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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AR

Prairie Creek (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 29 of the next 30 nights read 15:59 UTC
A night: $20–$38Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 108All of them booked ahead

Photos · James Bloxham

37 ftLongest rig

1,120 ftElevation

27 ftWater · Beaver Lake

In townPrairie Creek, AR

55%Tree cover

The place

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

In the agency’s own words

Prairie Creek Campground 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 Prairie Creek Campground. Beaver Lake has more than 28,000 surface acres of water, and anglers can try their luck at catching large and small-mouth 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 a perfect habitat for pole-bending rainbow and record-size 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 animals 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

Prairie Creek Campground has large campsites with plenty of shade and room for activities, and is steps away from the lake shore. Fire rings, picnic areas, drinking water and flush toilets all make for a comfortable camping getaway. A sand volleyball court, five-lane boat ramp and playground make the area perfect for families and other large groups.

Natural Features

Towering limestone bluffs, natural caves and a variety of trees and flowering shrubs surround Prairie Creek Campground, 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.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

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 →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 108 · 1 tent-only
Hookups: 108 electric, 87 water
Longest rig: 37 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: Flush Toilets; “…rings, picnic areas, drinking water and flush toilets all make for a comfortable camping getaway. A sand…”
Drinking water: Yes; “…lake shore. Fire rings, picnic areas, drinking water and flush toilets all make for a comfortable…”
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Boat ramp: Yes
Playground: Yes
Stay limit: 18 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; Boating; Fishing; Hiking; Swimming; Water sports
Night sky · 155th darkest of 158 in AR: Bortle 5

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Something open on 29 of the next 29 bookable nightsread 15:59 UTC

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

OpenBookedClosed

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 stay18 nightsthe facility record

A night$20–$38plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$48–$84DerivedFriday 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.

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 · 18

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night, per site$20–$38

Tent Only Electric$20

Standard Electric- 30 Amp$22

Standard Electric-30 Amp W Water$24

Standard Electric- 50 Amp W Water$26

Standard Electric-50 Amp Full Hookup$29

Double Site Standard Electric$38

Group areas, a night$25–$200

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$28–$46

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$48–$84

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $20–$38 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

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 15:59 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

114 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 114 mapped sites

75 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomDay Use Lakeside Shelter 973 ftDay Use Overlook Shelter 217 ftLoop PCRE 033 181 ftLoop PCRE 007 174 ftLoop PEAK 107 164 ft

Least roomLoop PCRE 052 35 ftLoop PCRE 054 35 ftLoop PCRE 015 36 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 114 records

114 of 114 records located

Tent only1RV / electric107Day use6

Group Shelter 1 Group Shelter 2 Group Shelter 3 Lakeside Shelter Overlook Shelter Prairie Creek Grand Shelter 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

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. 108 of the 114 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


Day Use	Group Shelter 1	day use			yes	95 ft	239 ft	$25
Day Use	Group Shelter 2	day use			yes	84 ft	259 ft	$25
Day Use	Group Shelter 3	day use			yes	84 ft	298 ft	$25
Day Use	Lakeside Shelter	day use			yes	973 ft	86 ft	$60–$200
Day Use	Overlook Shelter	day use			yes	217 ft	410 ft	$60–$200
Day Use	Prairie Creek Grand Shelter	day use				133 ft	451 ft	$60–$200
PCRE	001	standard electric	4 ft	50 amp		63 ft	1,618 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	002	standard electric	9 ft	50 amp		63 ft	1,633 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	003	standard electric	9 ft	30/50 amp		82 ft	1,555 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	004	standard electric	8 ft	30/50 amp		82 ft	1,531 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	005	standard electric	9 ft	50 amp		88 ft	1,404 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	006	standard electric	9 ft	30/50 amp		88 ft	1,477 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	007	standard electric	8 ft	30/50 amp		174 ft	1,388 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	008	standard electric	7 ft	30 amp		57 ft	1,064 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	009	standard electric	10 ft	30 amp		57 ft	1,016 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	010	standard electric	30 ft	30 amp		83 ft	1,019 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	011	standard electric	25 ft	30 amp		86 ft	937 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	012	standard electric	15 ft	30 amp		55 ft	857 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	013	standard electric	9 ft	30 amp		56 ft	927 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	014	standard electric	10 ft	30 amp		57 ft	969 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	015	standard electric	10 ft	30 amp		36 ft	865 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	016	standard electric	8 ft	30 amp		48 ft	889 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	017	standard electric	12 ft	30 amp		55 ft	831 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	018	standard electric	5 ft	30 amp		56 ft	796 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	019	standard electric	10 ft	30 amp		36 ft	840 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	020	standard electric	8 ft	30/50 amp		64 ft	518 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	021	standard electric	5 ft	50 amp		83 ft	584 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	022	standard electric	10 ft	50 amp		64 ft	455 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	023	standard electric	11 ft	50 amp		83 ft	505 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	024	standard electric	15 ft	50 amp		81 ft	448 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	025	standard electric	16 ft	50 amp		71 ft	391 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	026	standard electric	6 ft	50 amp		64 ft	440 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	027	standard electric	9 ft	50 amp		71 ft	377 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	028	standard electric	10 ft	50 amp		81 ft	373 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	029	standard electric	16 ft	50 amp		64 ft	433 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	030	standard electric	8 ft	50 amp		82 ft	352 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	031	standard electric	5 ft	30/50 amp		69 ft	647 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	032	standard electric	6 ft	30/50 amp		56 ft	701 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	033	standard electric	10 ft	30/50 amp		181 ft	867 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	034	standard electric	25 ft	30/50 amp		68 ft	901 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	035	standard electric	7 ft	30/50 amp		68 ft	837 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	036	standard electric	20 ft	30/50 amp		88 ft	955 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	037	standard electric	24 ft	30/50 amp		70 ft	948 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	038	standard electric	10 ft	30/50 amp		70 ft	900 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	039	standard electric	7 ft	30/50 amp		113 ft	838 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	040	standard electric	20 ft	30/50 amp		89 ft	590 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	041	standard electric	20 ft	30/50 amp		56 ft	678 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	042	standard electric	15 ft	30/50 amp		72 ft	743 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	043	standard electric	20 ft	30/50 amp		86 ft	826 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	044	standard electric	20 ft	30/50 amp		69 ft	861 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	045	standard electric	7 ft	30/50 amp		64 ft	815 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	046	standard electric	3 ft	30/50 amp		64 ft	757 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	047	standard electric	15 ft	30/50 amp		76 ft	701 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	048	standard electric	15 ft	30/50 amp		88 ft	733 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	049	standard electric	20 ft	50 amp		84 ft	669 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	050	standard electric	15 ft	30/50 amp		86 ft	649 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	051	standard electric	8 ft	50 amp		84 ft	630 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	052	standard electric	21 ft	30/50 amp		35 ft	564 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	053	standard electric	10 ft	50 amp		63 ft	542 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	054	standard electric	13 ft	30/50 amp		35 ft	530 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	055	standard electric	17 ft	50 amp		85 ft	401 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	056	standard electric	10 ft	50 amp		73 ft	412 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	057	standard electric		50 amp		73 ft	412 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	058	standard electric	2 ft	30/50 amp		96 ft	505 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	059	standard electric	5 ft	30/50 amp		64 ft	505 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	060	standard electric	7 ft	30/50 amp		64 ft	536 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	061	standard electric	1 ft	30/50 amp		67 ft	573 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	062	standard electric	5 ft	30/50 amp		54 ft	643 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	063	standard electric	4 ft	30/50 amp		65 ft	579 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	064	standard electric	12 ft	30/30/50 amp		39 ft	649 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	065	standard electric		30/50 amp		80 ft	586 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	066	standard electric	2 ft	30/50 amp		39 ft	668 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	067	standard electric	11 ft	30/50 amp		46 ft	669 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	072	standard electric	20 ft	50 amp		70 ft	1,331 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	073	standard electric	2 ft	50 amp		70 ft	1,289 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	074	standard electric	37 ft	50 amp		122 ft	1,334 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	075	standard electric	12 ft	50 amp		44 ft	1,244 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	076	standard electric	12 ft	50 amp		44 ft	1,212 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	077	standard electric	26 ft	50 amp		95 ft	1,118 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	078	standard electric	11 ft	50 amp		86 ft	1,030 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	079	standard electric	12 ft	50 amp		86 ft	982 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	080	standard electric	26 ft	50 amp		143 ft	1,117 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	081	standard electric	5 ft	30 amp		90 ft	1,218 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	082	standard electric		30 amp		87 ft	1,155 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	083	standard electric	8 ft	30 amp		40 ft	1,207 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	084	standard electric	8 ft	30 amp		40 ft	1,189 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	085	standard electric	10 ft	30 amp		89 ft	1,103 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	086	standard electric	7 ft	30 amp		70 ft	1,054 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	087	standard electric	26 ft	30 amp		61 ft	1,172 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	088	standard electric	16 ft	30 amp		81 ft	1,127 ft	$22–$38
PCRE	089	standard electric	8 ft	30 amp		70 ft	1,025 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	090	standard electric	9 ft	30 amp		127 ft	572 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	091	standard electric	21 ft	30 amp		127 ft	447 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	092	standard electric	11 ft	30 amp		56 ft	373 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	093	standard electric	16 ft	30 amp		44 ft	342 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	094	standard electric	22 ft	30 amp		103 ft	292 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	095	standard electric	22 ft	30 amp		44 ft	322 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	096	standard electric	8 ft	30 amp		95 ft	179 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	097	standard electric	11 ft	30 amp		95 ft	172 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	098	standard electric	11 ft	30 amp		82 ft	121 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	099	standard electric	3 ft	30 amp		82 ft	116 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	100	standard electric	35 ft	50 amp		49 ft	480 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	101	standard electric	28 ft	30 amp		90 ft	559 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	102	standard electric	5 ft	30 amp		87 ft	556 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	103	standard electric	4 ft	30 amp		49 ft	501 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	104	standard electric		30 amp		108 ft	407 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	105	standard electric	4 ft	30 amp		115 ft	251 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	106	standard electric	2 ft	30 amp		115 ft	315 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	107	tent only electric		30 amp		164 ft	181 ft	$20
PEAK	108	standard electric	6 ft	30 amp		75 ft	449 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	109	standard electric	8 ft	30 amp		75 ft	492 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	110	standard electric	6 ft	30 amp		77 ft	396 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	111	standard electric	1 ft	30 amp		86 ft	337 ft	$22–$38
PEAK	112	standard electric	2 ft	30 amp		86 ft	392 ft	$22–$38

The agency files 6 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.

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Sep 11, 2026

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 114 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate36.35472, -94.05056

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone479-925-3957

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Horseshoe Bend (Beaver Lake)5.0 mi

Rocky Branch Campground6.7 mi

Hickory Creek Park (AR)7.8 mi

Lost Bridge South8.7 mi

Lost Bridge North9.6 mi

War Eagle Campground9.6 mi

Getting there

From Rogers, Arkansas, take Highway 12/Prairie Creek Drive east for just over 3 miles. Turn left onto North Park Road and follow to the campground.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today56°Partly Sunny

Tonight41°Mostly Cloudy

Saturday61°Sunny

Saturday Night40°Clear

NWS forecast for Prairie Creek, AR

Source: National Weather Service, TSA forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

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), 9 miles away and 100 ft higher

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Prairie Creek (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 →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 29 of the next 30 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026 and November 2026. It names 114 of the 108 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 14, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 114 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 2.4 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 158 rated federal campgrounds in Arkansas · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

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 town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026