ReservableBookable through October 30, and from March 15 through April 16.
Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book
Right now
Taking bookingsSites offered on 15 of the next 16 nights read 15:58 UTC
A night
$18–$28Across the site types the agency prices
Sites
11898 on recreation.gov
89 ftLongest rig
500 ftElevation
345 ftWater · Greers Ferry Lake
0.7 miN of Heber Springs, AR
75%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices

In the agency’s own words

Old Highway 25 Park is located on Greers Ferry Lake in the beautiful Ozark Mountains of north-central Arkansas. The environment provides the ideal location for family camping, fishing, boating and hiking. Keep reading

Recreation

Greers Ferry Lake is an outdoor enthusiasts' dream, with boating, sailing, water skiing, swimming, scuba diving and fishing opportunities. Hikers enjoy the area's three National Nature Trails and one multi-purpose fitness trail. 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.

Facilities

This campground offers 116 sites, 80 of which have electric hookups. One large non-electric group campsite is available as well. Additional amenities include flush and vault toilets, showers, a dump station, picnic shelter, swimming beach and a boat ramp.

Natural Features

A dense mix of red cedar, black gum, red oak, elm, pecan and sweet gum trees forest the area, providing shade in the summer months and beautiful fall colors in autumn. Wildlife is plentiful around Greers Ferry Lake. Visitors commonly see white-tailed deer, wild turkeys, rabbits, squirrels and a wide variety of birds. Contact Info For local information, please call (501) 250-0483 or call (501) 362-2416 for general information.

Nearby Attractions

The Greers Ferry National Fish Hatchery, in Heber Springs, located below the dam, offers free tours. Built in 1965, the hatchery produces about one million rainbow trout a year for restocking the Little Red and other Arkansas streams.

What the agency tells you

Rule

Attendant is on duty during peak season.

Rule

One wheeled camping unit and two tents or four tents are allowed per site. Maximum of 8 occupants per site.

Rule

ATV's, golf carts or off-road vehicles are prohibited.

Everything else this campground posts · 3
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

For more information on Greers Ferry Lake, click HERE .

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
118 · 1 group
Hookups
80 electric, 9 water
Longest rig
89 ft
Paved pads
All
Accessible sites
None listed
Pets
Allowed
Campfires
Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade
Every site
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Vault Toilets
“…Additional amenities include flush and vault toilets, showers, a dump station, picnic shelter, swimming…”
Showers
Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
“Additional amenities include flush and vault toilets, showers, a dump station, picnic shelter, swimming beach and a boat ramp.”
Dump station
Yes
recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Boat ramp
Yes
Stay limit
14 nights
recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026
Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Lake, River, Creek, Beach
Swimming
Night sky · 128th darkest of 158 in AR
Bortle 4
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

50 of 190 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:58 UTC

recreation.gov lists 98 of the 118 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

OpenBookedClosed

Booking windowThrough October 30Bookable now through October 30, 2026, the end of this reservable season, and again for March 15, 2027 through April 16, 2027. Tomorrow at 10 AM ET, availability opens through April 17, 2027.recreation.gov
Max stay14 nightsthe facility record
A night$18–$28plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
A weekend$44–$64DerivedFriday 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 Mon, Mar 15 2027 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 · 16

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
A night, per site$18–$28
Standard Nonelectric$18
30/20 Amp Electric$22
50 Amp Electric$24
50 Amp Electric and Water$28
Group areas, a night$50–$150
Rates for the season the campground is in now, Mar 15, 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$26–$36
A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$44–$64

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.

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 15:58 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

120 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 96 mapped sites
90 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
94%of tent sites sit clear of electric or RV sites
Least roomF06 45 ftF07 45 ftD07 48 ft

All 120 records

118 of 120 records located
Standard15RV / electric80Group1Type not stated22
SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 30 of the 120 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. 96 of the 120 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

AA01standard electric57 ft30 amp134 ft741 ft$22–$28
AA02standard electric55 ft30 amp100 ft596 ft$22–$28
AA03standard electric54 ft30 amp111 ft648 ft$22–$28
AA04standard electric58 ft30 amp70 ft542 ft$22–$28
AA05standard electric36 ft30 amp70 ft476 ft$22–$28
AA06standard electric65 ft30 amp79 ft465 ft$22–$28
AA07standard electric84 ft30 amp100 ft571 ft$22–$28
AA08standard electric77 ft30 amp87 ft703 ft$22–$28
AA09standard electric85 ft30 amp87 ft727 ft$22–$28
AA10standard nonelectric36 ft101 ft822 ft$18
AA11standard nonelectric34 ft108 ft901 ft$18
AA12standard nonelectric57 ft112 ft799 ft$18
AA13standard nonelectric70 ft108 ft906 ft$18
AA14standard nonelectric43 ft94 ft702 ft$18
AA15standard nonelectric37 ft132 ft823 ft$18
AA16standard nonelectric39 ft103 ft702 ft$18
AA17standard nonelectric35 ft92 ft599 ft$18
AA18standard nonelectric42 ft94 ft608 ft$18
AA19standard nonelectric42 ft92 ft523 ft$18
AA20standard nonelectric37 ft92 ft502 ft$18
AA21standard nonelectric20 ft90 ft410 ft$18
AA22standard nonelectric38 ft99 ft424 ft$18
AA23standard nonelectric26 ft90 ft320 ft$18
AA24standard nonelectric33 ft87 ft338 ft$18
AA25standard electric55 ft30 amp101 ft221 ft$22–$28
AA26standard electric51 ft30 amp113 ft135 ft$22–$28
AA27standard electric67 ft30 amp87 ft256 ft$22–$28
AA28standard electric89 ft30 amp137 ft110 ft$22–$28
AA29standard electric51 ft30 amp123 ft236 ft$22–$28
AA30standard electric52 ft30 amp131 ft62 ft$22–$28
AA31standard electric76 ft30 amp136 ft193 ft$22–$28
AA32standard electric53 ft30 amp101 ft75 ft$22–$28
AA33standard electric64 ft30 amp136 ft218 ft$22–$28
AA34standard electric58 ft30 amp101 ft120 ft$22–$28
AA35standard electric50 ft30 amp95 ft146 ft$22–$28
AA36standard electric58 ft30 amp95 ft115 ft$22–$28
AA37standard electric60 ft30 amp113 ft237 ft$22–$28
AA38standard electric61 ft30 amp98 ft214 ft$22–$28
BB01type not stated73 ft296 ft
BB02type not stated65 ft297 ft
BB03type not stated70 ft200 ft
BB04type not stated70 ft100 ft
BB05type not stated45 ft225 ft
BB06type not stated65 ft13 ft
BB07type not stated80 ft113 ft
BB08type not stated70 ft34 ft
BB09type not stated55 ft140 ft
BB10type not stated55 ft69 ft
BB11type not stated60 ft174 ft
BB12type not stated60 ft116 ft
BB13type not stated50 ft207 ft
BB14type not stated60 ft144 ft
BB15type not stated70 ft208 ft
BB16type not stated63 ft235 ft
CC01type not stated23 ft50 ft
CC02type not stated19 ft63 ft
CC03type not stated25 ft46 ft
CC04type not stated17 ftunder 10 ft
CC05type not stated15 ftunder 10 ft
DD01standard electric22 ft30 amp111 ft301 ft$22–$28
DD02standard electric69 ft30 amp111 ft254 ft$22–$28
DD03standard electric72 ft30 amp61 ft191 ft$22–$28
DD04standard electric43 ft30 amp61 ft181 ft3,267 ft$22–$28
DD05standard electric44 ft30 amp84 ft193 ft3,196 ft$22–$28
DD06standard electric42 ft30 amp90 ft208 ft3,114 ft$22–$28
DD07standard electric65 ft30 amp47 ft245 ft3,019 ft$22–$28
DD08standard electric47 ft30 amp47 ft257 ft2,974 ft$22–$28
DD09standard electric59 ft30 amp105 ft223 ft2,881 ft$22–$28
DD10standard electric60 ft30 amp97 ft304 ft3,144 ft$22–$28
EE01standard electric88 ft50 amp79 ft356 ft3,170 ft$22–$28
EE02standard electric50 ft50 amp92 ft267 ft3,073 ft$22–$28
EE03standard electric73 ft50 amp92 ft273 ft3,152 ft$22–$28
EE04standard electric55 ft50 amp86 ft253 ft3,047 ft$22–$28
EE05standard electric70 ft50 amp107 ft229 ft3,131 ft$22–$28
EE06standard electric73 ft50 amp86 ft262 ft3,021 ft$22–$28
EE07standard electric75 ft50 amp135 ft202 ft3,138 ft$22–$28
EE08standard electric73 ft50 amp135 ft178 ft3,018 ft$22–$28
EE09standard electric87 ft50 amp193 ft124 ft3,055 ft$22–$28
FF01standard electric38 ft30 amp79 ft298 ft3,096 ft$22–$28
FF02standard electric53 ft30 amp79 ft210 ft3,001 ft$22–$28
FF03standard electric50 ft50 amp79 ft139 ft2,922 ft$22–$28
FF04standard electric85 ft50 amp89 ft92 ft2,838 ft$22–$28
FF04Atype not stated25 ft30 amp88 ft2,789 ft
FF05standard electric53 ft50 amp57 ft116 ft2,767 ft$22–$28
FF06standard electric52 ft50 amp45 ft149 ft2,754 ft$22–$28
FF07standard electric38 ft30 amp45 ft188 ft2,765 ft$22–$28
FF08standard electric39 ft30 amp65 ft120 ft2,802 ft$22–$28
FF09standard electric41 ft30 amp53 ft74 ft2,590 ft$22–$28
FF10standard electric32 ft30 amp65 ft128 ft2,738 ft$22–$28
FF11standard electric45 ft30 amp69 ft62 ft2,670 ft$22–$28
FF12standard electric39 ft30 amp53 ft106 ft2,627 ft$22–$28
FF13standard electric34 ft30 amp73 ft74 ft2,623 ft$22–$28
GG01standard electric66 ft50 amp70 ft299 ft$22–$28
GG02standard electric60 ft50 amp107 ft374 ft$22–$28
GG03standard electric57 ft50 amp70 ft246 ft$22–$28
GG04standard electric58 ft50 amp88 ft173 ft$22–$28
GG05standard electric59 ft50 amp88 ft259 ft$22–$28
GG06standard electric64 ft50 amp77 ft144 ft$22–$28
GG07standard electric58 ft50 amp77 ft200 ft$22–$28
GG08standard electric59 ft50 amp73 ft120 ft$22–$28
GG09standard electric72 ft50 amp73 ft161 ft$22–$28
GG10standard electric58 ft50 amp66 ft110 ft$22–$28
GG11standard electric64 ft50 amp66 ft160 ft$22–$28
GG12standard electric57 ft50 amp74 ft94 ft$22–$28
GG13standard electric67 ft50 amp74 ft157 ft$22–$28
GG14standard electric59 ft50 amp70 ft81 ft$22–$28
GG15standard electric60 ft50 amp70 ft94 ft$22–$28
GG16standard electric61 ft50 amp72 ft160 ft$22–$28
GG17standard electric59 ft50 amp69 ft96 ft$22–$28
GG18standard electric52 ft50 amp69 ft110 ft$22–$28
GG19standard electric59 ft50 amp69 ft113 ft$22–$28
GG20standard electric61 ft50 amp104 ft179 ft$22–$28
GG21standard electric59 ft50 amp104 ft126 ft$22–$28
GG22standard electric55 ft50 amp93 ft144 ft$22–$28
GG23standard electric61 ft50 amp68 ft194 ft$22–$28
GG24standard electric68 ft50 amp68 ft201 ft$22–$28
GG25standard electric60 ft50 amp92 ft189 ft$22–$28
GROUGR Bgroup standard nonelectric1383 ft287 ft$150
Old Highway 25Old Highway 25 Shelter AMday use30 amp$50
Old Highway 25Old Highway 25 Shelter PMday use30 amp$50

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 120 listed

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate35.53417, -92.02194
The phone501-250-0483
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Getting there

From Heber Springs, AR, take SR-25 6.25 miles north to SR-25S. Travel SR-25S 3 miles west and follow signs to campground.

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

This Afternoon61°Sunny
Tonight47°Mostly Clear
Saturday61°Sunny
Saturday Night45°Clear

NWS forecast for Tumbling Shoals, AR

Typical weather

Typical October night 49°F, day 73°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.

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: GREERS FERRY DAM, AR (USC00032978), 2 miles away and 27 ft higher

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

J. French Hill, official portrait

Old Highway 25 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 →

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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 15 of the next 16 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: inside Tumbling Shoals, AR (a census designated place). Straight line.