell Lake Camping Area193 ft
• Big Hurricane Lake Camping Area193 ft
• Bill Bridgeforth Long Pond Access Camping Area181 ft
• Blue Hole Camping Area204 ft
• Brookings Camping Area267 ft
• Buchingham Flats Access Camping Area #1178 ft
• Buchingham Flats Access Camping Area #2178 ft
• Camp Robinson Camping Area #1269 ft
• Camp Robinson Camping Area #2270 ft
• Camp Robinson Camping Area #3267 ft
• Camp Robinson Camping Area #4267 ft
• Camp Robinson WDA Camping Area267 ft
• Camp Robinson WDA RV Camping Area315 ft
• Chittman Hill Camping Area315 ft
• Choctaw Camping Area #2143 ft
• Clubhouse Pond Camping Area317 ft
• Coffey Access Camping Area241 ft
• Cox Cypress Access Camping Area #1182 ft
• Cox Cypress Access Camping Area #2183 ft
• Cox Cypress Access Camping Area #3181 ft
• Cox Cypress Access Camping Area #5182 ft
• Cox Cypress Access Camping Area #7181 ft
• Cox Cypress Access Camping Area #8184 ft
• Crabtree Landing Camping Area201 ft
• Crooked Creek Gravel Bar Camping Area584 ft
• Crow Tract Camping Area461 ft
• Cypert Road Camping Area
• Dagmar Camping Area #1171 ft
• Dagmar Camping Area #10172 ft
• Dagmar Camping Area #11172 ft
• Dagmar Camping Area #12173 ft
• Dagmar Camping Area #13172 ft
• Dagmar Camping Area #14170 ft
• Dagmar Camping Area #2172 ft
• Dagmar Camping Area #3172 ft
• Dagmar Camping Area #4173 ft
• Dagmar Camping Area #5170 ft
• Dagmar Camping Area #6172 ft
• Dagmar Camping Area #7172 ft
• Dagmar Camping Area #8173 ft
• Dagmar Camping Area #9172 ft
• Deep Bank Slough Camping Area195 ft
• Finger Point Camping Area259 ft
• Gene Rush Camping Area #11,349 ft
• Gene Rush Camping Area #21,071 ft
• Gene Rush Camping Area #31,214 ft
• Gene Rush Camping Area #4708 ft
• Gene Rush Camping Area #51,185 ft
• Gene Rush Camping Area #6787 ft
• Georgetown Camping Area191 ft
• Gill Levee Access Camping Area183 ft
• Glaise Creek #2 Camping Area193 ft
• Grand Cypress Access Camping Area184 ft
• Harold Alexander Camping Area #1 - North Camp673 ft
• Harold Alexander Camping Area #2 - HQ Camp610 ft
• Harold Alexander Camping Area #3 - Middle Camp589 ft
• Harold Alexander Camping Area #4 - South Camp782 ft
• Harold E. Alexander Spring River WMA Camping Area #5329 ft
• Hatchie Coon Island Camping Area #1220 ft
• Hatchie Coon Island Camping Area #2219 ft
• Hatchie Coon Island Camping Area #3219 ft
• Hatfield Landing Camping Area250 ft
• Headquarters Road Camping Area210 ft
• Hill Slough Camping Area #1240 ft
• Holland Bottoms Camping Area #1252 ft
• Holland Bottoms Camping Area #4251 ft
• Holland Bottoms Camping Area #5252 ft
• Honey Lake Camping Area192 ft
• Horseshoe Lake Camping Area #1239 ft
• Horseshoe Lake Camping Area #2239 ft
• Hubble Bridge Access Camping Area267 ft
• Hurricane Lake Camping Area #1193 ft
• Hurricane Lake Camping Area #11194 ft
• Hurricane Lake Camping Area #12205 ft
• Hurricane Lake Camping Area #13192 ft
• Hurricane Lake Camping Area #15194 ft
• Hurricane Lake Camping Area #16195 ft
• Hurricane Lake Camping Area #2193 ft
• Hurricane Lake Camping Area #3192 ft
• Hurricane Lake Camping Area #4198 ft
• Hurricane Lake Camping Area #5193 ft
• Hurricane Lake Camping Area #6193 ft
• Hurricane Lake Camping Area #7192 ft
• Hurricane Lake Camping Area #8192 ft
• Hurricane Lake Camping Area #9202 ft
• Jamestown Independence County Camping Area986 ft
• Jones Island East Camping Area200 ft
• Kingfisher Lake Camping Area320 ft
• Lake Hogue Camping Area #2245 ft
• Lake Hogue Camping Area #3235 ft
• Lake Wilhelmia Primitive Camping Area997 ft
• Lake Wilhelmina Camping Area #11,007 ft
• Lake Wilhelmina Camping Area #21,013 ft
• Lake Wilhelmina Camping Area #31,007 ft
• LB Access Camping Area327 ft
• Little Bayou Camping Area130 ft
• Long Bell Access Camping Area #1180 ft
• Long Bell Access Camping Area #10180 ft
• Long Bell Access Camping Area #2181 ft
• Long Bell Access Camping Area #3181 ft
• Long Bell Access Camping Area #4180 ft
• Long Bell Access Camping Area #5181 ft
• Long Bell Access Camping Area #6180 ft
• Long Bell Access Camping Area #9180 ft
• Lower Camping Area67 ft
• Lower East Camping Area132 ft
• Lower Mound Camping Area210 ft
• Lower Vallier Access Camping Area #1183 ft
• Lower Vallier Access Camping Area #2183 ft
• Lower Vallier Access Camping Area #3184 ft
• Lower Vallier Access Camping Area #4183 ft
• Lower Vallier Access Camping Area #5180 ft
• Lower Weir Camping Area129 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #101,367 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #111,509 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #121,289 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #131,350 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #141,527 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #151,534 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #161,538 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #171,389 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #181,200 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #191,569 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #21,341 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #201,585 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #211,593 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #221,546 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #231,566 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #241,552 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #31,333 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #41,319 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #51,617 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #61,590 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #71,611 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #81,607 ft
• Madison County Camping Area #91,555 ft
• Mallard Lake Camping Area243 ft
• Mallard Pond Access Camping Area193 ft
• Martin Tract Camping Area234 ft
• Middle Camping Area67 ft
• Mike Freeze Wattensaw WMA Float Camp Campsite187 ft
• Mikes Freeze Wattensaw WMA Hall's Camping Area170 ft
• Mill Lake Camping Area282 ft
• Mulberry Access Camping Area #2185 ft
• North Camping Area #1140 ft
• North Oliver Camping Area229 ft
• Old River Ramp Camping Area136 ft
• Overflow Camping Area #2267 ft
• Overflow Camping Area #3262 ft
• Petit Jean Camping Area368 ft
• Petit Jean River WMA Camping Area #1310 ft
• Petit Jean River WMA Camping Area #3302 ft
• Petit Jean WMA Camping Area #1310 ft
• Petit Jean WMA Camping Area #2536 ft
• Prater Camping Area526 ft
• Pullen Pond #1 Camping Area312 ft
• Raft Creek Camping Area200 ft
• Raft Creek East Camping Area186 ft
• Raft Creek West Camping Area185 ft
• Rex Hancock Black Swamp Camping Area #1218 ft
• Rex Hancock Black Swamp Camping Area #2186 ft
• Rex Hancock Black Swamp Camping Area #3198 ft
• Rex Hancock Black Swamp Camping Area #4187 ft
• Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Camping Area #1426 ft
• Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Camping Area #2423 ft
• Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Camping Area #3425 ft
• Riverside Camping Area146 ft
• Riverside Camping Area #3146 ft
• Riverside Camping Area (2)273 ft
• Robinwood Camping Area197 ft
• Scott Henderson Gulf Mountain Camping Area #1943 ft
• Scott Henderson Gulf Mountain Camping Area #21,151 ft
• Scott Henderson Gulf Mountain Camping Area #31,384 ft
• Scott Henderson Gulf Mountain Camping Area #41,382 ft
• Scott Henderson Gulf Mountain Camping Area #51,327 ft
• Scott Henderson Gulf Mountain Camping Area #61,281 ft
• Shirey Bay Camping Area242 ft
• Slaty Camping Area304 ft
• Snowden Camping Area221 ft
• Spillway Landing Camping Area255 ft
• Squirrel Camp Camping Area242 ft
• Thompson Tract Access Camping Area232 ft
• Three Sister's Lake East Camping Area196 ft
• Three Sister's Lake West Camping Area192 ft
• Tipton Access Camping Area181 ft
• Tower Road North Camping Area205 ft
• Tower Road South Camping Area205 ft
• Upper Camping Area64 ft
• Upper East Camping Area132 ft
• Upper Vallier Access Camping Area #1183 ft
• Upper Vallier Access Camping Area #2181 ft
• Upper Vallier Access Camping Area #3184 ft
• Upper Vallier Access Camping Area #4182 ft
• Upper Vallier Access Camping Area #6183 ft
• Upper Weir Camping Area #1131 ft
• Upper Weir Camping Area #3131 ft
• Upper Weir Camping Area #5131 ft
• Upper Weir Camping Area #6129 ft
• Upper Weir Camping Area #7130 ft
• Walter Will Bryant Cannon Brake Access Camping Area #1178 ft
• Walter Will Bryant Cannon Brake Access Camping Area #2179 ft
• Walter Will Bryant Cannon Brake Access Camping Area #3179 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #1215 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #10198 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #11197 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #12199 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #15196 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #17202 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #18221 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #19204 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #2212 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #20204 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #21212 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #22199 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #23184 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #3206 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #4200 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #5196 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #7201 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #8172 ft
• Wattensaw Camping Area #9212 ft
• Webb Lake Camping Area212 ft
• Whirl Lake Camping Area193 ft

Arkansas Dept of Agriculture Forestry Division44 camps

• Poison Springs Camping Area #A-1314 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #A-2317 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #B-12296 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #B-2258 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #B-28281 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #B-7250 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #B-9273 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #C-10372 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #C-102299 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #C-118256 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #C-119307 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #C-123339 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #C-18341 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #C-2266 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #C-29338 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #C-54279 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #C-8273 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #C-80362 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #C-95323 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #C-97304 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #D-100299 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #D-112258 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #D-138316 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #D-178222 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #D-181216 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #D-2266 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #D-29300 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #D-3287 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #D-4283 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #D-43267 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #D-54226 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #D-66281 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #E-3243 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #F-19299 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #F-29330 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #F-3323 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #F-31351 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #F-39290 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #F-49293 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #G-12332 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #G-18279 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #G-32297 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #G-6283 ft
• Poison Springs Camping Area #G-79316 ft

U.S. Forest Service33 camps

• Bard Springs1,251 ft · fee
• Barkshed Cg571 ft · fee
• Beech Point Cg255 ft · fee
• Big Bear Trail Shelter1,106 ft
• Big Branch Trail Shelter838 ft
• Bill Potter Trail Shelter729 ft
• Blanchard Springs Recreation Area381 ft · fee
• Blue Mountain Trail Shelter1,690 ft
• Brown Creek Trail Shelter889 ft
• Cove Lake Recreation Area1,032 ft · fee
• Fourche Mountain Recreation Area (Ouachita National Forest)1,122 ft
• Gunner Pool Cg500 ft · fee
• Horsehead Lake Recreation Area697 ft · fee
• John Archer Trail Shelter1,292 ft
• Lake Sylvia658 ft · fee
• Lake Wedington Recreation Area1,134 ft · fee
• Little Pines797 ft · fee
• Lone Pine Cg270 ft · fee
• Long Pool Recreation Area539 ft · fee
• Maple Flat Cg265 ft · fee
• Moccasin Gap1,450 ft · fee
• Moonshine Trail Shelter1,455 ft
• Oak Moutain Trail Shelter1,527 ft
• Redding Cg751 ft · fee
• Richland Creek Cg1,044 ft · fee
• Shady Lake1,166 ft · fee
• Shores Lake Recreation Area652 ft · fee
• Sorghum Hollow636 ft · fee
• South Fourche502 ft · fee
• Spring Lake Recreation Area525 ft · fee
• Storm Creek Lake Cg258 ft · fee
• White Rock Cg2,306 ft · fee
• Wolf Pen Cg919 ft · fee

Ozark-St. Francis National Forest11 camps

• Bayou Bluff Cg629 ft
• Brock Creek Campground & Trailhead909 ft
• Brock Creek Cg873 ft
• Deer Tower2,175 ft
• Dispersed camp #2 — Washington County, AR1,765 ft
• Dispersed camp #3 — Washington County, AR1,226 ft
• Dispersed camp #4 — Washington County, AR1,264 ft
• Dispersed camp — Washington County, AR1,310 ft
• Haw Creek Falls Cg800 ft
• Ozone Rec Area1,842 ft
• Sam'S Throne

USFWS11 camps

• Boundary Road Camping Area152 ft
• Eagle Lake Camping Area79 ft
• Jones Lake Camping Area82 ft
• Locust Ridge Camping Area87 ft
• McIntire Bay Camping Area72 ft
• Pereogeethe Lake Camping Area76 ft
• Pine Island Camping Area75 ft
• Prairie Island Camping Area69 ft
• Riverside Camping Area #1147 ft
• Riverside Camping Area #2149 ft
• Shallow Lake Camping Area87 ft

Ouachita National Forest10 camps

• Bear Creek Equestrian Camp1,020 ft
• Crystal Campground963 ft
• Hickory Nut Mountain Campground1,241 ft
• Jack Creek651 ft
• Lake Sylvia644 ft
• Loop A731 ft
• Loop B1,131 ft
• Loop C1,144 ft
• Loop C648 ft
• Loop D1,133 ft

NPS7 camps

• Gilbert (Buffalo National River, Middle District)553 ft
• Grinders Ferry (Buffalo National River, Middle District)568 ft
• Mt. Hersey (Buffalo National River, Middle District)689 ft
• Shine Eye (Buffalo National River, Middle District)591 ft
• South Maumee (Buffalo National River, Middle District)718 ft
• Spring Creek Campground (Buffalo National River, Lower District)810 ft
• Woolum (Buffalo National River, Middle District)660 ft

Other public land4 camps

• Dispersed camp #2 — White County, AR215 ft
• Dispersed camp #4 — White County, AR216 ft
• Dispersed camp — White County, AR220 ft
• Garland County583 ft · notes

County4 camps

• Allens Ferry Access Camping Area254 ft
• Hervey Access Camping Area249 ft
• Spoon Bend Access Camping Area94 ft
• Twin City Park Camping Area179 ft

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers4 camps

• Lenox Marcus Camping Area430 ft
• Pikeville Camping Area #2561 ft
• Rock Creek Camping Area567 ft
• Star of the West Camping Area #1554 ft

Elsewhere in Arkansas2 camps

• Garland County578 ft · notes
• South Fourche Recreation Camping Area264 ft