Choctaw
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:03 UTC
- A night
- $18–$28Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 146108 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices
In the agency’s own words
Choctaw Park is located on the spacious Greers Ferry Lake nestled in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. In the 19th century, a city named Higden flourished where the lake now rests. The city suffered from frequent flooding and as a result a man-made lake was created for flood control of the area. Today, the city's remains sit below the lake, enticing scuba divers and archeologists alike. Keep reading
Recreation
Whether a visitor prefers boating, water skiing, fishing, swimming or scuba diving, Greers Ferry Lake has it all. The river tributaries keep anglers entertained, as they produce some of the largest walleye in the world; the record breaker was a whopping 23 lbs. In spring, the countryside becomes a photographer's paradise with wildflowers, redbud and dogwood trees in full bloom.
Facilities
Choctaw Park offers 106 sites, 85 of which have electrical hookups. Campers can enjoy the hot showers, group picnic shelter, boat ramp, playground, swimming area and public marina.
Natural Features
Greers Ferry Lake spans 30,000 acres of north-central Arkansas. The dam creating the reservoir stands at the foot of the beautiful Round Mountain, with water trickling through to the Little Red River.
Nearby Attractions
Explore the quaint historic towns around the lake for shopping and dining. The William Carl Garner Visitor Center is just west of the dam, with exhibits, a children's touch table, and a replica of the world record 40 lb. 4 oz. brown trout caught in the Little Red River downstream of the center. Contact Info For local information, please call (501) 745-8320 or call (501) 362-2416 for general information.
What the agency tells you
Attendant is on duty during peak season.
One wheeled camping unit and two tents or four tents are allowed per site. Maximum of 8 occupants per site.
ATV's, golf carts or off-road vehicles are prohibited.
Everything else this campground posts · 3
Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
For more information on Greers Ferry Lake, click HERE .
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
- 146
- Hookups
- 85 electric, 24 water
- Longest rig
- 99 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Campers can enjoy the hot showers, group picnic shelter, boat ramp, playground, swimming area and public marina.”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Playground
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, River
- Boating
- Swimming
- Night sky · 98th darkest of 158 in AR
- Bortle 4
107 of 212 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:03 UTC
recreation.gov lists 108 of the 146 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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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.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $18–$28 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 16:03 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
148 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 106 mapped sitesAll 148 records
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 106 of the 148 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.
| A | A01 | standard electric | 47 ft | 50 amp | 148 ft | 1,114 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A02 | standard electric | 47 ft | 50 amp | 111 ft | 992 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A03 | standard electric | 99 ft | 50 amp | 110 ft | 893 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A04 | standard electric | 71 ft | 50 amp | 110 ft | 805 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A05 | standard electric | 95 ft | 50 amp | 104 ft | 713 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A06 | standard electric | 67 ft | 50 amp | 104 ft | 640 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A07 | standard electric | 44 ft | 30 amp | 75 ft | 221 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A08 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 79 ft | 486 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A09 | standard electric | 31 ft | 30 amp | 87 ft | 265 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A10 | standard electric | 36 ft | 30 amp | 65 ft | 456 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A11 | standard electric | 52 ft | 30 amp | 84 ft | 367 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A12 | standard electric | 43 ft | 30 amp | 67 ft | 461 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A13 | standard electric | 54 ft | 30 amp | 92 ft | 538 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A14 | standard electric | 97 ft | 30 amp | 84 ft | 446 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A15 | standard electric | 42 ft | 30 amp | 91 ft | 378 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A16 | standard electric | 61 ft | 30 amp | 37 ft | 318 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A17 | standard electric | 38 ft | 30 amp | 80 ft | 221 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A18 | standard electric | 41 ft | 30 amp | 54 ft | 251 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A19 | standard electric | 39 ft | 30 amp | 63 ft | 219 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A20 | standard electric | 65 ft | 30 amp | 82 ft | 298 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A21 | standard electric | 43 ft | 30 amp | 34 ft | 372 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A22 | standard electric | 34 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 369 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A23 | standard electric | 49 ft | 30 amp | 95 ft | 479 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A24 | standard electric | 38 ft | 30 amp | 65 ft | 455 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A25 | standard electric | 51 ft | 30 amp | 100 ft | 366 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A26 | standard electric | 57 ft | 30 amp | 63 ft | 274 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A27 | standard electric | 55 ft | 30 amp | 68 ft | 459 ft | $22–$28 |
| A | A28 | standard electric | 47 ft | 30 amp | 100 ft | 564 ft | $22–$28 |
| B | B01 | type not stated | 80 ft | 30 amp | 199 ft | ||
| B | B01 | standard electric | 75 ft | 30 amp | 54 ft | 197 ft | $22–$28 |
| B | B02 | standard electric | 37 ft | 30 amp | 39 ft | 259 ft | $22–$28 |
| B | B03 | standard electric | 48 ft | 30 amp | 39 ft | 221 ft | $22–$28 |
| B | B03 | type not stated | 45 ft | 30 amp | 230 ft | ||
| B | B04 | standard electric | 66 ft | 30 amp | 37 ft | 305 ft | $22–$28 |
| B | B04 | type not stated | 55 ft | 30 amp | 308 ft | ||
| B | B05 | standard electric | 39 ft | 30 amp | 22 ft | 343 ft | $22–$28 |
| B | B06 | standard electric | 56 ft | 30 amp | 22 ft | 353 ft | $22–$28 |
| B | B07 | standard electric | 61 ft | 30 amp | 90 ft | 256 ft | $22–$28 |
| B | B07 | type not stated | 54 ft | 30 amp | 253 ft | ||
| B | B08 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 35 ft | 342 ft | $22–$28 |
| B | B09 | standard electric | 33 ft | 30 amp | 34 ft | 365 ft | $22–$28 |
| B | B10 | standard electric | 41 ft | 30 amp | 74 ft | 276 ft | $22–$28 |
| B | B11 | standard electric | 58 ft | 30 amp | 94 ft | 184 ft | $22–$28 |
| B | B12 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | 80 ft | 196 ft | $22–$28 |
| B | B13 | standard electric | 38 ft | 30 amp | 80 ft | 219 ft | $22–$28 |
| B | B14 | standard electric | 63 ft | 30 amp | 209 ft | 94 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C01 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | 84 ft | 1,333 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C02 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 30 ft | 1,316 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C03 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 59 ft | 1,386 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C04 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 58 ft | 1,383 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C05 | standard electric | 63 ft | 50 amp | 30 ft | 1,320 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C06 | standard electric | 52 ft | 50 amp | 59 ft | 1,309 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C07 | standard electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 58 ft | 1,338 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C07A | type not stated | 65 ft | 30 amp | 1,287 ft | ||
| C | C08 | standard electric | 56 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 1,241 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C09 | standard electric | 68 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 1,181 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C10 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 1,226 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C11 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 1,165 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C12 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 1,124 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C13 | standard electric | 67 ft | 50 amp | 79 ft | 1,041 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C14 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 45 ft | 1,059 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C15 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 45 ft | 1,015 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C16 | standard electric | 90 ft | 50 amp | 35 ft | 957 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C17 | standard electric | 99 ft | 50 amp | 35 ft | 922 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C18 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | 149 ft | 930 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C18A | type not stated | 70 ft | 30 amp | 932 ft | ||
| C | C19 | standard electric | 77 ft | 30 amp | 79 ft | 718 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C20 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 65 ft | 648 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C21 | standard electric | 68 ft | 30 amp | 69 ft | 602 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C22 | standard electric | 47 ft | 30 amp | 52 ft | 598 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C23 | standard electric | 59 ft | 30 amp | 40 ft | 549 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C24 | standard electric | 61 ft | 30 amp | 52 ft | 563 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C25 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 40 ft | 515 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C26 | standard electric | 85 ft | 30 amp | 49 ft | 507 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C27 | standard electric | 41 ft | 30 amp | 67 ft | 456 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C28 | standard electric | 95 ft | 30 amp | 49 ft | 502 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C29 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 53 ft | 501 ft | $22–$28 |
| C | C30 | standard electric | 35 ft | 30 amp | 75 ft | 513 ft | $22–$28 |
| Choctaw | Choctaw Shelter AM | day use | 30 amp | $50 | |||
| Choctaw | Choctaw Shelter PM | day use | 30 amp | $50 | |||
| D | D01 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | 79 ft | 222 ft | $22–$28 |
| D | D02 | standard electric | 64 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 253 ft | $22–$28 |
| D | D03 | standard electric | 59 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 289 ft | $22–$28 |
| D | D04 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | 86 ft | 203 ft | $22–$28 |
| D | D05 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | 71 ft | 283 ft | $22–$28 |
| D | D06 | standard electric | 64 ft | 50 amp | 98 ft | 269 ft | $22–$28 |
| D | D07 | standard electric | 64 ft | 50 amp | 88 ft | 284 ft | $22–$28 |
| D | D08 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | 88 ft | 261 ft | $22–$28 |
| D | D09 | standard electric | 64 ft | 50 amp | 90 ft | 366 ft | $22–$28 |
| D | D10 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 366 ft | $22–$28 |
| D | D11 | standard electric | 64 ft | 50 amp | 90 ft | 445 ft | $22–$28 |
| D | D12 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | 98 ft | 432 ft | $22–$28 |
| D | D13 | standard electric | 68 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 541 ft | $22–$28 |
| D | D14 | standard nonelectric | 54 ft | 77 ft | 579 ft | $18 | |
| D | D15 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 74 ft | 406 ft | $18 | |
| D | D16 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 74 ft | 336 ft | $18 | |
| D | D17 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 81 ft | 429 ft | $18 | |
| D | D18 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 97 ft | 319 ft | $18 | |
| D | D19 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 99 ft | 413 ft | $18 | |
| D | D20 | standard nonelectric | 49 ft | 95 ft | 406 ft | $18 | |
| D | D21 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 99 ft | 314 ft | $18 | |
| D | D22 | standard nonelectric | 48 ft | 95 ft | 405 ft | $18 | |
| D | D23 | standard nonelectric | 47 ft | 97 ft | 318 ft | $18 | |
| D | D24 | standard nonelectric | 48 ft | 74 ft | 353 ft | $18 | |
| D | D25 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 74 ft | 422 ft | $18 | |
| D | D26 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 98 ft | 462 ft | $18 | |
| D | D27 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 109 ft | 690 ft | $18 | |
| D | D28 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 109 ft | 735 ft | $18 | |
| D | D29 | standard nonelectric | 56 ft | 84 ft | 656 ft | $18 | |
| D | D30 | standard nonelectric | 63 ft | 101 ft | 612 ft | $18 | |
| D | D31 | standard nonelectric | 58 ft | 108 ft | 524 ft | $18 | |
| D | D32 | standard nonelectric | 52 ft | 84 ft | 616 ft | $18 | |
| D | D33 | standard nonelectric | 56 ft | 101 ft | 622 ft | $18 | |
| D | D34 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 101 ft | 523 ft | $18 | |
| E | E01 | type not stated | 50 ft | 420 ft | |||
| E | E01A | type not stated | 50 ft | 403 ft | |||
| E | E02 | type not stated | 49 ft | 279 ft | |||
| E | E03 | type not stated | 56 ft | 246 ft | |||
| E | E03A | type not stated | 50 ft | 247 ft | |||
| E | E04 | type not stated | 33 ft | 284 ft | |||
| E | E04A | type not stated | 33 ft | 285 ft | |||
| E | E05 | type not stated | 45 ft | 197 ft | |||
| E | E06 | type not stated | 41 ft | 259 ft | |||
| E | E07 | type not stated | 48 ft | 183 ft | |||
| E | E07A | type not stated | 48 ft | 182 ft | |||
| E | E08 | type not stated | 50 ft | 261 ft | |||
| E | E09 | type not stated | 43 ft | 220 ft | |||
| E | E09A | type not stated | 43 ft | 218 ft | |||
| E | E10 | type not stated | 63 ft | 329 ft | |||
| E | E11 | type not stated | 48 ft | 168 ft | |||
| E | E11A | type not stated | 48 ft | 177 ft | |||
| E | E12 | type not stated | 24 ft | 248 ft | |||
| E | E12A | type not stated | 24 ft | 243 ft | |||
| E | E13 | type not stated | 50 ft | 302 ft | |||
| E | E14 | type not stated | 39 ft | 214 ft | |||
| E | E14A | type not stated | 39 ft | 217 ft | |||
| E | E15 | type not stated | 38 ft | 225 ft | |||
| E | E15A | type not stated | 38 ft | 336 ft | |||
| E | E16 | type not stated | 65 ft | 193 ft | |||
| E | E16A | type not stated | 65 ft | 191 ft | |||
| E | E17 | type not stated | 48 ft | 277 ft | |||
| E | E18 | type not stated | 52 ft | 258 ft | |||
| E | E19 | type not stated | 56 ft | 359 ft | |||
| E | E20 | type not stated | 60 ft | 426 ft | |||
| E | E21 | type not stated | 52 ft | 483 ft | |||
| E | E22 | type not stated | 50 ft | 497 ft | |||
| E | E23 | type not stated | 64 ft | 432 ft | |||
| E | E24 | type not stated | 50 ft | 522 ft |
The agency files 2 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.
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
25 of 148 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Sugar Loaf6.2 mi
Narrows (AR)11 mi
Devils Fork12 mi
Cherokee Campground (AR)12 mi
Cove Creek (AR)12 mi
Mill Creek (AR)12 miFrom Clinton, AR, take US 65 5 miles south to AR 330 then 3.5 miles east. Follow signs into campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Clinton, AR
Typical weather
Typical October night 46°F, day 74°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 28°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

Choctaw is in Arkansas’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, J. French Hill (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →