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  3. Piney Bay

Camping at Piney Bay near London

Public campground · London · 90 campsites

A forested campground near fishing, and mountain biking. RV fit varies by site.

About this campground

Piney Bay Campground sits on the western shore of Dardanelle Lake in western Arkansas, the broad reservoir of the Arkansas River that stretches across roughly 40,000 acres and is backed by wooded hills between the Ozark and Ouachita National Forests. The campground is easy to find near London, Arkansas, just off US-64 and State Route 359.

4.0 on Recreation.gov · 313 reviewsBook on Recreation.gov
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At a glance

  • RV sites up to 75 ft

    Length limits vary by campsite.

  • Electric on many sites

    Some sites have no hookups.

  • Pets welcome
  • Showers

    Dump station on site.

OverviewCampsitesAmenities & locationReviewsPlan your stay

0 available sites

0 open of 90 sites
No sites offered for these dates.

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SiteFr
13
Sa
14
Price
A5
standard nonelectric
––$16
A4
standard nonelectric
––$16
A3
standard nonelectric
––$16
E07
standard nonelectric
––$16
E08
standard nonelectric
––$16
E06
standard electric
––$22
F1
standard electric
––$22
E04
standard electric
––$22
E13
standard electric
––$22
F4
standard electric
No site is open for every night of your stay

You book directly on Recreation.gov. Rates and availability can change until reserved. Campground page on Recreation.gov ↗

No sites offered for these dates
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Amenities & location

  • Accessible Parking
  • Accessible Picnic Shelters
  • Accessible Sites
  • Boat Ramp
  • Day Use Area
  • Dump Station
  • Playgroiund
  • Showers
  • Swimming
Check-in
4:00 PM
Checkout
3:00 PM
Pets
Allowed (per listing)
Maximum stay
14 nights

Hookups (individual campsites): 85 electric, 5 no-hookup individual sites.

Location

189 PRIVATE ROAD 2720
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Piney Bay: questions answered

What is the maximum RV length at Piney Bay?
Longest RV site listed: 75 ft (85 of 88 RV sites list a length) (per the listing)
Does Piney Bay have RV hookups?
85 electric, 5 no-hookup individual sites (per the listing)
How do I reserve a site at Piney Bay?
Reservable on Recreation.gov (per the listing)
Are pets allowed at Piney Bay?
Allowed (per the listing)
Sources and details

At a glance

Official facts link to their source; “Listing” facts come from the Recreation.gov listing. Anything we can't source says so.

Max rig length
Listing Longest RV site listed: 75 ft (85 of 88 RV sites list a length)
Hookups & power
Listing 85 electric, 5 no-hookup individual sites
Pull-through / back-in
Listing 1 pull-through, 87 back-in
Road & site access
Listing 89 paved site driveways
Pets
Listing Allowed
Cell signal
Listing Visitor-reported signal on Recreation.gov (higher is better): AT&T 3 (131 reports), Verizon 2 (106 reports), T-Mobile 2 (27 reports)
Water
Listing Water at 48 sites
Shade
Listing 87 of 88 sites that report shade are listed as shaded
Booking
Listing Reservable on Recreation.gov
Price
Listing Lowest listed rate $16/night (live price once you pick dates)
Stay limits
Listing 14 nights max
Getting there
Listing 189 PRIVATE ROAD 2720 (map in Location below)
Generators · Quiet hours · Starlink / satellite
Not listed — check with campground

Reviews

Themes from recent written reviews on Recreation.gov. Quotes are verbatim.

Quiet, wooded sites · 2 reviews

“Clean, quiet, and pleasant campground host.”

Robin J · Oct 2025

Selected reviews

Verbatim from guest reviews on Recreation.gov ↗ (313 reviews, ★ 4.0). Not written or edited by us.

“Been staying there for 3 years now and love it. Clean, quiet, and pleasant campground host.”

Robin J 5 · Oct 2025 · Recreation.gov

“Very quiet place. We were here on our tour around Arkansas in an class C RV.”

Tony G 5 · Oct 2025 · Recreation.gov

“The park was beautiful and well maintained. One of the nicer parks we’ve been to!”

Lindsay G 5 · Oct 2025 · Recreation.gov
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  • Camping with dogs
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$22
G15
standard electric
––$22
G29
standard electric
––$22
E14
standard electric
––$22
G23
standard electric
––$22
G28
standard electric
––$22
G31
standard electric
––$22
E01
standard electric
––$22
F2
standard electric
––$22
E03
standard electric
––$22
E12
standard electric
––$22
G05
standard electric
––$22
G13
standard electric
––$22
G17
standard electric
––$22
G26
standard electric
––$22
G34
standard electric
––$22
E02
standard electric
––$22
G22
standard electric
––$22
G27
standard electric
––$22
G33
standard electric
––$22
E10
standard electric
––$22
E11
standard electric
––$22
F3
standard electric
––$22
G09
standard electric
––$22
E05
standard electric
––$22
E09
standard electric
––$22
G11
standard electric
––$22
G19
standard electric
––$22
G24
standard electric
––$22
G30
standard electric
––$22
G07
standard electric
––$22

✓ available · R reserved · X not available · C closed · W first come, first served · N not yet released

Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights3 sites open for every night

Melson Farms

7.3 mi from Piney Bay (straight-line)
Sites $35/night
$70 total for Nov 13–15 · before taxes & fees
Rates & availability from Hipcamp · you book on their site
View Campsites
Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights21 sites open for every night

Lake Dardanelle State Park

10.2 mi from Piney Bay (straight-line)
Sites from $26/night
$52 total for Nov 13–15 · before taxes & fees
Rates & availability from Arkansas State Parks · you book on their site
View Campsites
Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights4 sites open for every night

Gateway to Ozarks RV

10.2 mi from Piney Bay (straight-line)
Sites $25/night
$50 total for Nov 13–15 · before taxes & fees
Rates & availability from Hipcamp · you book on their site
View Campsites
Ways to stay

Bring a tent or have an RV waiting

  • Tent camping here: 90 sites take tents. See open sites ↑
  • Electric sites: 85 sites have power.

Need an RV for your stay?

Rentals that may deliver here and whose listed length fits sites up to 75 ft. Delivery may be available — confirm fees and dates with the owner before you book.

Knox’s Nook
Knox’s Nook

Travel trailer · 32 ft · sleeps 8 · 56 mi from campground

$128/night listed · Outdoorsy · Delivery may be available

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2021 Starcraft Autumn Ridge - Easy to Pull and Set Up!
2021 Starcraft Autumn Ridge - Easy to Pull and Set Up!

Travel trailer · 29 ft · sleeps 6 · 62 mi from campground

$125/night listed · Outdoorsy · Delivery may be available

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2017 Jayco White Hawk
2017 Jayco White Hawk

Travel trailer · 28 ft · sleeps 5 · 91 mi from campground

$99/night listed · Outdoorsy · Delivery may be available

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Best time to go

Seasons, rates and how booked it gets

  • Peak season Mar 1–Oct 31: Tent $75, RV & Tent $16–$26 per night

stays up to 14 nights (Recreation.gov rules).

Plan your stay

How far ahead to book Piney Bay

For May weekends, book about 87 days ahead. Three in four May Friday and Saturday arrivals were booked later than that, and half were booked 27 days or less before arrival. Past timing is guidance, not a guarantee of what is open now.

See booking patterns
Arrival monthFri/Sat arrivals: half booked at leastA quarter at leastOther days: half booked at leastA quarter at least
March12 days ahead48 days ahead13 days ahead47 days ahead
April7 days ahead42 days ahead19 days ahead74 days ahead
May27 days ahead87 days ahead18 days ahead83 days ahead
June12 days ahead58 days ahead14 days ahead70 days ahead
July10 days ahead43 days ahead12 days ahead51 days ahead
August6 days ahead27 days ahead10 days ahead58 days ahead
September11 days ahead46 days ahead10 days ahead62 days ahead
October5 days ahead23 days ahead7 days ahead41 days ahead

Months with fewer than 30 reservations of that kind are left blank. Sites where nearly every booking was made the day of arrival (pay on arrival) are left out. Closed seasons, windows not yet released for booking, and currently unavailable nights are separate from this history.

Based on Recreation.gov reservations, FY2015–2025 (18,589 reservations in the years scored). Counts reservations made, not nights actually camped: cancellations aren't in the data, and nights a site was closed count as not booked. FY2020–21 (COVID) are left out of the scores.

Compare site types

90 individual reservable campsites from Recreation.gov, checked Nov 7. Rates are the listed nightly rates.

Standard sites with electric

Tent or RV, with power

85 sites · $24, $22/night

0 open Nov 13–Nov 15

Standard sites (tent or RV)

Tent, van or small RV, no power

5 sites · $16/night

0 open Nov 13–Nov 15