Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights17 sites open for every night
Campgrounds Near Lake Ouachita
17 campgrounds around the Lake Ouachita shoreline, 5 with direct lake access. Check open sites for your dates.
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Right now: 111 campsites open this weekend near Lake Ouachita at 8 of the 13 campgrounds we checked.Availability read Nov 7, 10:48 PM ET
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Available this weekend near Lake Ouachita
Nov 13 – Nov 15 · open every night of the stay.
Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights17 sites open for every night
Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights35 sites open for every nightTompkins Bend
Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights1 site open for every nightHot Rod Hill RV Park
Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights18 sites open for every nightLake Ouachita State Park
Shoreline towns (labelled) and 17 lake-area parks; green pins have sites open this weekend. Straight-line positions; roads around the water can be much longer than they look.
campgrounds near Lake Ouachita
17 parks within 15 miles of the shoreline; 5 list direct lake access (labelled on the card). Each park shows its straight-line distance to the shore.
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50 amp, pull-through and rig length come from each park's listing. With dates, Full hookups means an open full-hookup site for your stay; parks without availability data use their listing.
17 of 17 parks ·
Gulpha Gorge Campground
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- Find open sitesSearch by place and dates; we check each provider's calendar for your whole stay.
- Check the fitHookups, amps, rig length and pull-through come from each park's own listing. When a listing doesn't say, we leave it blank.
- Book with the providerCampspot, Recreation.gov, ReserveAmerica, KOA and state park systems: you complete each reservation on their site.
A few good questions
How many campgrounds are near Lake Ouachita?
17 campgrounds are within 15 miles of the Lake Ouachita shoreline. 5 list direct lake access and 1 more are near the water (access not confirmed).
Which towns are on Lake Ouachita?
Towns near the shoreline include Mount Ida, AR, Mountain Pine, AR, Crystal Springs, AR, Buckville, AR, Royal, AR and Story, AR and 2 more.
How do you decide a park has lake access?
A park is marked Direct lake access when it sits on the Lake Ouachita shoreline in OpenStreetMap and its own listing names water access (a boat ramp or launch, marina, waterfront or lakefront sites, and similar). Tap the badge to see the evidence. Parks close to the water without that are marked Near the lake: that is proximity only, and access is not confirmed. We don't label individual waterfront campsites.
Are there full-hookup campgrounds near Lake Ouachita?
12 of these parks list water, electric and sewer at the site, and 14 list sites of 40 ft or longer.
Shoreline towns on Lake Ouachita
Towns near the lake (OpenStreetMap outline, Wikidata places): Mount Ida, Mountain Pine, Crystal Springs, Buckville, Royal, Story, Bear and Hurricane Grove.
Activities near Lake Ouachita
Tours and activities from Viator; you book with Viator.
Continue your road trip
Other destinations, straight-line distance from the lake. Separate trips, not alternatives near the lake.
Why we're different
The most campgrounds in one place
8,900+ public, private and glamping campgrounds from 50+ booking sites, including 46 state park systems, side by side.
Real open sites, not just listings
For 8,400+ of them we read the booking calendar, so you see which campsites, cabins and glamping stays are open for your dates.
Book on the official booking site
When you find your spot, you reserve on the campground's own booking site. We don't take payments, so Basecamping never adds a fee.
All 17 campgrounds near Lake Ouachita
Most popular first; within 15 miles of the shoreline.
- Gulpha Gorge Campground · Hot Springs, AR · full hookups, up to 60 ft
- Crystal Springs (Ar) · Royal, AR · full hookups, up to 60 ft
- Brady Mountain · Royal, AR · electric, up to 70 ft
- Tompkins Bend · Mt. Ida, AR · electric, up to 70 ft
- Denby Point · Mt. Ida, AR · full hookups, up to 70 ft
- Joplin · Mt. Ida, AR · full hookups, up to 90 ft
- Hot Rod Hill RV Park · Hot Springs, AR · full hookups, up to 70 ft
- Hot Springs Off-Road Park · Hot Springs, AR · full hookups, up to 75 ft
- Catherine's Landing · Hot Springs, AR · full hookups, up to 65 ft
- Leisure Landing RV Park · Hot Springs, AR · full hookups, up to 62 ft
- Ouachita Campground at Edendell · Oden, AR · full hookups, up to 60 ft
- Hot Springs National Park KOA Holiday · Hot Springs, AR
- Finish Line RV Park · Hot Springs, AR
- FHU Resort in Hot Springs Nat Park · Hot Springs, AR · full hookups, up to 54 ft
- Ouachita River Haven · Pencil Bluff, AR · electric, up to 28 ft
- Treasure Isle RV Park · Hot Springs, AR · full hookups, up to 42 ft
- Lake Ouachita State Park · Mountain Pine, AR · full hookups, up to 50 ft












