U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AR

Hickory Creek Park (AR)

ReservableBookable through October 30; an off-peak season follows October 31 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 16:03 UTC
A night
$24–$29Across the site types the agency prices
Sites
61All of them booked ahead
92 ftLongest rig
1,230 ftElevation
695 ftWater · Beaver Lake
2.9 miNE of Springdale, AR
0%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices

In the agency’s own words

Hickory Creek Park sits along the vast shores of Beaver Lake in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas, offering spacious and sunny campsites and an abundance of recreational activities. Keep reading

Recreation

Fishing opportunities are plentiful near Hickory Creek Park. Beaver Lake has more than 28,000 surface acres of water, and anglers can try their luck at catching large and smallmouth bass, crappie, bream, white bass, stripers, and channel or spoon-bill catfish. Just below the dam, the cold waters of the upper White River provide the perfect habitat for pole-bending rainbow and record-sized German brown trout. Several trails snake throughout the Ozark Mountains, offering peaceful hiking, biking and wildlife viewing opportunities for visitors. Hunters will find game plentiful in northwest Arkansas. A mixture of hardwood and evergreen forest provides a good home to many different species of wildlife. While Beaver Lake is conveniently located near several population centers, within a short driving distance hunters can find remote areas filled with upland game such as deer, rabbits and squirrels. Many other sports and activities await campers, including boating, swimming, picnicking, scuba diving, water skiing, spelunking and sightseeing.

Facilities

Hickory Creek Park has large campsites with plenty of shade and room for activities, and is steps away from the lake shore. Campfire rings, picnic areas, drinking water and flush toilets all make for a comfortable camping getaway. Group picnic shelters are also available, making it the perfect site for large parties or family gatherings.

Natural Features

Towering limestone bluffs, natural caves and a variety of trees and flowering shrubs surround Hickory Creek Park, making it an ideal retreat for outdoor enthusiasts. Beaver Lake and Dam, completed in 1966, was constructed in the White River Basin and boasts 449 miles of beautiful shoreline at the top of the conservation pool. Although the dam was originally built for flood control, hydroelectric power and public water supply, it has also created a popular recreational oasis.

Nearby Attractions

Several marinas are located around the lake, offering groceries, fuel, boat rentals and storage, fishing guides and camping supplies. Click here for more information.

What the agency tells you

Rule

Please check in with camp host upon arrival. Check-in is at 4:00 p.m. the afternoon of your reservation. Check out time is 1:00 p.m.

Rule

Campsites can accommodate one RV and one tent, or three tents.

Rule

No parking in the grass.

Everything else this campground posts · 7
Rule

No dumping of household trash, gray water, rubbish, black water or any other waste material or waste liquid. All waste generated must deposed of at the dump station or removed from the project lands. Shower tents and bathroom tents, commonly referred to as changing tents, are not allowed.

Rule

There is a $5 area use fee per vehicle for non-campers. Failure to pay day use fees, and or properly display applicable receipt, permit or pass is prohibited.

Rule

No off-road vehicles or golf carts are permitted.

Rule

All pets must be physically restrained in pens, cages, or on a 6-foot leash at all times. No Exceptions! Pets may not be left at campsites unattended. Persons bringing animals onto project lands are responsible for the proper removal and disposal of any waste produced by these animals.

Rule

Camping at one or more campsites at any one water resource project such as Beaver Lake for a period longer than 14 days during any 30 consecutive day period is prohibited without the written permission of the District Commander.

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
61 · 1 tent-only
Hookups
61 electric, 2 water
Longest rig
92 ft
Paved pads
All
Accessible sites
1
Pets
Allowed
Campfires
Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade
Every site
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Flush Toilets
“…rings, picnic areas, drinking water and flush toilets all make for a comfortable camping getaway. Group…”
Drinking water
Yes
WATER SPIGOT on 1 of 63 campsite records
Stay limit
14 nights
recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Around the campground

On the water
Lake, River, Creek, Beach
Boating
Fishing
Hiking
Swimming
Night sky · 156th darkest of 158 in AR
Bortle 5
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

4 of 126 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:03 UTC

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

OpenBooked

Booking windowThrough October 30Bookable now through October 30, 2026, the end of the peak season. The off-peak season that follows runs October 31, 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 nights2-night minimum on weekendsthe facility record
A night$24–$29plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
A weekend$56–$66DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.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 Sat, Oct 31 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.

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What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
A night, per site$24–$29
Standard Electric- 50 Amp$24
Standard Electric - 50 Amp w/ Water$26
Standard Electric-50 Amp Full Hookup$29
Group area, a night$75
Rates for the season the campground is in now, Apr 1, 2026 to Oct 30, 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–$37
A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$56–$66

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $24–$29 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

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 Oct 1, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

63 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 63 mapped sites
76 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
Least roomHICKORY CREEK 33 43 ftHICKORY CREEK 38 43 ftHICKORY CREEK 35 44 ft

All 63 records

63 of 63 records located
Tent only1RV / electric60Day use2
SleepsTakes aUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 60 of the 63 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

HICKORY CREEK01standard electric13 ft50 amp70 ft146 ftLittle Hickory Creek$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK02standard electric27 ft50 amp73 ft217 ftLittle Hickory Creek$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK03standard electric14 ft50 amp70 ft122 ftLittle Hickory Creek$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK04standard electric25 ft50 amp73 ft208 ftLittle Hickory Creek$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK05standard electric10 ft50 amp62 ft106 ftLittle Hickory Creek$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK06standard electric25 ft50 amp75 ft198 ftLittle Hickory Creek$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK07standard electric8 ft50 amp62 ft94 ftLittle Hickory Creek$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK08standard electric27 ft50 amp70 ft202 ftLittle Hickory Creek$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK09standard electric10 ft50 amp77 ft102 ftLittle Hickory Creek$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK10standard electric25 ft50 amp70 ft195 ftLittle Hickory Creek$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK11standard electric6 ft50 amp91 ft79 ftLittle Hickory Creek$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK12standard electric23 ft50 amp78 ft185 ftLittle Hickory Creek$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK13standard electric6 ft50 amp72 ft116 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK14standard electric24 ft50 amp74 ft193 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK15standard electric14 ft50 amp72 ft145 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK16standard electric15 ft50 amp80 ft245 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK17standard electric6 ft50 amp76 ft181 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK18standard electric23 ft50 amp107 ft305 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK19standard electric12 ft50 ampyes90 ft209 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK20standard electric40 ft50 amp111 ft184 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK21standard electric50 amp164 ft116 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK22standard electric4 ft50 amp111 ft81 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK23standard electric5 ft50 amp123 ft238 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK24standard electric10 ft50 amp134 ft184 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK25standard electric10 ft50 amp71 ft298 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK26standard electric10 ft50 amp71 ft263 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK27standard electric10 ft50 amp106 ft240 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK28standard electric10 ft50 amp152 ft99 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK29standard electric16 ft50 amp112 ft102 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK30standard electric16 ft50 amp86 ft90 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK31standard electric28 ft50 amp164 ft121 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK32standard electric18 ft50 amp86 ft174 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK33standard electric92 ft50 amp43 ft239 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK34standard electric2 ft50 amp104 ft170 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK35standard electric7 ft50 amp44 ft136 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK36standard electric35 ft50 amp44 ft91 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK37tent only electric5 ft50 amp74 ft273 ft
HICKORY CREEK38standard electric24 ft50 amp43 ft211 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK39standard electric9 ft50 amp60 ft136 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK40standard electric10 ft50 amp60 ft75 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK41standard electric13 ft50 amp80 ft111 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK42standard electric50 amp74 ft230 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEK43standard electric5 ft50 amp94 ft163 ft$24–$29
HICKORY CREEKBLUFFday useyes1316 ft92 ft$75
HICKORY CREEKWESTday useyes1099 ft127 ft$75
PINE44standard electric25 ft50 amp184 ft336 ft$24–$29
PINE45standard electric6 ft50 amp91 ft239 ft$24–$29
PINE46standard electric5 ft50 amp77 ft213 ft$24–$29
PINE47standard electric5 ft50 amp72 ft213 ft$24–$29
PINE48standard electric23 ft50 amp72 ft283 ft$24–$29
PINE49standard electric2 ft50 amp79 ft156 ft$24–$29
PINE50standard electric24 ft50 amp74 ft242 ft$24–$29
PINE51standard electric2 ft50 amp79 ft120 ft$24–$29
PINE52standard electric3 ft50 amp74 ft222 ft$24–$29
PINE53standard electric50 amp82 ft102 ft$24–$29
PINE54standard electric50 amp81 ft129 ft$24–$29
PINE55standard electric34 ft50 amp58 ft193 ft$24–$29
PINE56standard electric8 ft50 amp77 ft153 ft$24–$29
PINE57standard electric3 ft50 amp77 ft115 ft$24–$29
PINE58standard electric1 ft50 amp73 ft85 ft$24–$29
PINE59standard electric35 ft50 amp58 ft170 ft$24–$29
PINE60standard electric8 ft50 amp73 ft74 ft$24–$29
PINE61standard electric9 ft50 amp60 ft200 ft$24–$29

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 63 listed

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate36.24278, -94.03750
The phone479-750-2943
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Getting there

From Rogers, AR, take Highway 264 east for 4.5 miles. Turn right on Cow Face Road. After a mile, turn left on Hickory Creek Road. The park entrance sign is on the right after about a mile.

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight40°Mostly Cloudy
Saturday63°Sunny
Saturday Night39°Clear
Sunday68°Sunny

NWS forecast for Springdale, AR

Typical weather

Typical October night 46°F, day 71°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.

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 Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: BENTONVILLE 4 S, AR (USC00030586), 11 miles away and at about the same elevation

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Steve Womack, official portrait

Hickory Creek Park (AR) is in Arkansas’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Steve Womack (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: D-. 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.