U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Arkansas

Ozark National Forest

Here, one in three take walk-ups.

23Campgrounds
8Take walk-ups
$5–$15A night, across 4
149Sites, from 14
380–1,850 ftElevation

Where they are

23 of 23 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

23 campgrounds
Cove Lake Recreation AreaReservableOpenOzark National Forest · ARfrom $1536 with a tent pad36 sitesrigs to 68 ft1,000 ftdrinking watertoiletsLong Pool Recreation AreaReservableOpenOzark National Forest · AR4 sites540 ftRichland Creek CampgroundReservableOpenOzark National Forest · AR4 sites1,040 ftShores Lake Recreation AreaReservableOzark National Forest · AR27 sites650 ftLake WedingtonReservableOzark National Forest · AR18 with a tent pad1 group site25 sitesrigs to 30 ft1,150 fthookupsdrinking waterBlanchard Springs Recreation AreaReservableOzark National Forest · ARfrom $1519 with a tent pad3 pull-through sites21 sitesrigs to 25 ft630 fthookupsdrinking watertoiletsBarkshed CampgroundReservableOzark National Forest · AR4 sites570 ftGunner Pool CampgroundReservableOzark National Forest · AR4 sites500 ftHorsehead Lake Recreation AreaReservableOzark National Forest · AR4 sites700 ftOzone CampgroundReservableOzark National Forest · AR4 sites1,850 ftRedding CampgroundReservableOzark National Forest · AR4 sites750 ftSorghum HollowReservableOzark National Forest · AR4 sites640 ftSpring Lake Recreation AreaReservableOzark National Forest · AR4 sites520 ftWolf Pen CampgroundReservableOzark National Forest · AR4 sites920 ftBarkshed Recreation AreaFirst-comeOpenOzark National Forest · ARfrom $5560 ftBrock Creek Lake Recreation AreaFirst-comeOpenOzark National Forest · AR870 ftGunner Pool Recreation AreaFirst-comeOpenOzark National Forest · AR500 ftdrinking waterOzone Recreation AreaFirst-comeOpenOzark National Forest · AR1,850 ftRedding Recreation AreaFirst-comeOpenOzark National Forest · AR750 ftdrinking watertoiletsBayou Bluff Point of InterestFirst-comeOzark National Forest · AR630 fttoiletsBlanchard Springs CampgroundsFirst-comeOzark National Forest · AR380 ftdrinking waterHaw Creek Falls Point of InterestOzark National Forest · AR790 ftWolf Pen Recreation AreaFirst-comeOzark National Forest · ARfrom $10920 fttoilets
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Gee Creek7,957 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Penhook6,566 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Clifty Canyon1,963 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Richland Creek571 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
East Fork13,037 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Devils Canyon1,877 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Heads up

Wildfire
Burnt Rock fire · 27 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 21, 2026

Who answers for this land

Ozark National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 4 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Bruce Westerman, official portrait
Bruce Westerman (R)AR 4th · 14 campgrounds · grade F
Rick Crawford, official portrait
Rick Crawford (R)AR 1st · 7 campgrounds · grade F
J. French Hill, official portrait
J. French Hill (R)AR 2nd · 1 campground · grade F
Steve Womack, official portrait
Steve Womack (R)AR 3rd · 1 campground · grade F
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly