ReservableBookable through October 31; an off-peak season follows November 1 to March 31.
Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book
Right now
Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 15:57 UTC
A night
$24–$26Across the site types the agency prices
Sites
69All of them booked ahead
64 ftLongest rig
580 ftElevation
236 ftWater · Norfork Lake
6.9 miSE of Mountain Home, AR
25%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices

In the agency’s own words

Dam Quarry Campground is an angler's paradise. Located in northern Arkansas, just downstream of the Norfork Dam, the campground is renowned for its world-class trout fishing. The Norfork Lake region was one of the state's first water recreation areas with opportunities like water skiing, canoeing, scuba diving, and of course, fishing. Keep reading

Recreation

While fishing is the top-rated activity in the lower river area, kayaking, birding and hiking are also very popular. The public land around Norfork keeps hunters busy with white-tailed deer, wild turkey, squirrel, rabbit and quail.

Facilities

Kids will enjoy the playground and everyone will find fun in the water. A boat ramp is on-site and a marina is located just above the dam. Everything but the group sites have electric hookups.

Natural Features

The campground sits at the banks of the North Fork River and Dry Run Creek. The river feeds the popular 22,000-acre Norfork Lake, which is just upstream from Dam Quarry. The site has beautiful views of the forested hills and hollows of the Ozarks.

Nearby Attractions

A short drive south takes visitors to the Ozark National Forest for sightseeing and wildlife spotting. The campground is also just three miles northeast of the small town of Norfork.

Charges & Cancellations

Cancellations up to 2 days before a reservation start date incur a $10.00 cancellation fee.

What the agency tells you

Rule

Off-road vehicles are not permitted

Rule

No livestock at this facility

Rule

No firearms allowed

Everything else this campground posts · 2
Rule

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.

Rule

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.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Tents and rigs

Sites
69 · 1 group
Hookups
69 electric, 69 water
Longest rig
64 ft
Paved pads
52 of 69
Accessible sites
1
Pets
Allowed
Campfires
Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade
52 of 58 sites
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Flush Toilets
FLUSH TOILETS on 68 of 71 campsite records, FLUSH TOILETS (SEASONAL) on 1 of 71 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE FLUSH TOILETS on 35 of 71 campsite records
Showers
Accessible Showers
ACCESSIBLE SHOWERS on 36 of 71 campsite records
Drinking water
Yes
WATER SPIGOT on 55 of 71 campsite records
Boat ramp
Yes
Playground
Yes
Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026
Water, toilets and showers: counted from this campground’s own campsite records, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Lake, River, Creek
Boating
Swimming
Night sky · 90th darkest of 158 in AR
Bortle 4
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

14 of 142 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:57 UTC

Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.

OpenBooked

Booking windowThrough October 31Bookable now through October 31, 2026, the end of the peak season. The off-peak season that follows runs November 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027; recreation.gov releases it on its own schedule, so check there before counting on those nights.recreation.gov
Max stay14 nightsthe facility record
A night$24–$26plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
A weekend$56–$60DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

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.

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.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Tell me when the season opens

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’ll write once, when the season that starts Sun, Nov 1 2026 is open for booking.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 14

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
A night, per site$24–$26
30 Amp W/ Water$24
50 Amp W/ Water$26
Group areas, a night$50–$80
Rates for the season the campground is in now, Apr 1, 2026 to Oct 31, 2026.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Reservation fee, booked online$8
One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.
Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.
What a stay costs
One nightDerived$32–$34
A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$56–$60

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $24–$26 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.

If your plans changerecreation.gov
Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10
Cancellation fee$10
Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night
No-show$20 + your first night

“Cancellations up to 2 days before a reservation start date incur a $10.00 cancellation fee.” · 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

recreation.gov availability, read 15:57 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

71 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 71 mapped sites
57 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
Least room41 30 ft42 30 ft38 37 ft

All 71 records

71 of 71 records located
RV / electric68Group1Day use2
SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 45 of the 71 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. 69 of the 71 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.

DAM-QUARRY01standard electric64 ft50 amp97 ft166 ftDry Creek2,329 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY02standard electric42 ft50 amp65 ft161 ftDry Creek2,183 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY03standard electric54 ft50 amp65 ft98 ftDry Creek2,192 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY04standard electric54 ft50 amp48 ft73 ftDry Creek2,263 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY05standard electric42 ft50 amp48 ft69 ftDry Creek2,310 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY06standard electric42 ft50 amp84 ft67 ftDry Creek2,392 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY07standard electric54 ft50 amp75 ft178 ftDry Creek2,695 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY08standard electric54 ft50 amp75 ft164 ftNorth Fork River2,751 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY09standard electric54 ft50 amp57 ft127 ftNorth Fork River2,779 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY10standard electric52 ft50 amp57 ft87 ftNorth Fork River2,819 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY11standard electric52 ft50 amp67 ft82 ftNorth Fork River2,861 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY12standard electric52 ft50 amp90 ft71 ftNorth Fork River2,931 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY13standard electric52 ft50 amp95 ft84 ftNorth Fork River2,989 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY14standard electric52 ft50 amp59 ft167 ftNorth Fork River3,035 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY15standard electric52 ft50 amp63 ft82 ftNorth Fork River3,120 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY16standard electric52 ft50 amp59 ft170 ftNorth Fork River3,076 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY17standard electric52 ft50 amp63 ft89 ftNorth Fork River3,159 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY18standard electric52 ft50 amp67 ft178 ftNorth Fork River3,119 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY19standard electric52 ft50 amp64 ft73 ftNorth Fork River3,214 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY20standard electric52 ft50 amp76 ft170 ftNorth Fork River3,174 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY21standard electric52 ft50 amp87 ft152 ftNorth Fork River3,255 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY22standard electric52 ft50 amp67 ft141 ftNorth Fork RiverAccessible Flush Toilets +1 listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY23standard electric52 ft50 amp85 ft66 ftNorth Fork RiverAccessible Flush Toilets +1 listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY24standard electric52 ft50 amp62 ft131 ftNorth Fork RiverAccessible Flush Toilets +1 listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY25standard electric52 ft50 amp69 ft59 ftNorth Fork RiverAccessible Flush Toilets +1 listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY26standard electric52 ft50 amp48 ft145 ftNorth Fork RiverAccessible Flush Toilets +1 listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY27standard electric54 ft50 amp69 ft56 ftNorth Fork RiverAccessible Flush Toilets +1 listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY28standard electric54 ft50 amp44 ft190 ftNorth Fork RiverAccessible Flush Toilets +1 listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY29standard electric42 ft50 amp48 ft39 ftNorth Fork RiverAccessible Flush Toilets +1 listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY30standard electric48 ft50 amp44 ft222 ftNorth Fork RiverAccessible Flush Toilets +1 listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY31standard electric44 ft30 amp47 ft665 ftNorth Fork River2,935 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY32standard electric44 ft30 amp47 ft647 ftNorth Fork River2,979 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY33standard electric44 ft30 amp59 ft634 ftNorth Fork River3,031 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY34standard electric32 ft30 amp61 ft603 ftNorth Fork River3,091 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY35standard electric42 ft30 ampyes54 ft524 ftNorth Fork River3,145 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY36standard electric42 ft30 amp52 ft527 ftNorth Fork River3,102 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY37standard electric42 ft30 amp44 ft555 ftNorth Fork River3,051 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY38standard electric42 ft30 amp37 ft570 ftNorth Fork River3,011 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY39standard electric32 ft30 amp37 ft583 ftNorth Fork River2,976 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY40standard electric32 ft30 amp49 ft599 ftNorth Fork River2,931 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY41standard electric42 ft30 amp30 ft606 ftNorth Fork River2,887 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY42standard electric36 ft30 amp30 ft632 ftNorth Fork River2,858 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY43standard electric32 ft30 amp40 ft643 ftNorth Fork River2,823 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY44standard electric42 ft30 amp47 ft648 ftNorth Fork River2,784 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY45standard electric32 ft30 amp42 ft660 ftNorth Fork River2,734 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY46standard electric32 ft30 amp42 ft681 ftNorth Fork River2,692 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY47standard electric32 ft30 amp39 ft747 ftNorth Fork River2,706 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY48standard electric36 ft30 amp39 ft731 ftNorth Fork River2,744 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY49standard electric42 ft30 amp58 ft744 ftNorth Fork River2,777 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY50standard electric36 ft30 amp47 ft703 ftNorth Fork River2,840 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY51standard electric32 ft30 amp47 ft687 ftNorth Fork River2,884 ft$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY52standard electric60 ft50 amp48 ft40 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY53standard electric60 ft50 amp55 ft52 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY54standard electric60 ft50 amp50 ft57 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY55standard electric60 ft50 amp50 ft81 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY56standard electric60 ft50 amp58 ft23 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY57standard electric60 ft50 amp55 ft51 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY58standard electric60 ft50 amp48 ft53 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY59standard electric60 ft50 amp48 ft70 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY60standard electric60 ft50 amp118 ft102 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY61standard electric60 ft50 amp63 ft158 ftFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY62standard electric60 ft50 amp63 ft186 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY63standard electric60 ft50 amp46 ft192 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY64standard electric60 ft50 amp46 ft197 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY65standard electric60 ft50 amp55 ft196 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY66standard electric60 ft50 amp59 ft192 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY67standard electric60 ft50 amp60 ft195 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRY68standard electric60 ft50 amp60 ft190 ftNorth Fork RiverFlush Toilets listed$24–$26
DAM-QUARRYQuarry Pavilion - 1day use20 ampyes656 ft177 ftunder 10 ft$50
DAM-QUARRYQuarry Pavilion - 3day use20 amp149 ft280 ftDry Creek2,604 ft$50
LAKEGroup Area - 1group standard area electric30 amp656 ft683 ft665 ft$80

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.

25 of 71 listed

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate36.25833, -92.24056
The phone870-499-7216
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Getting there

From Mountain Home, AR, take State Route 5 south 14 miles to Salesville, then turn left on State Route 177 for 2 miles. Park is located below Norfolk Dam. Follow signs into the campground.

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight42°Mostly Cloudy
Saturday63°Sunny
Saturday Night38°Clear
Sunday66°Sunny

NWS forecast for Salesville, AR

Typical weather

Typical October night 48°F, day 71°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 26°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

100°32°20°

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.

Measured at: MTN HOME 1 NNW, AR (USC00035036), 11 miles away and 220 ft higher

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Rick Crawford, official portrait

Dam - Quarry 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 →

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How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 30 of the next 30 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.
Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.
Nearest place of any size: Salesville, AR, 0.7 mi ENE. Straight line.