Beard's Bluff Park (AR)
1Heads up1 fire 46 mi away
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:57 UTC
- A night
- $18–$45Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 22All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 8 notices
In the agency’s own words
Beard's Bluff is located 13 miles east of Ashdown on State Highway 32. It is a bird watcher's paradise with a birding overlook and access to the best sunset viewing on the lake. Keep reading
Recreation
The campground offers open water access to the lake and Little River. The area is made navigable by boat lanes which mark the river and other designated waterways through the lake. Outside of these channels is submerged timber and aquatic vegetation that appeal to anglers and duck hunters alike. Millwood Lake is home to over 300 species of birds including the American Bald Eagle and Great White Pelicans, many of which can be found in the Beard's Bluff area.
Facilities
The campground contains lake side campsites as well as those not located directly on the lake but with a lake view. Flush toilets, showers, and potable water are located throughout the campground. The facility also offers one centrally located sewage dump station. Campsites are equipped with picnic tables, grills, fire rings, 30/50 amp electricity, water hydrants, and lantern poles.
Natural Features
The campground is located directly on Millwood Lake with lake views from most of the campsites. Bluffs overlook the lake and the area is surrounded by a variety of dense forest.
Nearby Attractions
Nearby towns include Nashville, AR, Ashdown, AR, and Texarkana, TX.
What the agency tells you
All fish remains must be disposed of outside of park.
All pets must be kept on a leash.
Off-road vehicles including ATVs, UTVs, and golf carts are not allowed in the park.
Everything else this campground posts · 5
Overflow camping directed to Beard's Lake, Saratoga Landing, and Paraloma Park.
Alligators are present in Millwood Lake.
Life jackets save lives!
For more information, please call Beard's Bluff Park at (870) 388-9556 or the MIllwood Lake Project Office at (870) 898-3343.
STOP THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE SPECIES. Remove plants, seeds, animals, and mud from boots, gear, pets, and vehicles. Clean your gear before entering and leaving the recreation site. Stay on designated roads and trails, and follow local guidelines for firewood. CLEAN, DRAIN, DRY boats and any other recreational equipment that contacts water. Dispose of unwanted bait, worms, fish parts, or other organisms into the trash and not into the environment. For more information visit https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/rec.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 22
- Hookups
- 21 electric, 21 water
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…on the lake but with a lake view. Flush toilets, showers, and potable water are located throughout…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…a lake view. Flush toilets, showers, and potable water are located throughout the campground. The facility…”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 28 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River
- Boating
- Fishing
- Wildlife viewing
14 of 40 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:57 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
OpenBooked
Watch for a cancellation
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One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
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Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 14
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $18–$45 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 16:57 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
22 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 13 mapped sitesAll 22 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 22 of the 22 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 003 | standard electric | 50 amp | 106 ft | 805 ft | $25–$45 |
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 004 | standard electric | 50 amp | 103 ft | 792 ft | $25–$45 |
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 005 | standard electric | 50 amp | 103 ft | 692 ft | $25–$45 |
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 006 | standard electric | 50 amp | $25–$45 | ||
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 007 | standard electric | 50 amp | 186 ft | 51 ft | $25–$45 |
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 008 | standard electric | 50 amp | $25–$45 | ||
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 009 | standard electric | 50 amp | $25–$45 | ||
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 010 | standard electric | 50 amp | $25–$45 | ||
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 011 | standard electric | 50 amp | $25–$45 | ||
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 012 | standard electric | 50 amp | 86 ft | 138 ft | $25–$45 |
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 013 | standard electric | 50 amp | 54 ft | 221 ft | $25–$45 |
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 014 | standard electric | 50 amp | 103 ft | 291 ft | $25–$45 |
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 015 | standard electric | 50 amp | $25–$45 | ||
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 016 | standard electric | 50 amp | 54 ft | 237 ft | $25–$45 |
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 017 | standard electric | 50 amp | $25–$45 | ||
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 018 | standard electric | 50 amp | $25–$45 | ||
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 019 | standard electric | 50 amp | 110 ft | 222 ft | $25–$45 |
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 020 | standard electric | 50 amp | 110 ft | 294 ft | $25–$45 |
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 021 | standard electric | 50 amp | 187 ft | 383 ft | $25–$45 |
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 022 | standard electric | 50 amp | $25–$45 | ||
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 023 | standard nonelectric | 228 ft | 495 ft | $18 | |
| BEARDS BLUFF PARK (AR) | 024 | standard electric | 50 amp | 228 ft | 267 ft | $25–$45 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Saratoga Park2.5 mi
Beard's Lake Park3.8 mi
Cottonshed Park (AR)6.4 mi
Paraloma Park7.2 mi
White Cliffs Park8.2 mi
Sportsman's Cove27 miBeard's Bluff Park is located 13 miles east of Ashdown on State Highway 32. When driving from Ashdown, cross Millwood Dam and take the second left.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Saratoga, AR
Typical weather
Typical October night 53°F, day 76°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 32°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Beard's Bluff Park (AR) is in Arkansas’s 4th congressional district. Its representative, Bruce Westerman (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →