Buffalo Point
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- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:21 UTC
- A night
- $30From, per site
- Sites
- 109All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 8 notices
In the agency’s own words
Buffalo Point is a convenient, fun-filled destination for families and adventurists of all types. It's perched along the Buffalo National River, providing exciting river sports and hiking opportunities. In peak season, a restaurant is open at the facility, serving up meals for those who want a break from preparing them. Keep reading
Recreation
The wild river is a gathering place for water activities. Many campers spend their days fishing, hiking, canoeing or kayaking. Evenings are ideal for gathering next to the fire to revamp for another great day out on the river.
Facilities
Buffalo Point offers campsites with water, electricity and even a classic pay telephone. It's the only area in the park with a restaurant, open daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day and on weekends only from mid-April to Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day Weekend to mid-October.
Natural Features
The campground is set along Buffalo National River, one of the few free-flowing rivers remaining in the contiguous United States. The river runs 135 miles without dams and cuts through the Arkansas Ozarks and into the White River. The region is surrounded by droves of lush hardwood trees and grassy open meadows.
Nearby Attractions
Two popular attractions within the Buffalo Point Area are the Indian Rockhouse Trail and the Rush Historic District. Rush was a zinc mining community until the zinc market collapsed and the settlement was deserted. Tours about the town's history are available. Buffalo Point is the former Buffalo River State Park developed in the 1930's as project of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Blanchard Springs Caverns, an extraordinary living cave, is a one-hour drive from Buffalo Point.
Charges & Cancellations
Please see the Recreation.gov Rules and Reservation Policies .
What the agency tells you
Water and electricity is turned off form November 15th to March 14th each year.
The facility is available for camping free of charge outside of the reservation season.
Climbing and/or diving from the bluffs is dangerous and highly discouraged.
Everything else this campground posts · 5
Do not swim alone during high water.
All park trails are closed to pets with the exception of the Buffalo River Trail, only on the section of trail between Ponca and Steel Creek, the Villines Homestead Trail at Ponca, the Mill Creek Trail (trailhead is at the Pruitt river access area in the Upper District), the Tyler Bend Campground trails (Spring Hollow, Buck Ridge, and Rock Wall in the Middle District), and all three Buffalo Point Campground trails (Forest Trail, Overlook Trail, and Campground Trail in the Lower District). For more information visit the Pets page on the park website.
Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states.
Please be aware that some special events held at the pavilions or anywhere in the park (such as weddings, press receptions, concerts, et al) require a Special Use Permit in addition to the pavilion reservation. To obtain a Special Use Permit or additional information, please contact the Commercial Services office at (870) 365-2724. For more information visit the Special Park Uses web page. .
Please be advised that providing business services within an NPS unit is prohibited per CFR 5.3 without a written Authorization or Permit approved by the Superintendent. This includes services such as RV or tent delivery & set-up, firewood sales and delivery, shuttle (transportation) services, and guided hikes, floats, etc. For a list of approved visitor services and to learn more about working with Buffalo National River, please visit the our Doing Business with the Park web page. .
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 109 · 5 tent-only, 21 walk-in, 5 group
- Hookups
- 82 electric, 82 water
- Longest rig
- 65 ft
- Paved pads
- 83 of 109
- Accessible sites
- 2
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS on 112 of 112 campsite records
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- SHOWERS on 104 of 112 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER on 109 of 112 campsite records, WATER SPIGOT on 3 of 112 campsite records
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Stay limit
- 30 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- River, Meadow
- Biking
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Hunting
- Ranger programs
- Swimming
- Visitor center
- Water sports
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 34th darkest of 158 in AR
- Bortle 3
Full this Saturdayread 16:21 UTC
How full the weekend is nationally.
9 campgrounds have sites open within 30 miles, read 16:45 UTC. See them
OpenBooked
Every one of the 54 sites on offer is taken this Friday and Saturday. 47 are free on Mon, Oct 19. read 16:21 UTC Why the weekend fills and the week doesn’t
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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.
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.
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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 · 13
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $30 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.
“Please see the Recreation.gov Rules and Reservation Policies.” · this campground’s own terms
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 · 6
Open within 30 miles this weekend · 9
Sites the agency is offering this Friday and Saturday that nobody has taken, nearest first; the nearest 5 of 9. read 16:45 UTC
- Tyler Bend CampgroundBuffalo National River · 13 mi · 6 of 86 site-nights open
- Carver CampgroundBuffalo National River · 19 mi · 2 of 16 site-nights open
- Lakeview ParkBull Shoals Lake · 20 mi · 65 of 144 site-nights open
- Dam - QuarryNorfork Lake · 22 mi · 14 of 142 site-nights open
- Blanchard Springs Recreation AreaOzark National Forest · 23 mi · 3 of 8 site-nights open
recreation.gov availability, read 16:21 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
112 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 111 mapped sitesAll 112 records
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 112 of the 112 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 108 of the 112 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| Group Sites | G1 | group tent only area nonelectric | 251 ft | 506 ftBuffalo River | 390 ft | $50 | |||
| Group Sites | G2 | group tent only area nonelectric | 143 ft | 896 ftBuffalo River | 2,925 ft | $50 | |||
| Group Sites | G3 | group tent only area nonelectric | 143 ft | 1,035 ftBuffalo River | 2,988 ft | $50 | |||
| Group Sites | G4 | group tent only area nonelectric | 182 ft | 1,201 ftBuffalo River | 2,963 ft | $50 | |||
| Group Sites | G5 | group tent only area nonelectric | 191 ft | 1,163 ftBuffalo River | 2,662 ft | $50 | |||
| Loop A | A01 | standard electric | 32 ft | 53 ft | 299 ftBuffalo River | 241 ft | $30 | ||
| Loop A | A02 | standard electric | 27 ft | 50 amp | 53 ft | 352 ftBuffalo River | 205 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A03 | standard electric | 24 ft | 50 amp | 100 ft | 447 ftBuffalo River | 124 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A04 | standard electric | 27 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 503 ftBuffalo River | 106 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A05 | standard electric | 24 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 509 ftBuffalo River | 157 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A06 | standard electric | 27 ft | 50 amp | yes | 51 ft | 578 ftBuffalo River | 193 ft | $30 |
| Loop A | A07 | standard electric | 24 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 561 ftBuffalo River | 214 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A08 | standard electric | 27 ft | 50 amp | 47 ft | 513 ftBuffalo River | 161 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A09 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 47 ft | 502 ftBuffalo River | 207 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A10 | standard electric | 25 ft | 50 amp | 40 ft | 455 ftBuffalo River | 197 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A11 | standard electric | 25 ft | 50 amp | 40 ft | 415 ftBuffalo River | 220 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A12 | standard electric | 28 ft | 50 amp | 34 ft | 333 ftBuffalo River | 246 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A13 | standard electric | 26 ft | 50 amp | 34 ft | 344 ftBuffalo River | 256 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A14 | standard electric | 28 ft | 50 amp | 31 ft | 268 ftBuffalo River | 311 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A15 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 31 ft | 287 ftBuffalo River | 308 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A16 | standard electric | 24 ft | 50 amp | 50 ft | 225 ftBuffalo River | 378 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A17 | standard electric | 25 ft | 50 amp | 50 ft | 179 ftBuffalo River | 418 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A18 | standard electric | 24 ft | 50 amp | 25 ft | 141 ftBuffalo River | 420 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A19 | standard electric | 33 ft | 50 amp | 25 ft | 147 ftBuffalo River | 412 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A20 | standard electric | 24 ft | 50 amp | 40 ft | 222 ftBuffalo River | 333 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A21 | standard electric | 26 ft | 50 amp | 40 ft | 189 ftBuffalo River | 348 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A22 | standard electric | 25 ft | 50 amp | 47 ft | 192 ftBuffalo River | 325 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B23 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 37 ft | 297 ftBuffalo River | 222 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B24 | standard electric | 61 ft | 50 amp | 37 ft | 270 ftBuffalo River | 231 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B25 | standard electric | 49 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 193 ftBuffalo River | 215 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B26 | standard electric | 43 ft | 20/30/50 amp | 72 ft | 192 ftBuffalo River | 26 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B27 | type not stated | 47 ft | 50 amp | 176 ftBuffalo River | 72 ft | |||
| Loop B | B28 | standard electric | 56 ft | 50 amp | 80 ft | 209 ftBuffalo River | 82 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B29 | standard electric | 43 ft | 50 amp | 72 ft | 127 ftBuffalo River | 83 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B30 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 37 ft | 134 ftBuffalo River | 101 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B31 | standard electric | 47 ft | 50 amp | 37 ft | 122 ftBuffalo River | 134 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B32 | standard electric | 53 ft | 50 amp | 53 ft | 158 ftBuffalo River | 144 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B33 | standard electric | 26 ft | 50 amp | 84 ft | 114 ftBuffalo River | 228 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B34 | standard electric | 51 ft | 50 amp | 39 ft | 139 ftBuffalo River | 323 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B35 | standard electric | 39 ft | 50 amp | 39 ft | 178 ftBuffalo River | 317 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B36 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 232 ftBuffalo River | 279 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B37 | standard electric | 41 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 262 ftBuffalo River | 208 ft | $30 | |
| Loop B | B38 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 80 ft | 287 ftBuffalo River | 103 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C39 | standard electric | 50 ft | Electricity Hookup | 53 ft | 354 ftBuffalo River | 909 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C40 | standard electric | 43 ft | 50 amp | 53 ft | 362 ftBuffalo River | 957 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C41 | standard electric | 42 ft | 50 amp | 48 ft | 444 ftBuffalo River | 974 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C42 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 166 ft | 198 ftBuffalo River | 1,049 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C43 | standard electric | 41 ft | 50 amp | 48 ft | 443 ftBuffalo River | 1,020 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C44 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 367 ftBuffalo River | 1,033 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C45 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 373 ftBuffalo River | 1,092 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C46 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 64 ft | 440 ftBuffalo River | 1,157 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C47 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 48 ft | 377 ftBuffalo River | 1,161 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C48 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 48 ft | 370 ftBuffalo River | 1,208 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C49 | standard electric | 39 ft | 50 amp | 72 ft | 430 ftBuffalo River | 1,244 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C50 | standard electric | 47 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 361 ftBuffalo River | 1,284 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C51 | standard electric | 49 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 353 ftBuffalo River | 1,342 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C52 | standard electric | 26 ft | 50 amp | 55 ft | 401 ftBuffalo River | 1,424 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C53 | standard electric | 37 ft | 50 amp | 55 ft | 361 ftBuffalo River | 1,400 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C54 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 86 ft | 336 ftBuffalo River | 1,498 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D55 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | yes | 57 ft | 344 ftBuffalo River | 1,647 ft | $30 |
| Loop D | D56 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 333 ftBuffalo River | 1,704 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D57 | standard electric | 42 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 290 ftBuffalo River | 1,789 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D58 | standard electric | 39 ft | 50 amp | 32 ft | 250 ftBuffalo River | 1,851 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D59 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 32 ft | 234 ftBuffalo River | 1,883 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D60 | standard electric | 34 ft | 50 amp | 23 ft | 228 ftBuffalo River | 1,945 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D61 | standard electric | 43 ft | 50 amp | 23 ft | 221 ftBuffalo River | 1,968 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D62 | standard electric | 53 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 202 ftBuffalo River | 2,030 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D63 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 192 ftBuffalo River | 2,079 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D64 | standard electric | 47 ft | 50 amp | 49 ft | 165 ftBuffalo River | 2,161 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D65 | standard electric | 61 ft | 50 amp | 49 ft | 150 ftBuffalo River | 2,210 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D66 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 49 ft | 283 ftBuffalo River | 2,057 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D67 | standard electric | 49 ft | 50 amp | 26 ft | 336 ftBuffalo River | 2,027 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D68 | standard electric | 44 ft | 50 amp | 26 ft | 360 ftBuffalo River | 2,013 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D69 | standard electric | 39 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 395 ftBuffalo River | 1,936 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D70 | standard electric | 28 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 449 ftBuffalo River | 1,796 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D71 | standard electric | 24 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 447 ftBuffalo River | 1,746 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D72 | standard electric | 37 ft | 50 amp | 44 ft | 378 ftBuffalo River | 1,804 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D73 | standard electric | 43 ft | 50 amp | 44 ft | 335 ftBuffalo River | 1,818 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D74 | standard electric | 41 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 292 ftBuffalo River | 1,879 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D75 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 281 ftBuffalo River | 1,965 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | D76 | standard electric | 53 ft | 50 amp | 49 ft | 274 ftBuffalo River | 2,015 ft | $30 | |
| Loop E | E77 | standard electric | 24 ft | 50 amp | 44 ft | 221 ftBuffalo River | 2,330 ft | $30 | |
| Loop E | E78 | standard electric | 31 ft | 50 amp | 55 ft | 157 ftBuffalo River | 2,381 ft | $30 | |
| Loop E | E79 | standard electric | 25 ft | 50 amp | 55 ft | 113 ftBuffalo River | 2,415 ft | $30 | |
| Loop E | E80 | standard electric | 29 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 127 ftBuffalo River | 2,477 ft | $30 | |
| Loop E | E81 | standard electric | 21 ft | 50 amp | 43 ft | 186 ftBuffalo River | 2,476 ft | $30 | |
| Loop E | E82 | standard electric | 36 ft | 50 amp | 43 ft | 184 ftBuffalo River | 2,518 ft | $30 | |
| Loop E | E83 | standard electric | 23 ft | 50 amp | 44 ft | 225 ftBuffalo River | 2,374 ft | $30 | |
| Pavilions 1-3 | P1 | day use | 191 ft | 1,325 ftBuffalo River | 2,798 ft | $50 | |||
| Pavilions 1-3 | P2 | day use | 212 ft | 144 ftBuffalo River | 384 ft | $50 | |||
| Pavilions 1-3 | P3 | day use | 92 ft | 347 ftBuffalo River | 788 ft | $50 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: A | walk to | 36 ft | 170 ftBuffalo River | 216 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: B | walk to | 36 ft | 134 ftBuffalo River | 249 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: C | walk to | 60 ft | 126 ftBuffalo River | 231 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: D | walk to | 59 ft | 124 ftBuffalo River | 230 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: E | walk to | 59 ft | 118 ftBuffalo River | 248 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: F | walk to | 37 ft | 143 ftBuffalo River | 252 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: G | walk to | 37 ft | 151 ftBuffalo River | 268 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: H | walk to | 52 ft | 148 ftBuffalo River | 300 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: I | walk to | 98 ft | 99 ftBuffalo River | 393 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: J | walk to | 122 ft | 113 ftBuffalo River | 523 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: K | walk to | 97 ft | 105 ftBuffalo River | 628 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: L | walk to | 57 ft | 149 ftBuffalo River | 678 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: M | walk to | 57 ft | 145 ftBuffalo River | 731 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: N | walk to | 59 ft | 168 ftBuffalo River | 824 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: O | walk to | 38 ft | 194 ftBuffalo River | 865 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: P | walk to | 38 ft | 212 ftBuffalo River | 891 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: Q | walk to | 68 ft | 279 ftBuffalo River | 862 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: R | walk to | 85 ft | 229 ftBuffalo River | 669 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: S | walk to | 69 ft | 293 ftBuffalo River | 469 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: T | walk to | 69 ft | 266 ftBuffalo River | 413 ft | $20 | |||
| Tent only | Walk-in: U | walk to | 183 ft | 331 ftBuffalo River | 183 ft | $20 |
The agency files 3 more records here that aren’t sites for the night. It files them as day use. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.
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Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Buffalo Point CampgroundBuffalo National River · 1.1 mi
Rush CampgroundBuffalo National River · 2.7 mi
Spring Creek CampgroundBuffalo National River · 4.0 mi
South MaumeeBuffalo National River · 5.0 mi
Tyler Bend CampgroundBuffalo National River · 13 mi
Barkshed CampgroundOzark National Forest · 18 miFrom Springfield, MO: Take Highway 65 South through Branson to Harrison. Stay on Highway 65 through Harrison, turn left on Highway 62 and travel to Yellville. At Yellville turn right on Highway 14 East. Travel 17 miles (27 km) to Highway 268 East. Turn left on 268 to Buffalo Point.
From Little Rock, AR: Take Highway 65 North to Marshall, at Marshall turn right on Highway 27 North about 11 miles (18 km) to Harriet. Turn left on Highway 14 West and travel about 14 miles (22.5 km) to Highway 268 East. Turn right on Highway 268 to Buffalo Point.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Buffalo City, AR
Typical weather
Typical October night 45°F, day 73°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 24°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 · a letter you can send
Who answers for this land
Buffalo Point is in Arkansas’s 1st congressional district. Its representative, Rick Crawford (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →
Who can change it · 3
Two offices, two different asks. The draft to the agency asks it to set aside a published share of the sites here for whoever drives up. The draft to Congress asks why that share is zero and presses for a published minimum at the campgrounds it funds.
- The member who votes the moneyEric A. "Rick" CrawfordU.S. Representative · Arkansas’s 1st district
- Your senator, on the same appropriationJohn BoozmanU.S. Senator · Arkansas
- Your senator, on the same appropriationTom CottonU.S. Senator · Arkansas
Read the draft, or change the wording
For the camper who turned up, or tried to book, and couldn’t get in. Every draft is written from this campground’s own record (its agency, its unit, its site count and its own weekend) and the buttons above copy whichever wording is selected here.
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Buffalo Point, Buffalo National River, Arkansas
Dear Eric A. "Rick" Crawford, I’m a constituent in Arkansas’s 1st district. I tried to camp at Buffalo Point, Buffalo National River, Arkansas, and couldn’t. All 109 sites at Buffalo Point are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 54 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Buffalo Point keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Buffalo Point. I’m asking you to put it to the National Park Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Buffalo Point (Buffalo National River, Arkansas) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Buffalo Point, Buffalo National River, Arkansas
Dear John Boozman, I’m a constituent in Arkansas. I tried to camp at Buffalo Point, Buffalo National River, Arkansas, and couldn’t. All 109 sites at Buffalo Point are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 54 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Buffalo Point keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Buffalo Point. I’m asking you to put it to the National Park Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Buffalo Point (Buffalo National River, Arkansas) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Buffalo Point, Buffalo National River, Arkansas
Dear Tom Cotton, I’m a constituent in Arkansas. I tried to camp at Buffalo Point, Buffalo National River, Arkansas, and couldn’t. All 109 sites at Buffalo Point are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 54 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Buffalo Point keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Buffalo Point. I’m asking you to put it to the National Park Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Buffalo Point (Buffalo National River, Arkansas) via campanac.com