Toad Suck
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 14:51 UTC
- A night
- $24–$26Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 48All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices
In the agency’s own words
Toad Suck Park Map Customer Comment Card Special Event Application HERE! Toad Suck Campground, situated on the Arkansas River, is a popular destination for families and groups. Picnicking, boating and fishing all draw visitors to this shady campground. Keep reading
Recreation
Fishing is excellent year-round, and record fish catches are common in the Arkansas River. The waters have an abundance of bream, crappie, white bass, largemouth bass and several species of catfish.
Facilities
Toad Suck provides 48 sites with electric and water hookups, plus five group picnic shelters. Additional amenities include hot showers, multiple playgrounds and a boat ramp.
Natural Features
Situated in the eastern edge of both the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, the area is a haven for nature enthusiasts. Dogwood, redbud, wild plum and other native flowering trees offer breathtaking sights in springtime.
Nearby Attractions
The nearby Cadron Blockhouse in Cadron Settlement Park, a replica of a structure that was built in the late 18th century, is a popular tourist attraction. The town of Conway hosts an annual Toad Suck Daze Festival, featuring a toad race competition.
What the agency tells you
ALL Campsites require a reservation prior to being occupied. There are no first come, first serve or walk-up sites available.
NOTICE: Camping at one or more campsites at any one water resource project for a period longer than 14 days during any 30-consecutive-day period is prohibited without the written permission of the District Commander. CFR 327.7 (b)
NOTE: A special event application is required for any event including, but not limited to one or more of the following: 1. An entry, spectator, or participating fee is charged 2. If you have an anticipated attendance of 100 or more persons 3. An extraordinary impact on project resources is expected 4. Corps personnel provide additional patrols, surveillance, refuse collection, and/or crowd control 5. Event involves the use of concession tents and/or vendors 6. Event involves Bounce Houses/Bump N Jump Inflatables 7. Fishing Tournament 8. Music Festival: In addition to the special event application, you may be asked to submit the following information before approval can be granted: (1) proof of liability insurance; (2) event details & description; (3) schedule of events; (4) parking plans.PROHIBITED: Please note that livestock, exotic animals, explosives, loaded projectile firing devices, pinatas, water balloons, and commercial activities are prohibited on project lands unless written permission has been received from the District Commander. If commercial tents are permitted for your special event, please note that driving tent stakes into concrete or asphalt on project lands is prohibited. PROHIBITED: Please note that livestock, exotic animals, explosives, loaded projectile firing devices, pinatas, water balloons, and commercial activities are prohibited on project lands unless written permission has been received from the District Commander. If commercial tents are permitted for your special event, please note that driving tent stakes into concrete or asphalt on project lands is prohibited. For additional information regarding Special Event Applications & Permit Fees, please contact the Toad Suck site Office at 501-340-1004 or 1003. or email at CESWL-OP-KR-REC@usace.army.mil
Everything else this campground posts · 3
High water levels or storm damage may cause park closures
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 Aquatic Facilities (Lake, Reservoir, or River Recreation): 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. • For Terrestrial Facilities (Trailheads or Campsites): 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. For more information visit https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/rec . • For Combined Aquatic and Terrestrial Facilities (Trailheads or Campsites with Lake, Reservoir, or River Recreation): 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
- 48
- Hookups
- 47 electric, 48 water
- Longest rig
- 85 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- 1
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Additional amenities include hot showers, multiple playgrounds and a boat ramp.”
- 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
- River
- Birding
- Boating
- Fishing
- Night sky · 150th darkest of 158 in AR
- Bortle 4
2 of 52 sites open on Sat, Oct 17read 14:51 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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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, $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.
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 14:51 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
53 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 52 mapped sitesAll 53 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. 46 of the 53 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| A | A01 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | yes | 68 ft | 88 ft | $24–$26 |
| A | A02 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 55 ft | 88 ft | $24–$26 | |
| A | A03 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 98 ft | $24–$26 | |
| A | A04 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 53 ft | 114 ft | $24–$26 | |
| A | A05 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 53 ft | 128 ft | $24–$26 | |
| A | A06 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 163 ft | $24–$26 | |
| A | A07 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 127 ft | $24–$26 | |
| A | A08 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 186 ft | $24–$26 | |
| A | A09 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 213 ft | $24–$26 | |
| A | A10 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 202 ft | $24–$26 | |
| A | A11 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 185 ft | $24–$26 | |
| A | A12 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 172 ft | $24–$26 | |
| A | A13 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 36 ft | 158 ft | $24–$26 | |
| A | A14 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 36 ft | 142 ft | $24–$26 | |
| A | A15 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 155 ft | $24–$26 | |
| B | B01 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 185 ft | $24–$26 | |
| B | B02 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 194 ft | $24–$26 | |
| B | B03 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 82 ft | 85 ft | $24–$26 | |
| B | B04 | standard electric | 52 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 87 ft | $24–$26 | |
| B | B05 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 49 ft | 91 ft | $24–$26 | |
| B | B06 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 49 ft | 85 ft | $24–$26 | |
| B | B07 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 45 ft | 110 ft | $24–$26 | |
| B | B08 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 45 ft | 112 ft | $24–$26 | |
| C | C01 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 132 ft | 347 ft | $24–$26 | |
| C | C02 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 89 ft | 199 ft | $24–$26 | |
| C | C03 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 53 ft | 234 ft | $24–$26 | |
| C | C04 | standard electric | 85 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 153 ft | $24–$26 | |
| C | C05 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 53 ft | 227 ft | $24–$26 | |
| C | C06 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 71 ft | 115 ft | $24–$26 | |
| C | C07 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 73 ft | 217 ft | $24–$26 | |
| C | C08 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 71 ft | 103 ft | $24–$26 | |
| C | C09 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 80 ft | 104 ft | $24–$26 | |
| C | C10 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 137 ft | 123 ft | $24–$26 | |
| D | D01 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 50 ft | 672 ft | $24–$26 | |
| D | D02 | standard electric | 65 ft | 30 amp | 50 ft | 720 ft | $24–$26 | |
| D | D03 | standard electric | 75 ft | 30 amp | 73 ft | 793 ft | $24–$26 | |
| D | D04 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 86 ft | 833 ft | $24–$26 | |
| D | D05 | type not stated | 55 ft | 30 amp | 869 ft | |||
| D | D06 | rv electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 68 ft | 753 ft | ||
| D | D07 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 55 ft | 737 ft | $24–$26 | |
| D | D08 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 49 ft | 732 ft | $24–$26 | |
| D | D09 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 48 ft | 729 ft | $24–$26 | |
| D | D10 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 48 ft | 721 ft | $24–$26 | |
| D | D11 | standard electric | 65 ft | 30 amp | 54 ft | 718 ft | $24–$26 | |
| D | D12 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 56 ft | 714 ft | $24–$26 | |
| D | D13 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 56 ft | 705 ft | $24–$26 | |
| D | D14 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 56 ft | 705 ft | $24–$26 | |
| D | D15 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 62 ft | 679 ft | $24–$26 | |
| TSUC | GS1 | day use | 23 ft | 15 amp | yes | 107 ft | 94 ft | $75 |
| TSUC | GS2 | day use | 23 ft | 15 amp | yes | 135 ft | 326 ft | $75 |
| TSUC | GS3 | day use | 23 ft | 15 amp | yes | 283 ft | 341 ft | $75 |
| TSUC | GS4 | day use | 23 ft | 15 amp | yes | 276 ft | 153 ft | $75 |
| TSUC | GS5 | day use | 23 ft | 15 amp | yes | 283 ft | 65 ft | $75 |
The agency files 5 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 53 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Cherokee (Arkansas River)14 mi
Maumelle18 miLake Sylvia Recreation AreaOuachita National Forest · 21 mi
Choctaw33 miBrock Creek Lake Recreation AreaOzark National Forest · 34 mi
Willow Beach35 miFrom Conway, Arkansas, travel west for 7 miles on SR-60 and follow signs into the campground.
From Initerstate 40 take exit 129B and head South on Dave Ward Drive/Hwy 286. Continue for 7.5 miles until you reach a stop sign. Turn left and continue over the bridge. Immediately after the bridge (and right beore the Toad Suck One Stop) take a hard right and follow the gravel road to the right to get to the main gate. You will drive under the bridge and the gate is on the left.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Conway, AR
Typical weather
Typical October night 48°F, day 74°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 27°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
Toad Suck 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 →